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Research Article

First evidence for the subduction initiation and boninitic magmatism from the Armutlu Peninsula (NW Turkey): geodynamic significance for the Cadomian magmatic arc system of the Gondwanan margin

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Pages 2497-2521 | Received 20 Nov 2020, Accepted 25 Sep 2021, Published online: 12 Oct 2021

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