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Rodrigues, Raiza Toledo; Rosenbaum, Gideon; Heaslop, Rob (2025) Anatomy of a Curved Orogen: The Broken River Orocline in the Northeastern Tasmanides (Australia). Tectonics, 44 (8). doi:10.1029/2025tc008908

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Title	Anatomy of a Curved Orogen: The Broken River Orocline in the Northeastern Tasmanides (Australia)
Journal	Tectonics
Authors	Rodrigues, Raiza Toledo		Author
	Rosenbaum, Gideon		Author
	Heaslop, Rob		Author
Year	2025 (August)	Volume	44
Issue	8
Publisher	American Geophysical Union (AGU)
DOI	doi:10.1029/2025tc008908Search in ResearchGate
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Full Reference	Rodrigues, Raiza Toledo; Rosenbaum, Gideon; Heaslop, Rob (2025) Anatomy of a Curved Orogen: The Broken River Orocline in the Northeastern Tasmanides (Australia). Tectonics, 44 (8). doi:10.1029/2025tc008908
Plain Text	Rodrigues, Raiza Toledo; Rosenbaum, Gideon; Heaslop, Rob (2025) Anatomy of a Curved Orogen: The Broken River Orocline in the Northeastern Tasmanides (Australia). Tectonics, 44 (8). doi:10.1029/2025tc008908
In	(2025, August) Tectonics Vol. 44 (8). American Geophysical Union (AGU)

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⇱ Rodrigues, Raiza Toledo; Rosenbaum, Gideon; Heaslop, Rob (2025) Anatomy of a Curved Orogen: The Broken River Orocline in the Northeastern Tasmanides (Australia). Tectonics, 44 (8). doi:10.1029/2025tc008908

Rodrigues, Raiza Toledo; Rosenbaum, Gideon; Heaslop, Rob (2025) Anatomy of a Curved Orogen: The Broken River Orocline in the Northeastern Tasmanides (Australia). Tectonics, 44 (8). doi:10.1029/2025tc008908

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