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Original paper

Wolfgang Knierzinger, Michael Wagreich, Franz Kiraly, Eun Young Lee, Theodoros Ntaflos

TETGAR_C: a novel three-dimensional (3D) provenance plot and calculation tool for detrital garnets

Journal of Geosciences, volume 64 (2019), issue 2, 127 - 148

DOI: http://doi.org/10.3190/jgeosci.284

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