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Chemical characterisation of a volcanic event (about AD 1500) at Styx Glacier plateau, northern Victoria Land, Antarctica

Giovanni Piccardi; Roberto Udisti; Gabriele Capodaglio; Rita Traversi; Carlo Barbante; S. Vermigli; Emiliano Castellano


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