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Straub, K.M. , Paola, C., Kim, W., and Sheets, B., in submission, Experimental investigation of sediment-dominated vs. tectonic-dominated sediment transport systems in subsiding basins, Journal of Sedimentary Research.

Straub, K.M. and Wang, Y., in submission, Influence of water and sediment supply on the stratigraphic record of alluvial fans and deltas: Statistical characterization of basin-filling sedimentation patterns, Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface.

Pyles, D.R., Straub, K.M., Stammer, J., in submission, Spatial variation in the composition of turbidites due to hydrodynamic fractionation, Geophysical Research Letters.

Kim., W., Petter, A., Straub, K.M., Mohrig, D., in submission, Decoupling allogenic forcing from autogenic processes: Experimental geomorphology and stratigraphy: From Depositional Systems to Sedimentary Successions on the Norwegian Continental Shelf, International Association of Sedimentologists Special Publication.

Straub, K.M., and Esposito, C.R., 2013, Influence of water and sediment supply on the stratigraphic record of alluvial fans and deltas: Process controls on stratigraphic completeness, Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface, v. 118, doi:10.1002/JGRF.20061.

Straub, K.M., and Pyles, D.R., 2012, Quantifying the hierarchical organization of compensation in submarine fans using surface statistics, Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 82, p. 889-898, DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2012.73.

Straub, K.M., Ganti, V., and Paola, C., and Foufoula,-Georgiou, 2012, Prevalence of exponential bed thickness distributions in the stratigraphic record: Experiments and theory, Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface, v. 117, F02003, doi:10.1029/2011JF002034.

Straub, K.M., Mohrig, D., Pirmez, C., 2012, Architecture of an aggradational tributary submarine channel network on the continental slope offshore Brunei Darussalam, in Prather, B.E., Deptuck, M.E., Mohrig, D., Van Hoorn, B., and Wynn, R.B., eds., Application of the Principles of Seismic Geomorphology to Continental-Slope and Base-of-Slope Systems: Case Studies from Seafloor and Near-Seafloor Analogues, SEPM, Special Publication 99, p. 13-30, DOI: 10.2110/pec.12.99.0061.

Shen, Z., Törnqvist, T.E., Autin, W.J., Mateo, Z.R.P., Straub, K.M., Mauz, B., 2012, Rapid and widespread response of the Lower Mississippi River to eustatic forcing during the last glacial-interglacial cycle, Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 124(5/6), p. 690-704, DOI: 10.1130/B30449.1.

Wang, Y., Straub, K.M., Hajek, E.A., 2011, Scale dependant compensational stacking: an estimate of autogenic timescales in channelized sedimentary deposits, Geology, v. 39(9), p. 811-814, DOI: 10.1130/G32068.1. Supplementary Information , Supplementary Movie

Ganti, V., Straub, K.M., Foufoula-Georgiou, E., and Paola, C., 2011, Space-time dynamics of depositional systems: Experimental evidence and theoretical modeling of heavy-tailed statistics, Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface, v. 116, F02011, doi:10.1029/2010JF001893.

Straub, K.M., Mohrig, D., Buttles, J., McElroy, B., Pirmez, C., 2011, Quantifying the influence of channel sinuosity on the depositional mechanics of channelized turbidity currents: A laboratory study, Marine Petroleum Geology, v. 28, p. 744-760, DOI:10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2010.05.014. Supplementary Information , Supplementary Movie

Paola, C., Straub, K.M., Mohrig, D., and Reinhardt, L., 2009, The “unreasonable effectiveness” of stratigraphic and geomorphic experiments, Earth-Science Reviews, v. 97, p. 1-43, DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2009.05.003.

Straub, K.M. Paola, C., Mohrig, D., Wolinsky, M.A., George, T., 2009, Compensational stacking of channelized sedimentary deposits, Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 79, p. 673-688, DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2009.070.
Journal of Sedimentary Research Sept. 2009 Cover

Straub, K.M. and Mohrig, D., 2009, Constructional canyons built by sheet-like turbidity currents: Observations from offshore Brunei Darussalam, Journal of Sedimentary Research, v. 79, p. 24-39, DOI: 10.2110/jsr.2009.006.

Abrams, D.M., Lobkovsky, A.E., Petroff, A.P., Straub, K.M., McElroy, B., Mohrig, D.C., Kudrolli, A., Rothman, D.H., 2009, Growth laws for channel networks incised by groundwater flow, Nature Geoscience, v. 2(3), p. 193-196, DOI: 10.1038/NGEO432. Nature Geoscience Cover, News and Views on Article, Backstory on Article , Supplementary Information , Supplementary Movie 1 , Supplementary Movie 2 , Tulane Press Release

Straub, K.M., Mohrig, D., and Buttles, J., 2008, Turbidity current flow out of channels and its contribution to constructing the continental slope, Society of Exploration Geophysicists Annual Meeting Extended Abstracts, p. 2767-2771.

Straub, K.M. and Mohrig, D., 2008, Quantifying the morphology and growth of levees in aggrading submarine channels, Journal of Geophysical Research - Earth Surface, v. 113, F03012, doi:10.1029/2007JF000896.

Straub, K.M., Mohrig, D.C., Buttles, J., McElroy, B., Pirmez, C., 2008, Interactions between turbidity currents and topography in aggrading sinuous submarine channels: A laboratory study, GSA Bulletin, v. 120(3/4), p. 368-385, DOI: 10.1130/B25983.1. Supplementary Information, Supplementary Movie

Straub, K.M., Jerolmack, D.J., Mohrig, D., Rothman, D.H., 2007, Channel network scaling laws in submarine basins, Geophysical Research Letters, v.34, L12613, doi:10.1029/2007GL030089.

Straub, K.M., 2007, Quantifying turbidity current interactions with topography, Ph.D. thesis, 205 pp., Massachusetts Institude of Technology, Cambridge.

Mohrig, D., Straub, K.M., Buttles, J., and Pirmez, C., 2005, Controls on geometry and composition of a levee built by turbidity currents in a straight laboratory channel, in Proceedings, River, Coastal and Estuarine Morphodynamics Symposium, 4th, Urbana: Illinois, USA, International Association of Hydraulic Research.


Abstracts Submitted
Straub, K.M. and C.R. Esposito, 2013: "Influence of water and sediment supply on the completeness of the stratigraphic record and implications for interpretation of coastal processes and shelf evolution" Annual Meeting of the Gulf Coast Association of Geological Sciences, New Orleans, Louisiana (Invited Talk)

Hajek, E.A., K.M. Straub, D. Edmonds, C. Millard, 2013: "Exploring the influence of channel and floodplain morphodynamics on river avulsion and alluvial basin filling" International Conference on Fluvial Sedimentology, Leeds, United Kingdom (Invited Talk)

Straub, K.M. and C.R. Esposito, 2013: "Influence of water and sediment supply on the completeness of the stratigraphic record and the construction of stratigraphic surfaces in alluvial fans and deltas" Annual Meeting of the American Association of Petroleum Geologist, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Talk)

Esposito, C.R., R. Boyd, K.M. Straub, 2013: "Forward Stratigraphic Modeling of Deltaic Deposits Using Delft3D" Annual Meeting of the American Association of Petroleum Geologist, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Poster)

Li, Q. and K.M. Straub, 2013: "Influence of sediment cohesion on basin-filling sedimentation patterns" Annual Meeting of the American Association of Petroleum Geologist, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Poster)

Straub, K.M., A. Cantelli, Z. Sylvester, 2013: "Morphodynamic models for the construction of submarine channel levees and implications for the hydraulic geometry of submarine channels" Pacific Section Meeting of SEPM (Society for Sedimentary Geology), Monterey, California

Straub, K.M., Y. Wang, C. Esposito, 2012: "Relating the creation and preservation of stratigraphic surfaces to geomorphic surfaces in continental margin environments" Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, California

Straub, K.M., C. Paola, W. Kim, B. Sheets, 2012: "Experimental investigation of sediment-dominated vs. tectonic-dominated sediment transport systems in aseismically and co-seismically extensional basins" Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, California (Invited Talk)

Straub, K.M., C.R. Esposito, J.I. Kuykendall, 2012: "Morphodynamic models for the construction of submarine channel levees and implications for the hydraulic geometry of submarine channels" Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America, Charlotte, North Carolina (Invited Talk)

Straub, K.M., E.A. Hajek, D.R. Pyles, J. Stammer, Y. Wang, 2012: "Worlds Big, Small, and Digital: Challenges and Opportunities in Meshing Field Observations with Experiments and Numerical Models" IAS Meeting of Sedimentology, Schladming, Austria (Invited Keynote Lecture)

Straub, K.M., Y. Wang, C. Esposito, 2012: "Relating the creation and preservation of stratigraphic surfaces to geomorphic surfaces in deltaic environments" William Smith Meeting – Strata and Time, London, United Kingdom

Ganti, V., K.M. Straub, E. Foufoula-Georgiou, C. Paola, 2012: "Relating Earth-Surface Dynamics to the Preserved Stratigraphy: What is Recorded and Why?" William Smith Meeting – Strata and Time, London, United Kingdom

Pyles, D., K.M. Straub, J. Stammer, 2012: "Hydrodynamic Fractionation of Grains on the Basis of Density and Shape in Distributive Deepwater Settings: An Experimental Study" Annual Meeting of the American Association of Petroleum Geologist, Long Beach, California (Talk)

Stammer, J., D. Pyles, K.M. Straub, M. Sullivan, 2012: "Spatially Varying Characteristics in Mineralogy in Deepwater Lobe Deposits: Examples from Outcrop, Experimental, and Subsurface Studies" Annual Meeting of the American Association of Petroleum Geologist, Long Beach, California (Poster)

Straub, K.M., C.R. Esposito, J.I. Kuykendall, 2011: "Linking flow properties of partially channelized turbidity currents to the morphodynamics and texture of submarine levees" Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, California (Invited Talk)

Straub, K.M. and Y. Wang, 2011: "Relationship between fluvial morphodynamics and basin-filling sedimentation patterns: Lessons learned from physical experiments" Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, California (Talk)

Straub, K.M., Y. Wang, E. Hajek, 2011: "Relationship between avulsion behavior and basin-filling sedimentation patterns: Lessons learned from physical experiments" Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America, Minneapolis, Minnesota (Invited Talk)

Ganti, V., K.M. Straub, E. Foufoula-Georgiou, C. Paola, 2011: "From experimental basins to deltas: A statistical characterization of surface dynamics in deltaic systems" Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America, Minneapolis, Minnesota (Talk)

Mohrig, D., K.M. Straub, J. Buttles, 2011: "A laboratory perspective on the growth of submarine channel bends by turbidity currents" Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America, Minneapolis, Minnesota (Invited Talk)

Shen, Z., Törnqvist, T.E., Autin, W.J., Mateo, R.P., Straub, K.M., Mauz, B., 2011, "Rapid and widespread response of the Lower Mississippi River to eustatic forcing during the last glacial-interglacial cycle" UK All at Sea? Conference, York, United Kingdom (Talk)

Mohrig, D., K.M. Straub, J. Buttles, 2011: "A laboratory perspective on the processes controlling the arrangement of deposits that build and fill submarine channels" Geological Society of London conference on Internal architecture, bedforms and geometry of turbidite channels, London, United Kingdom (Talk)

Straub, K.M. and D.R. Pyles, 2011: "Scale dependant compensational stacking of deep-water deposits: Carboniferous Ross Sandstone" Annual Meeting of the American Association of Petroleum Geologist, Houston, Texas (Talk)

Hajek, E. and K.M. Straub, 2011: "Statistical tools for characterizing autogenic organization in sedimentary deposits" Annual Meeting of the American Association of Petroleum Geologist, Houston, Texas (Talk)

Straub, K.M., Y. Wang, E. Hajek, 2011: "Scale dependant compensational stacking of channelized sedimentary deposits" AGU Chapman Conference - Source to Sink Systems around the World and through Time, Oxnard, California (Poster)

Mohrig, D., J. Nittrouer, K.M. Straub, M. Allison, 2011: "Connecting the flow and sediment-transport fields in coastal rivers to short- and long-term patterns of delta sedimentation" AGU Chapman Conference - Source to Sink Systems around the World and through Time, Oxnard, California (Talk)

Ganti, V., K.M. Straub, E. Foufoula-Georgiou, C. Paola, 2011: "Space-time dynamics of delta evolution and implications for stratigraphy" AGU Chapman Conference - Source to Sink Systems around the World and through Time, Oxnard, California (Poster)

Straub, K.M., V. Ganti, C. Paola, E. Foufoula-Georgiou, 2010: "Persistence of exponential bed thickness distributions in the stratigraphic record: Experiments and theory" Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, California (Talk)

Ganti, V., K.M. Straub, E. Foufoula-Georgiou, C. Paola, 2009: "Space-time dynamics of depositional systems: Experimental evidence of heavy-tailed statistics and new ideas for modeling" Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, California (Poster)

Wang, Y., K.M. Straub, E. Hajek, 2010: "Scale dependant compensational stacking of channelized sedimentary deposits" Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, California (Poster)

Straub, K.M., D.R. Pyles, E.A. Hajek, 2010: "Scale dependant compensational stacking of channelized sedimentary deposits" International Sedimentological Congress, Mendoza Argentina (Talk)

Straub, K.M. and D. Mohrig, 2010: "Linking flow properties of partially channelized turbidity currents to the morphodynamics and texture of submarine levees" International Sedimentological Congress, Mendoza Argentina (Talk)

Straub, K.M., D. Mohrig, J. Buttles, B. McElroy, C. Pirmez, 2010: "Quantifying the influence of channel sinuosity on the depositional mechanics of channelized turbidity currents: A laboratory study" International Sedimentological Congress, Mendoza Argentina (Poster)

Armitage, D.A., T. McHargue, A. Fildani, S.A. Graham, K.M. Straub, 2010: "Pre-avulsion levee and post-avulsion channel evolution: Niger Delta Continental Slope" International Sedimentological Congress, Mendoza Argentina (Talk)

Hajek, E. and K.M. Straub, 2010: "Identifying autogenic organization of surface processes in the stratigraphic record" William Smith Meeting – Landscapes into Rock, London, United Kingdom (Talk)

Straub, K.M., D. Mohrig, T. George, N. Dawers, E. Martin, C. Paola, 2010: "Subsidence associated with active growth faulting on the Mississippi Delta: Displacement Rates and Steering of the Mississippi Riverd" Annual Meeting of the American Association of Petroleum Geologist, New Orleans, Louisiana (Poster)

Mohrig, D., K. Straub, A.C. De la Rosa Illescas, 2010: "When does spatial variation in subsidence rate influence the positioning of channels within Quaternary strata of Mississippi River delta?" Annual Meeting of the American Association of Petroleum Geologist, New Orleans, Louisiana (Talk)

Straub, K.M., C. Paola, W. Kim, B. Sheets, 2009: "Controls on steering of channels in laterally tilting basins: an experimental study" Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, California (Poster)

Ganti, V., K.M. Straub, E. Foufoula-Georgiou, M. Meerschaert, 2009: "Signature of non-locality in depositional systems: Implications for modeling and interpretation of stratigraphic records" Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, California (Talk)

Rothman, D., D.M. Abrams, O. Devauchelle, A.P. Petroff, A.E. Lobkovsky, K.M. Straub, B. McElroy, D. Mohrig, A. Kudrolli, 2009: "Growth of a dendritic channel network" Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, California (Invited Talk)

Straub, K.M. and D. Mohrig, 2009: "Character of unconfined turbidity currents as defined by regional depositional patterns on a continental slope" SEPM Meeting on Application of Seismic Geomorphology Principles to Continental Slope and Base-of-slope Systems: Case Studies from Seafloor and Near-Seafloor Analogues, Austin, Texas (Talk)

Straub, K.M., C. Paola, B. Sheets, W. Kim, 2009: "Autogenic-allogenic interactions in lab experiments: what we have learned" Annual Meeting of the American Association of Petroleum Geologist, Denver, Colorado (Invited Talk)

Straub, K.M., C. Paola, D. Mohrig, M. Wolinsky, T.J. George, 2009: "Compensational stacking of channelized sedimentary deposits" Annual Meeting of the American Association of Petroleum Geologist, Denver, Colorado (Talk)

Straub, K.M., V. Ganti, C. Paola, D. Mohrig, M.A. Wolinsky, 2009: "Inferring depositional mechanics from scaling scaling relationships preserved in the architecture of channelized sedimentary deposits" SEPM Meeting on Stratigraphic Evolution of Deep-Water Architecture: Examples on Controls and Depositional Styles from The Magallanes Basin, Chile, Puerto Natales, Chile (Talk)

Pirmez, C., Z. Sylvester, A. Cantelli, J. Imran, A. Islam, G. Parker, K.M. Straub, J. Buttles, D. Mohrig, 2009: "Lateral migration in deepwater channels - observations and models" SEPM Meeting on Stratigraphic Evolution of Deep-Water Architecture: Examples on Controls and Depositional Styles from The Magallanes Basin, Chile, Puerto Natales, Chile (Talk)

Abrams, D.M., A.E. Lobkovsky, A.P. Petroff, K.M. Straub, B.J. McElroy, D. Mohrig, A. Kudrolli, D.H. Rothman, 2008: "Reversible Channel Growth by Subsurface Flow" Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, California (Talk)

Paola, C., K.M. Straub, D.C. Mohrig, L. Reinhardt, 2008: "The 'Unreasonable Effectiveness' of Stratigraphic and Geomorphic Experiments" Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, California (Talk)

Mohrig, D., T.J. George, K.M. Straub, 2008: "Role of Growth Faulting in the Quaternary Development of Mississippi-River Delta" Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, California (Poster)

Straub, K.M., D. Mohrig, J. Buttles, 2008: "Turbidity current flow out of channels and its contribution to constructing the continental slope" Society of Exploration Geophysicists Annual Meeting, Las Vegas, Nevada (Talk)

Straub, K.M., D. Mohrig, C. Paola, T.J. George, 2008: "Quaternary sedimentation and subsidence history of the Lower Mississippi Delta defined by an industry-grade 3D seismic volume" Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America, Houston, Texas (Talk)

George, T.J., D. Mohrig, K.M. Straub, J.A. Nittrouer, T. Hess, 2008: "3D Seismic Evaluation of Fault Control on Quaternary Subsidence Patterns, Rates, and Related Surface Morphology in Southeastern Louisiana" Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America, Houston, Texas (Talk)

Mohrig, D., K.M. Straub, J. Buttles, 2008: "Turbidity current flow out of channels and its contribution to constructing the continental slope" Annual Meeting of the American Association of Petroleum Geologist, San Antonio, Texas (Talk)

Straub, K.M. and D. Mohrig, 2007: "Constructional canyons built by sheet-like turbidity currents: Observations from offshore Brunei Darussalam" Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, California (Poster) PPT of Poster 8.0MB

Abrams, D.M., A.E. Lobkovsky, B.J. McElroy, D. Mohrig, A.P. Petroff, D.H. Rothman, K.M. Straub, 2007: "Evidence for the Dynamical Origin of Ordered Channel Networks Driven by Subsurface Flow" Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, California (Poster)


Straub, K.M. and D. Mohrig, 2007: "Quantifying the morphology and growth of levees in a submarine tributary channel system offshore Brunei Darussalam" (Invited Talk) Annual Meeting of the American Association of Petroleum Geologist, Long Beach, California

Straub, K.M. and D. Mohrig, 2006: "Morphodynamics of Levees Built by Turbidity Currents: Observations and Models" Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, California (Poster) PPT of Poster 3.0MB

Straub, K.M., D. Mohrig, J. Buttles, C. Pirmez, 2006: "When does flow splitting occur in submarine channel bends" Annual Meeting of the American Association of Petroleum Geologist, Houston, Texas (Poster) PPT of Poster 3.5MB

Mohrig, D., K. Straub, J. Buttles, B. McElroy, C. Pirmez, 2006: "Sedimentation patterns in zones of flow seperation along the inner banks of bends in submarine channels" Annual Meeting of the American Association of Petroleum Geologist, Houston, Texas (Talk)

Huang, H., J. Imran, C. Pirmez, J. Buttles, D. Mohrig, K.M. Straub, 2006: "Numerical simulation of turbidity currents in sinuous channel" Annual Meeting of the American Association of Petroleum Geologist, Houston, Texas (Talk)


Pirmez, C., M.D. Barton, C.J. O'Byrne, Z. Sylvester, F. van der Vlugt, M. Deptuck, B.E. Prather, D.C. Mohrig, J. Imran, G. Parker, J. Buttles, K.M. Straub, A. Cantelli, H. Huang, B. McElroy, S. Johnson, 2006: "Role of physical experiments and near-seafloor reservoir analogues in modeling deepwater reservoirs" Annual Meeting of the American Association of Petroleum Geologist, Houston, Texas (Talk)

Straub, K.M., D. Mohrig, 2006: "Are submarine canyons exclusively the product of erosional processes?" Ocean Sciences Annual Meeting, Hononulu, Hawaii (Talk)

Straub, K.M., D. Mohrig, J. Buttles, C. Pirmez, 2005: "Does sinuousity influence channel length: A study of mixing in turbidity currents induced by channel bends" Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, California (Talk)

Mohrig, D., K.M. Straub, J. Buttles, C. Pirmez, 2005: "Channel levees built by turbidity currents in the laboratory" Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, California (Talk)

Rondenay, S., D. Snyder, C. Chen, K.M. Straub, 2005: "Towards an integrated seismic characterization of the Slave craton" Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, California (Poster)

Straub, K.M., D. Mohrig, 2005: "The interaction of channelized turbidity currents with a growing fold: a view from the seascape, offshore Brunei Darussalam" Annual Meeting of the Geological Society of America, Salt Lake City, Utah (Poster) PPT of Poster 18.8MB

Straub, K.M. and D. Mohrig, 2005: "Control of mass-failure events on the evolution of a submarine channel network, offshore Brunei Darussalam" European Geoscience Union, Vienna, Austria (Talk)

Straub, K.M. and D. Mohrig, 2005: "Control of Preexisting Seafloor Topography on the Evolution of a Tributary-like Network of Submarine Channels on the Continental Slope Offshore Brunei Darussalam." Seismic Geomorphology Conference sponsered by SEPM, Houston, Texas (Talk)

Straub, K.M., D. Mohrig, J. Buttles, 2004: "Experimental Study of Sinuous Channel Evolution Associated with Depositional Turbidity Currents." Fall Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, San Francisco, California (Talk)

Straub, K.M., S. Rondenay, D. Snyder, 2004: "Upper Mantle Structure of the Slave Craton from Teleseismic Body-Wave Tomography." Spring Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Montreal, Canada (Poster) PDF of Poster 5.6MB

Straub, K.M., P.B. Flemings, B. Dugan, and The Shipboard Scientific Party of ODP Leg 196, 2002: "Overpressure within the Nankai Accretionary Prism from Ocean Drilling Program Legs 131, 190, and 196." Spring Meeting of the American Geophysical Union, Washington D.C. (Poster) PDF of Poster 9.7MB

Straub, K.M., Flemings, P.B., 2000: "Geology and Drainage of the Teal South 4500' Sand" Energy Research Clearing House Annual Meeting, Houston, Texas (Talk)


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