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Comment on “dating the geologic history of Oman’s Semail ophiolite: insights from U–Pb geochronology” by C. J. Warren, R. R. Parrish, D. J. Waters and M. P. Searle

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    Françoise Boudier & Adolphe Nicolas

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Boudier, F., Nicolas, A. Comment on “dating the geologic history of Oman’s Semail ophiolite: insights from U–Pb geochronology” by C. J. Warren, R. R. Parrish, D. J. Waters and M. P. Searle. Contrib Mineral Petrol 154, 111–113 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00410-007-0189-5

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