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Research Article

An outline of Paleoproterozoic-Mesoproterozoic crustal evolution of the NW Amazon craton and implications for the Columbia Supercontinent

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Pages 3195-3229 | Received 01 Sep 2021, Accepted 30 Dec 2021, Published online: 06 Feb 2022

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