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The use of biogeography in the terrane assembly of the variscan belt of Europe

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McKerrow, W.S., Cocks, L.R.M. The use of biogeography in the terrane assembly of the variscan belt of Europe. Stud Geophys Geod 39, 269–275 (1995). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02295818

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