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U-Pb-Hf isotopic data from detrital zircons in late Carboniferous and Mid-Late Triassic sandstones, and also Carboniferous granites from the Tauride and Anatolide continental units in S Turkey: implications for Tethyan palaeogeography

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Pages 1159-1186 | Received 20 Mar 2019, Accepted 23 Jun 2019, Published online: 01 Jul 2019

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