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Original Paper

Stanislav Vrána, Vojtěch Janoušek, Jan Franěk

Contrasting mafic to felsic HP-HT granulites of the Blanský les Massif (Moldanubian Zone of southern Bohemia): complexity of mineral assemblages and metamorphic reactions

Journal of Geosciences, volume 58 (2013), issue 4, 347 - 378

DOI: http://doi.org/10.3190/jgeosci.157

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