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Original Paper

Qian Yuan, Xiao-feng Cao, Xin-biao Lü, En-lin Yang, Xiang-dong Wang, Yue-gao Liu, Ban-xiao Ruan, Munir Mohammed-Abdalla-Adam

Petrology and zircon U-Pb dating combined with Hf isotope study of granitic rocks from the Kuluketage Block (Tarim Craton, NW China)

Journal of Geosciences, volume 59 (2014), issue 3, 275 - 291

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