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Original Paper

Lukáš Ackerman, Petr Špaček, Gordon Medaris Jr, Ernst Hegner, Martin Svojtka, Jaromír Ulrych

Geochemistry and petrology of pyroxenite xenoliths from Cenozoic alkaline basalts, Bohemian Massif

Journal of Geosciences, volume 57 (2012), issue 4, 199 - 219

DOI: http://doi.org/10.3190/jgeosci.125

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