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Research Articles

Diatom-inferred salinity changes in relation to Holocene sea-level fluctuations in estuarine environments of Argentina

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Pages 373-386 | Received 10 Aug 2011, Accepted 11 Jan 2012, Published online: 30 Jul 2012

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