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Ultramafics and Orogeny, with Models of the US Cordillera and the Tethys

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An attempt to synthesize regional and structural geology, particularly in the Alpine and Cordilleran systems, during the whole of Phanerozoic time.

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MOORES, E. Ultramafics and Orogeny, with Models of the US Cordillera and the Tethys. Nature 228, 837–842 (1970). https://doi.org/10.1038/228837a0

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