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Priscoan (4.00–4.03 Ga) orthogneisses from northwestern Canada - by Samuel A. Bowring and Ian S. Williams: discussion

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  1. Swedish Museum of Natural History, Box 50007, 104 05, Stockholm, Sweden

    Martin J. Whitehouse

  2. Mineralogisch-Petrographisches Institut, Universität Bern, Erlachstraße 9a, 3012, Bern, Switzerland

    Thomas F. Nagler & Jan D. Kramers

  3. Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford, Parks Road, OX1 3PR, Oxford, UK

    Stephen Moorbath

  4. Department of Earth Sciences, University of Queensland, 4072, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia

    Balz S. Kamber

  5. Geological Institute, Copenhagen University, Øster Voldgade 10, 1350, Copenhagen, Denmark

    Robert Frei

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Whitehouse, M.J., Nagler, T.F., Moorbath, S. et al. Priscoan (4.00–4.03 Ga) orthogneisses from northwestern Canada - by Samuel A. Bowring and Ian S. Williams: discussion. Contrib Mineral Petrol 141, 248–250 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1007/s004100100240

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