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Geochemical study of Cretaceous magmatic rocks in Chuzhou region, low Yangtze River metallogenic belt: implications for petrogenesis and Cu–Au mineralization

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Pages 1479-1506 | Received 18 Mar 2017, Accepted 28 Aug 2017, Published online: 20 Sep 2017

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