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Avalonian arc-to-platform transition in southeastern New England: U-Pb geochronology and stratigraphy of Ediacaran Cambridge “argillite,” Boston Basin, Massachusetts, USA

Margaret D. Thompson and James L. Crowley
American Journal of Science May 2020, 320 (5) 405-449; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2475/05.2020.01

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