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Petro-structural geology of the Eastern Aspromonte Massif crystalline basement (southern Italy-Calabria): an example of interoperable geo-data management from thin section – to field scale

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Pages 181-200 | Received 21 Mar 2014, Accepted 23 Jul 2014, Published online: 13 Aug 2014

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