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Original Paper

Chunming Han, Wenjiao Xiao , Guochun Zhao, Benxun Su, Songjian Ao, Ji’en Zhang, Bo Wan

Age and tectonic setting of magmatic sulfide Cu-Ni mineralization in the Eastern Tianshan Orogenic Belt, Xinjiang, Central Asia

Journal of Geosciences, volume 58 (2013), issue 3, 233 - 250

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