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The geology of southern Guyana

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

R. B. McConnell
R. B. McConnell
Affiliation:
Streatwick, Streat near Hassocks, Sussex BN6 8RT, U.K.
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Geological Magazine , Volume 117 , Issue 2 , March 1980 , pp. 193 - 198
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