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Original Paper

Martin Števko, Pavel Uher, Martin Ondrejka, Daniel Ozdín, Peter Bačík

Quartz-apatite-REE phosphates-uraninite vein mineralization near Čučma (eastern Slovakia): a product of early Alpine hydrothermal activity in the Gemeric Superunit, Western Carpathians

Journal of Geosciences, volume 59 (2014), issue 3, 209 - 222

DOI: http://doi.org/10.3190/jgeosci.169

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