Formation of the Naxos nested domes and crustal differentiation by convection and diapirism

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Issue		BSGF - Earth Sci. Bull. Volume 195, 2024


Article Number		21
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DOI		https://doi.org/10.1051/bsgf/2024017
Published online		15 October 2024

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