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Permian-Triassic (260-220 Ma) crustal growth of Eastern Central Asian orogenic belt as revealed by detrital zircon studies

Fanxue Meng, Shan Gao, Honglin Yuan and Hujun Gong
American Journal of Science May 2010, 310 (5) 364-404; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2475/05.2010.02

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