Remnants of Earth's Oldest Continental Crust Formed by Subduction
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Differentiation of the continental crust by relamination
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عنوان ژورنال: Acta Geologica Sinica - English Edition
سال: 2020
ISSN: 1000-9515,1755-6724
DOI: 10.1111/1755-6724.14434