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Mesozoic and Cenozoic evolution of the North and South China blocks

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COURTILLOT, V., BESSE, J. Mesozoic and Cenozoic evolution of the North and South China blocks. Nature 320, 86–87 (1986). https://doi.org/10.1038/320086a0

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