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Facies architecture of the Palaeoproterozoic VMS-bearing Maurliden volcanic centre, Skellefte district, Sweden

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Pages 177-196 | Received 22 Sep 2005, Accepted 31 Jul 2007, Published online: 06 Aug 2009

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