The Erzgebirge, Germany, a subducted part of northern Gondwana: Geochemical evidence for repetition of early Palaeozoic metasedimentary sequences in metamorphic thrust units

Geological Magazine

Volumn 135, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 785-801

  Mingram, Birgit ^a  

^a GFZ GERMAN RESEARCH CENTRE FOR GEOSCIENCES   (Germany)

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EID: 0001470458     PISSN: 00167568     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016756898001769     Document Type: Article

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