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CHARREAU, J., Y. CHEN, S. GILDER, L. BARRIER, S. DOMINGUEZ, R. AUGIER, S. SEN, J. P. AVOUAC, A. GALLAUD, F. GRAVELEAU and Q. C. WANG (2009). "Neogene uplift of the Tian Shan Mountains observed in the magnetic record of the Jingou River section (northwest China)." Tectonics 28:

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CORNÉE, J. J., M. FERRANDINI, J. P. SAINT MARTIN, P. MÜNCH, M. MOULLADE, A. RIBAUD-LAURENTI, S. ROGER, S. SAINT MARTIN and J. FERRANDINI (2006). "The late Messinian erosional surface and the subsequent reflooding in the Mediterranean: New insights from the Melilla–Nador basin (Morocco)." Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology 230 (1-2): 129-154

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CZICZER, I., I. MAGYAR, R. PIPIK, M. BOHME, S. CORIC, K. BAKRAC, M. SUTO-SZENTAI, M. LANTOS, E. BABINSZKI and P. MULLER (2009). "Life in the sublittoral zone of long-lived Lake Pannon: paleontological analysis of the Upper Miocene Szak Formation, Hungary." International Journal of Earth Sciences 98 (7): 1741-1766

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