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Cliffs of Upper Globogerina Limestone Formation at Il-Ħofra l-Kbira near Marsaxlokk

The Geology of Malta consists of a sequence of sedimentary rocks of late Oligocene to late Miocene age cut through by a set of extensional faults of Pliocene age.[1]

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