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Jakub Mikrut, Magdalena Matusiak-Małek, Georges Ceuleneer, Michel Grégoire, Kujtim Onuzi

Melt-rock interaction as a factor controlling evolution of chromite and olivine in dunite - case study from the Kukes Massif (Mirdita ophiolite, Albania)

Journal of Geosciences, volume 69 (2024), issue 1, 49 - 64

DOI: http://doi.org/10.3190/jgeosci.386

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