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Original Articles

The complexity of mudstone diagenesis – some insight from the Tøyen Shale, Lower to Middle Ordovician, southern Sweden

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Pages 54-67 | Received 26 Apr 2018, Accepted 15 Sep 2018, Published online: 09 Nov 2018

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