Journal of

GEOsciences

  (Formerly Journal of the Czech Geological Society)

Original Paper

David Buriánek, Petr Hradecký

The volcano-tectonic evolution of the Miocene Santa Lucía Volcano, Boaco district, Nicaragua

Journal of Geosciences, volume 56 (2011), issue 1, 27 - 41

DOI: http://doi.org/10.3190/jgeosci.085

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