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The lapetus suture and the Scandinavian Caledonides

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

David Roberts
David Roberts*
Affiliation:
Norges Geologiske Undersøkelse, Trondheim, Norway
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Letter
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Geological Magazine , Volume 112 , Issue 4 , July 1975 , pp. 415 - 416
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1975

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