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Cyclone trends constrain monsoon variability during late Oligocene sea level highstands (Kachchh Basin, NW India)
M. Reuter
Institute for Earth Sciences, University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 26, 8010, Graz, Austria
W. E. Piller
Institute for Earth Sciences, University of Graz, Heinrichstrasse 26, 8010, Graz, Austria
M. Harzhauser
Department of Geology and Palaeontology, Natural History Museum Vienna, Burgring 7, 1010 Vienna, Austria
A. Kroh
Department of Geology and Palaeontology, Natural History Museum Vienna, Burgring 7, 1010 Vienna, Austria
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