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Evidence For Wildfires During Deposition Of The Late Miocene Diatomites Of The Konservat-Lagerstätte Lake Saint-Bauzile (Ardèche, France) - Preliminary Results

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Uhl, Dieter, Jasper, Andre, Wuttke, Michael (2022): Evidence For Wildfires During Deposition Of The Late Miocene Diatomites Of The Konservat-Lagerstätte Lake Saint-Bauzile (Ardèche, France) - Preliminary Results. Fossil Imprint 78 (1): 329-340, DOI: 10.37520/fi.2022.014, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.37520/fi.2022.014

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