The Paraná-Etendeka province

Geophysical Monograph Series

Volumn 100, Issue , 1997, Pages 217-245

  Peate, David W ^a  

^a OPEN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

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DOI: 10.1029/GM100p0217     Document Type: Chapter

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