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A Special Issue Devoted to the Accretionary and Collisional Tectonics of the Altaids and its Metallogeny: Preface
Wenjiao XIAO,
Yongjiang LIU,
Zengqian HOU,
Shan LI,
Corresponding Author
Wenjiao XIAO
Xinjiang Research Center for Mineral Resources, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, 830011 China
College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 China
Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorYongjiang LIU
Key Lab of Submarine Geoscience and Prospecting Techniques, MOE, Institute for Advanced Ocean Study, College of Marine Geosciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100 China
Search for more papers by this authorZengqian HOU
Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing, 100037 China
Search for more papers by this authorShan LI
Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing, 100037 China
Search for more papers by this authorWenjiao XIAO,
Yongjiang LIU,
Zengqian HOU,
Shan LI,
Corresponding Author
Wenjiao XIAO
Xinjiang Research Center for Mineral Resources, Xinjiang Institute of Ecology and Geography, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Urumqi, 830011 China
College of Earth and Planetary Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100049 China
Corresponding author. E-mail: [email protected]Search for more papers by this authorYongjiang LIU
Key Lab of Submarine Geoscience and Prospecting Techniques, MOE, Institute for Advanced Ocean Study, College of Marine Geosciences, Ocean University of China, Qingdao, 266100 China
Search for more papers by this authorZengqian HOU
Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing, 100037 China
Search for more papers by this authorShan LI
Institute of Geology, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing, 100037 China
Search for more papers by this authorFirst published: 29 October 2019
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