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Time capsule buried to preserve science for the ages

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Message in a bottle sums up state of research in 2017.

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  1. Lewandoski, M. et al. Gondw. Res. http://doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2017.09.005 (2017).

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  1. Quirin Schiermeier
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