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Research Article

The Mencué Batholith: Permian episodic arc-related magmatism in the western North Patagonian Massif, Argentina

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Pages 317-341 | Received 26 Aug 2019, Accepted 22 Dec 2019, Published online: 08 Jan 2020

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