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Rastislav Vojtko, Alexander Lačný, Petr Jeřábek, Tomáš Potočný, Silvia Gerátová, Ján Kilík, Dušan Plašienka, Ondrej Lexa

Deformation pattern of the Lower Triassic sedimentary formations of the Silica Nappe: Evidence for dynamics of the Western Carpathian orogen

Journal of Geosciences, volume 68 (2023), issue 3, 229 - 248

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