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Research Article

Paleoproterozoic thick-skinned tectonics in the Central Indian Tectonic Zone: implications on the tectonic reconstructions of cratonic nuclei

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Pages 3028-3064 | Received 14 Oct 2022, Accepted 15 Jan 2023, Published online: 06 Feb 2023

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