Biosequence stratigraphical and palaeoenvironmental findings from the Cretaceous through Tertiary succession, Central Indus Basin, Pakistan

Wakefield, M. I.; Monteil, E.

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Biosequence stratigraphical and palaeoenvironmental findings from the Cretaceous through Tertiary succession, Central Indus Basin, Pakistan

M. I. Wakefield and E. Monteil

M. I. Wakefield

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E. Monteil

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