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Original Articles

Granitoids of the Dry Valleys area, southern Victoria Land: Geochemistry and evolution along the early Paleozoic Antarctic Craton margin

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Pages 299-316 | Received 02 Jun 1992, Accepted 29 Apr 1993, Published online: 23 Mar 2010

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