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Eocene to Miocene sediment provenance features and evolution history of the western slope area in the Xihu Sag of the East China Sea Shelf Basin

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Pages 740-755 | Received 28 Dec 2023, Accepted 10 Apr 2024, Published online: 30 May 2024

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