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University of East Anglia: Norwich, Norfolk, GB

2010-09-01 to present | Professor of Environmental Earth cience (School of Environmental Sciences)
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Jan Alexander

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University of Leeds: Leeds, West Yorkshire, GB

1983-09-01 to 1986-08-31 | PhD (Earth Science)
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Jan Alexander

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Towards a new generation of fluvial facies models for the interpretation of ancient deposits, based on inter‐annual peak discharge variance of modern rivers

Sedimentology
2025-01 | Journal article
Contributors: Christopher R. Fielding; Jan Alexander; Adam Argiro
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Unit bar architecture in a highly-variable fluvial discharge regime: Examples from the Burdekin River, Australia

Sedimentology
2020 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85074616915

Contributors: Herbert, C.M.; Alexander, J.; Amos, K.J.; Fielding, C.R.
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Jan Alexander via Scopus - Elsevier

Controls on channel deposits of highly variable rivers: Comparing hydrology and event deposits in the Burdekin River, Australia

Sedimentology
2020-08 | Journal article
Contributors: Jan Alexander; Christopher M. Herbert; Christopher R. Fielding; Kathryn J. Amos; Charlie Bristow
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Bottomset architecture formed in the troughs of dunes and unit bars

Journal of Sedimentary Research
2018 | Journal article
EID:

2-s2.0-85049661036

Contributors: Herbert, C.M.; Alexander, J.
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Jan Alexander via Scopus - Elsevier

The role of discharge variability in the formation and preservation of alluvial sediment bodies

Sedimentary Geology
2018 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85044268265

Contributors: Fielding, C.R.; Alexander, J.; Allen, J.P.
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Jan Alexander via Scopus - Elsevier

Interpreting flash flood palaeoflow parameters from antidunes and gravel lenses: An example from Montserrat, West Indies

Sedimentology
2017 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85023615672

Contributors: Froude, M.J.; Alexander, J.; Barclay, J.; Cole, P.
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Jan Alexander via Scopus - Elsevier

Moving boulders in flash floods and estimating flow conditions using boulders in ancient deposits

Sedimentology
2016 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-85007394062

Contributors: Alexander, J.; Cooker, M.J.
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Jan Alexander via Scopus - Elsevier

Variations in the architecture of hydraulic-jump bar complexes on non-eroding beds

Sedimentology
2013 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-84880325957

Contributors: Macdonald, R.G.; Alexander, J.; Bacon, J.C.; Cooker, M.J.
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Jan Alexander via Scopus - Elsevier

Sediment-charged flash floods on Montserrat: The influence of synchronous tephra fall and varying extent of vegetation damage

Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
2010 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-77954542191

Contributors: Alexander, J.; Barclay, J.; Sušnik, J.; Loughlin, S.C.; Herd, R.A.; Darnell, A.; Crosweller, S.
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Jan Alexander via Scopus - Elsevier

The effects of grain-density variation on turbidity currents and some implications for the deposition of carbonate turbidites

Journal of Sedimentary Research
2010 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-77953865197

Contributors: Hodson, J.M.; Alexander, J.A.N.
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Jan Alexander via Scopus - Elsevier

Computer Modelling of Flow Lines over Deformed Surfaces: The Implications for Prediction of Alluvial Facies Distribution

Alluvial Sedimentation
2009 | Book chapter
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2-s2.0-84955642955

Contributors: Weston, P.J.; Alexander, J.
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Jan Alexander via Scopus - Elsevier

Distribution of Plio-Pleistocene and Modern Coarse-Grained Deltas South of the Gulf of Corinth, Greece

Tectonic Controls and Signatures in Sedimentary Successions
2009 | Book chapter
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2-s2.0-84957971303

Contributors: Seger, M.; Alexander, J.
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Jan Alexander via Scopus - Elsevier

Facies model for fluvial systems in the seasonal tropics and subtropics

Geology
2009 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-69649105395

Contributors: Fielding, C.R.; Allen, J.P.; Alexander, J.; Gibling, M.G.
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Jan Alexander via Scopus - Elsevier

Flow patterns, sedimentation and deposit architecture under a hydraulic jump on a non-eroding bed: Defining hydraulic-jump unit bars

Sedimentology
2009 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-67651085227

Contributors: Macdonald, R.G.; Alexander, J.; Bacon, J.C.; Cooker, M.J.
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Jan Alexander via Scopus - Elsevier

Sediment provenance in a tropical fluvial and marine context by magnetic 'fingerprinting' of transportable sand fractions

Sedimentology
2009 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-62549159136

Contributors: Maher, B.A.; Watkins, S.J.; Brunskill, G.; Alexander, J.; Fielding, C.R.
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Jan Alexander via Scopus - Elsevier

Sedimentary Facies from Ground-Penetrating Radar Surveys of the Modern, Upper Burdekin River Of North Queensland, Australia: Consequences of Extreme Discharge Fluctuations

Fluvial Sedimentology VI
2009 | Book chapter
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2-s2.0-84946707896

Contributors: Fielding, C.R.; Alexander, J.; Mcdonald, R.
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Jan Alexander via Scopus - Elsevier

Laboratory sustained turbidity currents form elongate ridges at channel mouths

Sedimentology
2008 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-47649125681

Contributors: Alexander, J.; McLelland, S.J.; Gray, T.E.; Vincent, C.E.; Leeder, M.R.; Ellett, S.
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Jan Alexander via Scopus - Elsevier

Rainfall-induced lahars in the Belham Valley, Montserrat, West Indies

Journal of the Geological Society
2007 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-34547186531

Contributors: Barclay, J.; Alexander, J.; Sušnik, J.
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Jan Alexander via Scopus - Elsevier

Coarse-grained floodplain deposits in the seasonal tropics: Towards a better facies model

Journal of Sedimentary Research
2006 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-33646441200

Contributors: Alexander, J.; Fielding, C.R.
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Jan Alexander via Scopus - Elsevier

Holocene depositional history of the Burdekin River Delta of northeastern Australia: A model for a low-accommodation, highstand delta

Journal of Sedimentary Research
2006 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-33646445081

Contributors: Fielding, C.R.; Trueman, J.D.; Alexander, J.
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Jan Alexander via Scopus - Elsevier

Longitudinal flow evolution and turbulence structure of dynamically similar, sustained, saline density and turbidity currents

Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans
2006 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-33847334822

Contributors: Gray, T.E.; Alexander, J.; Leeder, M.R.
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Jan Alexander via Scopus - Elsevier

Quantifying velocity and turbulence structure in depositing sustained turbidity currents across breaks in slope

Sedimentology
2005 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-20644468424

Contributors: Gray, T.E.; Alexander, J.; Leeder, M.R.
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Jan Alexander via Scopus - Elsevier

Sediment suspension dynamics and a new criterion for the maintenance of turbulent suspensions

Sedimentology
2005 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-27844440326

Contributors: Leeder, M.R.; Gray, T.E.; Alexander, J.
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Jan Alexander via Scopus - Elsevier

Sharp-based, flood-dominated mouth bar sands from the Burdekin River delta of northeastern Australia: Extending the spectrum of mouth-bar facies, geometry, and stacking patterns

Journal of Sedimentary Research
2005 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-14844366859

Contributors: Fielding, C.R.; Trueman, J.D.; Alexander, J.
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Jan Alexander via Scopus - Elsevier

Supply limited sediment transport in a high-discharge event of the tropical Burdekin River, North Queensland, Australia

Sedimentology
2004 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-1542744865

Contributors: Amos, K.J.; Alexander, J.; Horn, A.; Pocock, G.D.; Fielding, C.R.
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Jan Alexander via Scopus - Elsevier

Changes in flow direction at a point caused by obstacles during passage of a density current

Journal of Sedimentary Research
2003 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0041662088

Contributors: Morris, S.A.; Alexander, J.
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Jan Alexander via Scopus - Elsevier

Sedimentology of the Late Quaternary Wadi Hasa Marl Formation of central Jordan: A record of climate variability

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
2003 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0037443149

Contributors: Moumani, K.; Alexander, J.; Bateman, M.D.
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Jan Alexander via Scopus - Elsevier

Experimental quasi-steady density currents

Marine Geology
2002 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0037055158

Contributors: Alexander, J.; Mulder, T.
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Jan Alexander via Scopus - Elsevier

Rainfall-induced volcanic activity on Montserrat

Geophysical Research Letters
2002 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0036662793

Contributors: Matthews, A.J.; Barclay, J.; Carn, S.; Thompson, G.; Alexander, J.; Herd, R.; Williams, C.
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Jan Alexander via Scopus - Elsevier

Variations in character and preservation potential of vegetation-induced obstacle marks in the variable discharge Burdekin River of North Queensland, Australia

Sedimentary Geology
2002 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0036075445

Contributors: Nakayama, K.; Fielding, C.R.; Alexander, J.
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Jan Alexander via Scopus - Elsevier

Abrupt change in slope causes variation in the deposit thickness of concentrated particle-driven density currents

Marine Geology
2001 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0035872595

Contributors: Mulder, T.; Alexander, J.
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Jan Alexander via Scopus - Elsevier

Bedforms and associated sedimentary structures formed under supercritical water flows over aggrading sand beds

Sedimentology
2001 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0035109104

Contributors: Alexander, J.; Bridge, J.S.; Cheel, R.J.; Leclair, S.F.
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Jan Alexander via Scopus - Elsevier

Fluvial geochemistry through a short-duration, tropical-cyclone induced discharge event in the Burdekin River and Hann Creek, North Queensland, Australia

Aquatic Geochemistry
2001 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0035739160

Contributors: Alexander, J.; Fielding, C.R.; Wakefield, S.J.; George, M.T.; Cottnam, C.F.
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Jan Alexander via Scopus - Elsevier

Fossil trees in ancient fluvial channel deposits: Evidence of seasonal and longer-term climatic variability

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
2001 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0035362665

Contributors: Fielding, C.R.; Alexander, J.
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Jan Alexander via Scopus - Elsevier

The physical character of subaqueous sedimentary density flow and their deposits

Sedimentology
2001 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0035031436

Contributors: Mulder, T.; Alexander, J.
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Jan Alexander via Scopus - Elsevier

Using experimental studies of recent faecal material to examine hyaena coprolites from the West Runton freshwater bed, Norfolk, U.K.

Journal of Archaeological Science
2000 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0034020167

Contributors: Larkin, N.R.; Alexander, J.; Lewis, M.D.
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Jan Alexander via Scopus - Elsevier

Flood behaviour of the Burdekin River, tropical north Queensland, Australia

Geological Society Special Publication
1999 | Book
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2-s2.0-0033387950

Contributors: Alexander, J.; Fielding, C.R.; Pocock, G.D.
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Jan Alexander via Scopus - Elsevier

Floodplains: interdisciplinary approaches

Geological Society Special Publication
1999 | Book
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2-s2.0-84868697325

Contributors: Marriott, S.B.; Alexander, J.
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Jan Alexander via Scopus - Elsevier

Introduction

Geological Society Special Publication
1999 | Book
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2-s2.0-80053356371

Contributors: Alexander, J.; Marriott, S.B.
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Jan Alexander via Scopus - Elsevier

Plant-material deposition the tropical Burdekin River, Australia: Implications for ancient fluvial sediments

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
1999 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0033568650

Contributors: Alexander, J.; Fielding, C.R.; Jenkins, G.
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Jan Alexander via Scopus - Elsevier

Downstream changes of large-scale bed forms in turbidites around the Valencia channel mouth, north-west Mediterranean: Implications for palaeoflow reconstruction

Sedimentology
1998 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0031718009

Contributors: Morris, S.A.; Kenyon, N.H.; Limonov, A.F.; Alexander, J.
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Jan Alexander via Scopus - Elsevier

Large-scale structure of Calamus River deposits (Nebraska, USA) revealed using ground-penetrating radar

Sedimentology
1998 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0032423544

Contributors: Bridge, J.; Collier, R.; Alexander, J.
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Jan Alexander via Scopus - Elsevier

Turbidites around an active fault scarp on the Lower Valencia Fan, northwest Mediterranean

Geo-Marine Letters
1998 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0032448067

Contributors: Morris, S.A.; Alexander, J.; Kenyon, N.H.; Limonov, A.F.
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Jan Alexander via Scopus - Elsevier

Alphabets and citations [4]

Nature
1997 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0030933538

Contributors: Alexander, J.; Andrews, J.
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Jan Alexander via Scopus - Elsevier

Gravel antidunes in the tropical Burdekin River, Queensland, Australia

Sedimentology
1997 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0001450525

Contributors: Alexander, J.; Fielding, C.
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Jan Alexander via Scopus - Elsevier

Preservation of in situ, arborescent vegetation and fluvial bar construction in the Burdekin River of north Queensland, Australia

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
1997 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0031455607

Contributors: Fielding, C.R.; Alexander, J.; Newman-Sutherland, E.
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Jan Alexander via Scopus - Elsevier

Experimental turbidity currents entering density-stratified water: Analogues for turbidites in Mediterranean hypersaline basins

Sedimentology
1996 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0029751114

Contributors: Rimoldi, B.; Alexander, J.; Morris, S.
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Jan Alexander via Scopus - Elsevier

Sedimentology of the Upper Burdekin River of North Queensland, Australia - An example of a tropical, variable discharge river

Terra Nova
1996 | Journal article
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2-s2.0-0030454259

Contributors: Fielding, C.R.; Alexander, J.
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Jan Alexander via Scopus - Elsevier

Anisotropic grain fabric: volcanic and laboratory analogues for turbidites

Characterization of deep marine clastic systems
1995 | Book
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2-s2.0-0029479764

Contributors: Hughes, S.R.; Alexander, J.; Druitt, T.H.
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Jan Alexander via Scopus - Elsevier

Anisotropic grain fabric: Volcanic and laboratory analogues for turbidites

Geological Society Special Publication
1995 | Book
EID:

2-s2.0-80052655532

Contributors: Hughes, S.R.; Alexander, J.; Druitt, T.H.
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Jan Alexander via Scopus - Elsevier
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