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Original Paper

Jaromír Leichmann, Volker Höck

The Brno Batholith: an insight into the magmatic and metamorphic evolution of the Cadomian Brunovistulian Unit, eastern margin of the Bohemian Massif

Journal of Geosciences, volume 53 (2008), issue 3-4, 281 - 305

DOI: http://doi.org/10.3190/jgeosci.037

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