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Original Paper

Vladislav Babuška, Jaroslava Plomerová

Mantle lithosphere control of crustal tectonics and magmatism of the western Ohře (Eger) Rift

Journal of Geosciences, volume 55 (2010), issue 3, 171 - 186

DOI: http://doi.org/10.3190/jgeosci.070

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