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... contain is not always very re- liable , either because it is outright erroneous or because Indigenous it is based on misunderstandings . The main indigenous sources are the Achaemenian royal inscriptions in the Old Persian language ...
... contain is not always very re- liable , either because it is outright erroneous or because Indigenous it is based on misunderstandings . The main indigenous sources are the Achaemenian royal inscriptions in the Old Persian language ...
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... contain C cations . The M4 site is six- to eightfold coordinated and houses the larger B cations . The A site is 10- to 12 - fold coordinated and lies between the backs of the double chains . From C. Klein and C.S. Hurlbut , Jr ...
... contain C cations . The M4 site is six- to eightfold coordinated and houses the larger B cations . The A site is 10- to 12 - fold coordinated and lies between the backs of the double chains . From C. Klein and C.S. Hurlbut , Jr ...
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... contain a variety of rock and mineral clast types petromictic ( petromictic orthoconglomerates ) . Orthoconglomerates ( and orthobreccias ) are deposited by highly turbulent water . For example , beach deposits commonly contain lenses ...
... contain a variety of rock and mineral clast types petromictic ( petromictic orthoconglomerates ) . Orthoconglomerates ( and orthobreccias ) are deposited by highly turbulent water . For example , beach deposits commonly contain lenses ...
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