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Original paper

Oğuz Turunç, Mehmet Demirbilek

Three-dimensional geological modelling, geostatistical evaluation, and resource estimation of the Şamlı Iron Ore Deposit, Balıkesir, Türkiye

Journal of Geosciences, volume 70 (2025), issue 4, 229 - 252

DOI: http://doi.org/10.3190/jgeosci.0041.25

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