Layered Intrusions of the Duluth Complex, Minnesota, USA

Developments in Petrology

Volumn 15, Issue C, 1996, Pages 257-301

  Miller Jr , J D ^a   Ripley, E M ^b  

^a Minnesota Geological Survey   (United States)

^b INDIANA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 77957162516     PISSN: 01672894     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-2894(96)80010-8     Document Type: Article

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