The ''Journal of South American Earth Sciences'' is a peer-reviewed scientific journal published by

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. It covers the earth sciences, primarily on issues that are relevant to

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, and

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. The journal was established in 1988 and the

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is James Kellogg ( University of South Carolina). According to the ''

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'', the journal has a 2012

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of 1.533.

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