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The metabasites from the Texel Unit (Austroalpine nappe stack): markers of Cretaceous intracontinental subduction and subsequent collision Cover

The metabasites from the Texel Unit (Austroalpine nappe stack): markers of Cretaceous intracontinental subduction and subsequent collision

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|Dec 2023

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17738/ajes.2023.0010 | Journal eISSN: 2072-7151 | Journal ISSN: 0251-7493
Language: English
Page range: 165 - 179
Submitted on: Apr 11, 2023
Accepted on: Nov 25, 2023
Published on: Dec 15, 2023
Published by: Austrian Geological Society
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
Publication frequency: 1 issue per year

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