Marble quarries in Delos Island (Greece): a geological characterization

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Issue		BSGF - Earth Sci. Bull. Volume 193, 2022


Article Number		16
Number of page(s)		21
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/bsgf/2022014
Published online		11 September 2022

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