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A petrological analysis of petrified wood from Lesvos Island (Greece) and Yanqing (China) Geoparks: implications for sample conservation

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Pages 1281-1291 | Received 10 Oct 2019, Accepted 05 Nov 2019, Published online: 14 Nov 2019

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