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Original Paper

Kristýna Hrdličková, Axel Gerdes, Helena Gilíková, Dash Bat-Ulzii, Pavel Hanžl

Burd Gol Granite Massif as a product of the Late Cambrian post-orogenic magmatism in the SE part of the Lake Zone, Gobi Altay, SW Mongolia

Journal of Geosciences, volume 55 (2010), issue 4, 369 - 386

DOI: http://doi.org/10.3190/jgeosci.081

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