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Original Paper

David Buriánek, Pavel Hanžl, Vojtěch Erban, Helena Gilíková, Khasbar Bolormaa

The Early Cretaceous volcanic activity in the western part of the Gobi-Altay rift (Shiliin Nuruu, SW Mongolia)

Journal of Geosciences, volume 53 (2008), issue 2, 167 - 180

DOI: http://doi.org/10.3190/jgeosci.026

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