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A Laurentian cratonic reference from the distal Proterozoic basement of Western Newfoundland using tandem in situ and isotope dilution U-pb zircon and titanite geochronology

Eben B. Hodgin, Francis A. Macdonald, James L. Crowley and Mark D. Schmitz
American Journal of Science September 2021, 321 (7) 1045-1079; DOI: https://doi.org/10.2475/07.2021.02

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A Laurentian cratonic reference from the distal Proterozoic basement of Western Newfoundland using tandem in situ and isotope dilution U-pb zircon and titanite geochronology
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