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Original paper

Surendra P. Verma, Rene Cruz-Huicochea, Lorena Díaz-Gonzáles, Sanjeet K. Verma

A new computer program TecDIA for multidimensional tectonic discrimination of intermediate and acid magmas and its application to the Bohemian Massif, Czech Republic

Journal of Geosciences, volume 60 (2015), issue 4, 203 - 218

DOI: http://doi.org/10.3190/jgeosci.201

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