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Palaeoenvironmental analysis of scleractinian reef corals from the Oligo–Miocene Qom Formation in the Vartun section (northeastern Esfahan, central Iran)

Amir Hossein RahiminejadDepartment of Ecology, Institute of Science and High Technology and Environmental Sciences, Graduate University of Advanced Technology, Kerman, Islamic Republic of IranCorrespondence[email protected]
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Maryam NouradiniFaculty of Science, Department of Geology, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Islamic Republic of Iran
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Mehdi YazdiFaculty of Sciences, Department of Geology, University of Isfahan, Isfahan, Islamic Republic of Iran
Pages 384-394 | Received 18 Jan 2016, Accepted 14 Mar 2016, Published online: 30 Mar 2016

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