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Research Article

Geochronological and geochemical studies of adakites from Tethyan Belt, Western Pakistan: A clue to geodynamics and Cu-Au mineralization

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Pages 1273-1293 | Received 14 Oct 2018, Accepted 14 Jul 2019, Published online: 25 Jul 2019

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