Article: A new method for the extraction of macrofossils from calcareous rocks using sulphuric acid
Publication: Palaeontology
Volume:
52
Part:
1
Publication Date:
January
2009
Page(s):
187
–
192
Author(s):
Radek Vodrážka
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