Journal of

GEOsciences

  (Formerly Journal of the Czech Geological Society)

Editorial

Petr Hradecký

Introduction to the special volume "Subduction-related igneous activity in Central America - its nature, causes and consequences"

Journal of Geosciences, volume 56 (2011), issue 1, 1 - 7

DOI: http://doi.org/10.3190/jgeosci.089

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