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Facies analysis, glauconite distribution and sequence stratigraphy of the middle Eocene Qarara Formation, El-Minya area, Egypt

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Pages 71-84 | Received 01 Aug 2015, Accepted 08 Sep 2015, Published online: 08 Mar 2019

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