Epilogue: What if Anything Have We Learned About Precambrian Ophiolites and Early Earth Processes?

Developments in Precambrian Geology

Volumn 13, Issue C, 2004, Pages 727-737

  Kusky, Timothy M ^a  

^a Saint Louis University   (United States)

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EID: 77956779391     PISSN: 01662635     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-2635(04)13022-3     Document Type: Review

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