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Geodynamic evolution of the Arctic Ocean and modern problems in geological studies of the Arctic region

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Original Russian Text © V.A. Vernikovsky, N.L. Dobretsov, 2015, published in Vestnik Rossiiskoi Akademii Nauk, 2015, Vol. 85, Nos. 5–6, pp. 412–419.

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Vernikovsky, V.A., Dobretsov, N.L. Geodynamic evolution of the Arctic Ocean and modern problems in geological studies of the Arctic region. Her. Russ. Acad. Sci. 85, 206–212 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1019331615030193

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