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Original Articles

The Late Triassic Dengfuxian A-type granite, Hunan Province: age, petrogenesis, and implications for understanding the late Indosinian tectonic transition in South China

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Pages 428-445 | Received 05 Jun 2014, Accepted 23 Jan 2015, Published online: 23 Feb 2015

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