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Detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology of the Magog Group, southern Quebec – stratigraphic and tectonic implications for the Quebec Appalachians

Morgann Perrot, Alain Tremblay and Jean David
American Journal of Science December 2017, 317 (10) 1049-1094; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2475/10.2017.01

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Detrital zircon U-Pb geochronology of the Magog Group, southern Quebec – stratigraphic and tectonic implications for the Quebec Appalachians
Morgann Perrot, Alain Tremblay, Jean David
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