Tectonic blocks, magmatic arcs, and oceanic terrains: A preliminary interpretation based on gravity, outcrop, and subsurface data, northeast-central Mexico

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Volumn 75, Issue , 2001, Pages 29-43

  Bartolini, Claudio ^a   Mickus, Kevin ^b  

^a Southwest Missouri State University ^*

^b MISSOURI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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