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Research Article

The Sierra de Juárez Complex: a new Gondwanan Neoproterozoic-early Palaeozoic metamorphic terrane in southern Mexico

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Pages 631-653 | Received 15 Jul 2020, Accepted 26 Dec 2020, Published online: 18 Jan 2021

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