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The thermochronologic record of erosion and magmatism in the Canyonlands region of the Colorado Plateau

Kendra E. Murray, Peter W. Reiners, Stuart N. Thomson, Xavier Robert and Kelin X Whipple
American Journal of Science May 2019, 319 (5) 339-380; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2475/05.2019.01

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The thermochronologic record of erosion and magmatism in the Canyonlands region of the Colorado Plateau
Kendra E. Murray, Peter W. Reiners, Stuart N. Thomson, Xavier Robert, Kelin X Whipple
American Journal of Science May 2019, 319 (5) 339-380; DOI: 10.2475/05.2019.01
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