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Original Paper

Gábor Kovács, Balász Géza Radovics, Tivadar M. Tóth

Petrologic comparison of the Gyód and Helesfa serpentinite bodies (Tisia Mega Unit, SW Hungary)

Journal of Geosciences, volume 61 (2016), issue 3, 255 - 279

DOI: http://doi.org/10.3190/jgeosci.218

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