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Genesis and geological significance of intrusive rocks in the Lalinggaolihe iron deposit, east Kunlun, NW China: evidence from geochronology, petrological geochemistry, and Hf isotopes

Mesoproterozoic post-orogenic magmatism on the southwestern North China Craton: onset of Columbia breakup

Extraction and application of quantitative indexes for mineralization-alteration in non-magmatic epigenetic hydrothermal deposits--A case of the super-large germanium-rich lead-zinc deposit in Huize, Southwest China

Petrogenesis and tectonic implications of intrusive rocks in the Jiangjunmu porphyry deposit, East Kunlun orogeny, NW China

Geological interpretation of aeromagnetic data in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze river metallogenic belt, China: implications for iron oxide-apatite (IOA) and skarn iron deposit exploration

Geochronology and geochemistry of the Fogang granitic batholith and its implications for uranium mineralization

Magma mixing in the Karamaili granite belt of Eastern Junggar: evidence from A2-type granites and their mafic microgranular enclaves

Exhumation of the Koktokay rare-metal pegmatite group in the China Altai: insights from low-temperature thermochronology of the No. 3 pegmatite and Aler S-type granitic batholith

Structure and mineralization potential of the southwestern part of Sokoto Basin in Nigeria

Characterization and genesis mechanism of dolomite from Xike 1 well, Xisha Islands—constraints from Mg isotopes

Petrogenesis of Middle Silurian Shandan diorites in North Qilian Orogenic Belt, NW China: Insights into post-collisional slab breakoff

Petrogenesis of REE-rich two-mica granite from the Indosinian Xiekeng pluton in South China Block with implications for REE metallogenesis

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