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Original paper

Stefan Kiefer, Martin Števko, Rastislav Vojtko, Daniel Ozdín, Axel Gerdes, Robert A. Creaser, Marek Szczerba, Juraj Majzlan

Geochronological constraints on the carbonate-sulfarsenide veins in Dobšiná, Slovakia: U/Pb ages of hydrothermal carbonates, Re/Os age of gersdorffite, and K/Ar ages of fuchsite

Journal of Geosciences, volume 65 (2020), issue 4, 229 - 247

DOI: http://doi.org/10.3190/jgeosci.314

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