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Research Article

Origin of late Carboniferous highly fractionated high-K calc-alkaline I-type granites from the eastern Pontides (Şiran, northern Turkey)

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Pages 2560-2580 | Received 18 Jul 2023, Accepted 25 Nov 2023, Published online: 30 Nov 2023

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