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Foraminiferal distribution and palaeoecological interpretation of the Eocene–Miocene carbonates at Al Jabal al Akhdar (northeast Libya)
Esam O. Abdulsamad
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e Geologico-Ambientali, Universitá di Bologna, Via Zamboni, 67, 40126 Bologna, Italy
Roberto Barbieri
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e Geologico-Ambientali, Universitá di Bologna, Via Zamboni, 67, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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