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Autumn 2024
Summary
This work appears to be a conference proceedings or journal issue compilation covering topics including seismic stratigraphy, with limited direct relevance to microplastic research; the abstract does not contain sufficient methodological or findings detail to characterise a specific study on plastic pollution.
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