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Volume 36 Issue 3
Jun 2025
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Degao Zhai, Jinchao Wu, Qingqing Zhao, Panagiotis Voudouris, Stylianos Tombros, Xinli Wang, Wangjie Chen, Jinghao Sun, Zhan Xu, Jiajun Liu. Alteration and Metallogenic Zonation in Magmatic-Hydrothermal Ore Systems: Scientific Understandings and Exploration Implications. Journal of Earth Science, 2025, 36(3): 1303-1308. doi: 10.1007/s12583-025-2034-z
Citation: Degao Zhai, Jinchao Wu, Qingqing Zhao, Panagiotis Voudouris, Stylianos Tombros, Xinli Wang, Wangjie Chen, Jinghao Sun, Zhan Xu, Jiajun Liu. Alteration and Metallogenic Zonation in Magmatic-Hydrothermal Ore Systems: Scientific Understandings and Exploration Implications. Journal of Earth Science, 2025, 36(3): 1303-1308. doi: 10.1007/s12583-025-2034-z

Alteration and Metallogenic Zonation in Magmatic-Hydrothermal Ore Systems: Scientific Understandings and Exploration Implications

doi: 10.1007/s12583-025-2034-z
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  • Corresponding author: Degao Zhai, dgzhai@cugb.edu.cn
  • Received Date: 10 Feb 2025
  • Accepted Date: 19 Mar 2025
  • Available Online: 11 Jun 2025
  • Issue Publish Date: 30 Jun 2025
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    The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
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