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Chunming Han, Wenjiao Xiao , Guochun Zhao, Ben-Xun Su, Patrick Asamoah Sakyi, Songjian Ao, Bo Wan, Ji’en Zhang, Zhiyong Zhang

SIMS U-Pb zircon dating and Re-Os isotopic analysis of the Hulu Cu-Ni deposit, eastern Tianshan, Central Asian Orogenic Belt, and its geological significance

Journal of Geosciences, volume 58 (2013), issue 3, 251 - 270

DOI: http://doi.org/10.3190/jgeosci.146


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