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Silurian-Devonian age and tectonic setting of the Connecticut Valley-Gaspé trough in Vermont based on U-Pb SHRIMP analyses of detrital zircons
Cory K. McWilliams, Gregory J. Walsh and Robert P. Wintsch
American Journal of Science May 2010, 310 (5) 325-363; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2475/05.2010.01
Cory K. McWilliams
Gregory J. Walsh
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Silurian-Devonian age and tectonic setting of the Connecticut Valley-Gaspé trough in Vermont based on U-Pb SHRIMP analyses of detrital zircons
Cory K. McWilliams, Gregory J. Walsh, Robert P. Wintsch
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Silurian-Devonian age and tectonic setting of the Connecticut Valley-Gaspé trough in Vermont based on U-Pb SHRIMP analyses of detrital zircons
Cory K. McWilliams, Gregory J. Walsh, Robert P. Wintsch
American Journal of Science May 2010, 310 (5) 325-363; DOI: 10.2475/05.2010.01
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