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Sangamon and Sangamonian Time Divisions, Chronostratigraphic Unit, and Geosol—Clarification of Terminology

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

David S. Fullerton*
Affiliation:
U. S. Geological Survey, Box 25046, Mail Stop 913, Federal Center, Denver, Colorado, 80225

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University of Washington

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