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Geologic weathering and its implications on the age of the Sphinx

K. Lal Gauri, John J. Sinai, Jayanta K. Bandyopadhyay, 1995. Geoarchaeology 10(2): 119-133.

The Louisville group's reply to Schoch: the weathering profile follows bed lithology and is produced by salt and moisture under sand cover on the timescale of the Old Kingdom date.

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The main geological reply; source for the bed-controlled weathering reading.

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Gauri, K. L., Sinai, J. J., & Bandyopadhyay, J. K. (1995). Geologic weathering and its implications on the age of the Sphinx. Geoarchaeology 10(2): 119-133. https://doi.org/10.1002/gea.3340100203
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