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New Geological Framework for Western Amazonia (Brazil) and Implications for Biogeography and Evolution

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Dilce de Fátima Rossetti*
Affiliation:
INPE Rua dos Astronautas 1758 CP 515 São José dos Campos 12245-970 SP, Brazil
Peter Mann de Toledo
Affiliation:
INPE Rua dos Astronautas 1758 CP 515 São José dos Campos 12245-970 SP, Brazil
Ana Maria Góes
Affiliation:
UFPA, Centro de Geociências, Campus do Guamá S/N Belém-PA, Brazil
*
*Corresponding author. E-mail address:rossetti@dsr.inpe.br.

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