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+[build-system]
+requires = [
+    "setuptools>=42",
+    "wheel",
+    "versioneer-518",
+    "gplately",
+    "xarray",
+    "matplotlib=3.5.2",
+]
+build-backend = "setuptools.build_meta"
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