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Hydrocarbon Prospectivity in the Eastern Coastal Swamp Depo-belt of the Niger Delta Basin

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Dim, C.I.P. (2017). Geologic Framework. In: Hydrocarbon Prospectivity in the Eastern Coastal Swamp Depo-belt of the Niger Delta Basin. SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44627-1_2

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