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Methodology for in situ wolframite U-Pb dating and its application

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We are indebted to the Editor-in-Chief Yongfei ZHENG for his invitation, and the anonymous reviewers for their insightful comments and advices that greatly improved this draft. We are also thankful to Dr. Yamirka Rojas-Agramonte for helping with English usage and corrections. This work was financially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 41525012).

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Yang, Y., Yang, M., Wang, H. et al. Methodology for in situ wolframite U-Pb dating and its application. Sci. China Earth Sci. 64, 187–190 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11430-020-9676-3

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