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Kozlu may refer to:
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- ↑ DHA. "263 madencinin öldüğü Kozlu faciasının yıl dönümü". www.hurriyet.com.tr (in Turkish). Retrieved 2022-04-27.
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- ↑ "Organic Matter Type, Maturity, Depositional Environmental Characteristics and Liquid Hydrocarbon Potential of Late Carboniferous Kozlu Bituminuos Coal and Coaly Shale Beds (Zonguldak-Amasra Basin, NW Anatolia,Turkey): An Application of Biomarker Geochemistry".
