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Original Paper

Michelle A. McKeough, David R. Lentz, Chris R.M. McFarlane, Jarrod Brown

Geology and evolution of pegmatite-hosted U-Th ± REE-Y-Nb Mineralization, Kulyk, Eagle, and Karin Lakes region, Wollaston Domain, northern Saskatchewan, Canada: examples of the dual role of extreme fractionation and hybridization processes

Journal of Geosciences, volume 58 (2013), issue 4, 321 - 346

DOI: http://doi.org/10.3190/jgeosci.153

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