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Stratigraphy, palaeoclimatic context and fossils of the Southern Rub Al Khali (the Empty Quarter): results of a geo-archaeological survey around the area of Maitan in the Sultanate of Oman

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Pages 1534-1555 | Received 14 Oct 2019, Accepted 14 Jan 2020, Published online: 30 Jan 2020

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