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The geological knowledge of the Central European Basin system (CEBS, Fig. 2.1) is founded on more than 1,000 years of industrially exploring and exploiting mineral resources therein. At its southern rim within the Harz Mountains mining of Palaeozoic rocks for silver and other metals is well reported for at least one millennium, terminating the prospering Viking silver trade from Southeast Europe which is seen as one of the causes for the decline of the Viking power.
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Maystrenko, Y., Bayer, U., Brink, HJ., Littke, R. (2008). The Central European Basin System – an Overview. In: Littke, R., Bayer, U., Gajewski, D., Nelskamp, S. (eds) Dynamics of Complex Intracontinental Basins. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-85085-4_2
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