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Rudist-bearing rhodalgal facies in the post- Turonian recovery of peri-Tethyan carbonate systems: a case history from the Nurra region (northwestern Sardinia, Italy)

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Simone, Lucia, Carannante, Gabriele, Bassi, Davide, Cherchi, Antonietta (2012): Rudist-bearing rhodalgal facies in the post- Turonian recovery of peri-Tethyan carbonate systems: a case history from the Nurra region (northwestern Sardinia, Italy). Geodiversitas 34 (1): 167-187, DOI: 10.5252/g2012n1a10, URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.5252/g2012n1a10

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