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Evidence for late Precambrian plate tectonics in West Africa
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Metadata
- Authors
- Black, R., Caby, R., Moussine-Pouchkine, A., Bayer, R., Bertrand, J. M., Boullier, A. M., Fabre, J., & Lesquer, A.
- Venue
- Nature
- Published
- 1979-03
- Volume
- 278
- Issue
- 5701
- Pages
- 223-227
- ISSN
- 0028-0836 (ISSN-L)
- 1476-4687
- OpenAlex
- W2065067587
- Cited by
- 276
- References
- 12
- FWCI
- 7.27
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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