A tectonic model for the juxtaposition of granulite- and amphibolite-facies rocks in the Eburnean orogenic belt (Sassandra-Cavally domain, Côte d’Ivoire)

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Issue		BSGF - Earth Sci. Bull. Volume 194, 2023


Article Number		11
Number of page(s)		33
DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/bsgf/2023007
Published online		04 August 2023

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