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Metamorphic history and geodynamic significance of the Early Cretaceous Sabzevar granulites (Sabzevar structural zone, NE Iran)
M. Nasrabady
Department of Geology, Imam Khomeini International University, Qazvin, Iran
F. Rossetti
Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche, Università Roma Tre, Roma, Italy
T. Theye
Institut für Mineralogie, Universität Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
G. Vignaroli
Dipartimento di Scienze Geologiche, Università Roma Tre, Roma, Italy
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