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Research Article

Early cretaceous topographic evolution associated with the collapse of the Mongol-Okhotsk orogen in Western Transbaikalia: an integrated analysis

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Pages 2348-2369 | Received 13 Jul 2022, Accepted 19 Oct 2022, Published online: 01 Nov 2022

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