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01 Sep 2011
| 01 Sep 2011
A multi-proxy record of the Latest Danian Event at Gebel Qreiya, Eastern Desert, Egypt
J. Sprong
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, K.U. Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200E, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium
M. A. Youssef
Geology Department, Faculty of Science, South Valley University, 83523 Qena, Egypt
A. Bornemann
Institute of Geophysics and Geology, Leipzig University, Talstraße 35, 04103 Leipzig, Germany
P. Schulte
GeoZentrum Nordbayern, Universität Erlangen, Schloßgarten 5, 91054 Erlangen, Germany
E. Steurbaut
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, K.U. Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200E, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium
Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Sciences, Vautierstraat 29, B-1000 Brussels, Belgium
P. Stassen
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, K.U. Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200E, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium
T. J. Kouwenhoven
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, K.U. Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200E, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium
R. P. Speijer
Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, K.U. Leuven, Celestijnenlaan 200E, B-3001 Heverlee, Belgium
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