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Tectonics and foreland basin development at the leading edge of the Humber Arm Allochthon, western Newfoundland, Canadian Appalachians

Ryan A. Lacombe, John W. F. Waldron and S. Henry Williams
American Journal of Science May 2020, 320 (5) 450-477; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2475/05.2020.02

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Tectonics and foreland basin development at the leading edge of the Humber Arm Allochthon, western Newfoundland, Canadian Appalachians
Ryan A. Lacombe, John W. F. Waldron, S. Henry Williams
American Journal of Science May 2020, 320 (5) 450-477; DOI: 10.2475/05.2020.02
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