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  1. Maison de l’Orient Méditerranéen, Lyon, France

    Paul Sanlaville

  2. Centre de Paleontologie stratagraphique et Pleoecologie, Villeurbanne Cedex, France

    Abel Prieur

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    Charles W. Finkl

  2. Coastal Education and Research Foundation, Coconut Creek, FL, USA

    Christopher Makowski

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Sanlaville, P., Prieur, A. (2019). Asia, Middle East, Coastal Ecology and Geomorphology. In: Finkl, C.W., Makowski, C. (eds) Encyclopedia of Coastal Science. Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93806-6_17

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