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Original paper

Lukáš Ackerman, Vladislav Rapprich, Ladislav Polák, Tomáš Magna, Virginia T. Mclemore, Ondřej Pour, Bohuslava Čejková

Petrogenesis of silica-rich carbonatites from continental rift settings: a missing link between carbonatites and carbonated silicate melts?

Journal of Geosciences, volume 66 (2021), issue 2, 71 - 87

DOI: http://doi.org/10.3190/jgeosci.320

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