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Chunming Han, Wenjiao Xiao , Guochun Zhao, Benxun Su, Patrick Asamoah Sakyi, Songjian Ao, Bo Wan, Ji’en Zhang, Zhiyong Zhang, Zhongmei Wang

Mid-Late Paleozoic metallogenesis and evolution of the Chinese Altai and East Junggar Orogenic Belt, NW China, Central Asia

Journal of Geosciences, volume 59 (2014), issue 3, 255 - 274

DOI: http://doi.org/10.3190/jgeosci.173

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