Putative greigite magnetofossils from the Pliocene epoch

Iuliana Vasiliev; Christine Franke; Johannes D. Meeldijk; Mark J. Dekkers; Cor G. Langereis; Wout Krijgsman

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Putative greigite magnetofossils from the Pliocene epoch

Iuliana Vasiliev Christine Franke Johannes D. Meeldijk Mark J. Dekkers Cor G. Langereis Wout Krijgsman

Nature Geoscience Vol. 1 No. 11 pp. 782-786 · Springer Science and Business Media LLC

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Iuliana Vasiliev, Christine Franke, Johannes D. Meeldijk, et al. (2008). Putative greigite magnetofossils from the Pliocene epoch. Nature Geoscience, 1(11), 782-786. https://doi.org/10.1038/ngeo335

Putative greigite magnetofossils from the Pliocene epoch

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