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A Peruvian Desert

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THERE are few contributions to geological science, published in recent years, of greater value than this description of some three thousand square miles of the littoral of northern Peru.

Geology of the Tertiary and Quaternary Periods in the North-west Part of Peru.

By Dr. T. O. Bosworth. With an Account of the Palæontology by H. Woods, Dr. T. W. Vaughan, Dr. J. A. Cushman, and others. Pp. xxii + 434. (London: Macmillan and Co., Ltd., 1922.) 2l. 5s. net.

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EVANS, J. A Peruvian Desert. Nature 111, 527–529 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/111527a0

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