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Citation: 2005), A new look at the nature of the transitional layer at the K/T boundary near Gams, Eastern Alps, Austria, and the problem of the mass extinction of the biota, Russ. J. Earth Sci., 7, ES6001, doi:10.2205/2005ES000189.
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