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Research Article

Fluvial deposits of the Patlanoaya Group in southern Mexico: the stratigraphic record of an Early Mississippian supradetachment basin formed along the margin of Gondwana during the closure of the Rheic Ocean

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Received 22 Oct 2023, Accepted 24 Feb 2024, Published online: 19 Mar 2024

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