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East Anglia's Lost Rivers GeoscientistThe Fellowship magazine of The Geological Society of London | www.geolsoc.org.uk | Volume 22 No 4 | May 2012 CRATONIC BASINS Filling the data gap in Parnaiba, Brazil ANNUAL REVIEW Plus, your guide to the AGM! society on facebook] [www.facebook.com/geolsoc HIDDEN VALLEYS East Anglia’s lost rivers Not Just Software. RockWare. For Over 29 Years. 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