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Biostratigraphy and palaeoceanography of the early Turonian–early Maastrichtian planktonic foraminifera of NE Iraq
Rawand B. N. Jaff
Department of Geology, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK
Department of Geology, University of Sulaimani, Sulaimani, Kurdistan, Iraq
Ian P. Wilkinson
Department of Geology, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK
British Geological Survey, Keyworth, Nottingham NG12 5GG, UK
Sarah Lee
Department of Geology, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK
Jan Zalasiewicz
Department of Geology, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK
Fadhil Lawa
Department of Geology, University of Sulaimani, Sulaimani, Kurdistan, Iraq
Mark Williams
Department of Geology, University of Leicester, University Road, Leicester LE1 7RH, UK
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