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A history of the modern Aral Sea (Central Asia) since the Late Pleistocene. / Burr, G. S.; Kuzmin, Y. V.; Krivonogov, S. K. et al.

In: Quaternary Science Reviews, Vol. 206, 15.02.2019, p. 141-149.

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Burr, GS, Kuzmin, YV, Krivonogov, SK, Gusskov, SA & Cruz, RJ 2019, 'A history of the modern Aral Sea (Central Asia) since the Late Pleistocene', Quaternary Science Reviews, vol. 206, pp. 141-149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.01.006

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Burr, G. S., Kuzmin, Y. V., Krivonogov, S. K., Gusskov, S. A., & Cruz, R. J. (2019). A history of the modern Aral Sea (Central Asia) since the Late Pleistocene. Quaternary Science Reviews, 206, 141-149. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.01.006

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Burr GS, Kuzmin YV, Krivonogov SK, Gusskov SA, Cruz RJ. A history of the modern Aral Sea (Central Asia) since the Late Pleistocene. Quaternary Science Reviews. 2019 Feb 15;206:141-149. doi: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2019.01.006

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Burr, G. S. ; Kuzmin, Y. V. ; Krivonogov, S. K. et al. / A history of the modern Aral Sea (Central Asia) since the Late Pleistocene. In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 2019 ; Vol. 206. pp. 141-149.

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