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Original Paper

Sarah Deveaud, Charles Gumiaux, Eric Gloaguen, Yannick Branquet

Spatial statistical analysis applied to rare-element LCT-type pegmatite fields: an original approach to constrain faults-pegmatites-granites relationships

Journal of Geosciences, volume 58 (2013), issue 2, 163 - 182

DOI: http://doi.org/10.3190/jgeosci.141

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