Late Neogene stratigraphy, biochronology, faunal diversity and environments of South-West Bulgaria (Struma River Valley)

Spassov, Nikolaï, Tzankov, Tzanko, Geraads, Denis (2006): Late Neogene stratigraphy, biochronology, faunal diversity and environments of South-West Bulgaria (Struma River Valley). Geodiversitas 28 (3): 477-498, DOI: http://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4665418
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