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Miocene petrified trees at Bahariya Oasis, Egypt

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Photo credit: Munir Elmahdy, Khalda Petroleum Company, Cairo, Egypt

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  1. Khalda Petroleum Company (KPC), Cairo, Egypt

    Munir Elmahdy

  2. Geo-Environment and Geoheritage Group, Geology Department, Faculty of Sciences, Ibn Zohr University, Agadir, Morocco

    Mohamed Abioui

  3. Geology Department, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, USA

    George E. Mustoe

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Elmahdy, M., Abioui, M. & Mustoe, G.E. Miocene petrified trees at Bahariya Oasis, Egypt. Int J Earth Sci (Geol Rundsch) 109, 2869–2870 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-020-01913-w

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