Tectonic Uplift and Eastern Africa Aridification

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• Publication year

  2006

• Venue

  Science

• Publication date

  2006-09-08

• Fields of study

  Geology, Medicine, Environmental Science

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  DOI 10.1126/science.1129158PMID 16960002
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  Semantic Scholar, PubMed

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