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Primary fluid exsolution in porphyry copper systems: evidence from magmatic apatite and anhydrite inclusions in zircon

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Acknowledgments

We obtained support from senior geologists Yu-Bin Li at the No. 5 Geological Team, Tibet Bureau of Geology and Exploration. This manuscript benefited from constructive comments by Bernd Lehmann, Pete Hollings, Brian Tattitch, and an anonymous reviewer.

Funding

This work was funded by the Natural Science Foundation Project (41672091 and 41972083), the National Key Research and Development Project of China (2016YFC0600303), and the Strategic Priority Research Program of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Grant No. XDA2007030101).

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  1. Key Laboratory of Continental Collision and Plateau Uplift, Institute of Tibetan Plateau Research, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China

    Jin-Xiang Li & Jing Xie

  2. Center for Excellence in Tibetan Plateau Earth Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100101, China

    Jin-Xiang Li

  3. Key Laboratory of Mineral Resources, Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, 100029, China

    Guang-Ming Li, Jun-Xing Zhao & Ke-Zhang Qin

  4. School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, John de Laeter Center, Curtin University, Perth, WA, 6945, Australia

    Noreen J. Evans

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Li, JX., Li, GM., Evans, N.J. et al. Primary fluid exsolution in porphyry copper systems: evidence from magmatic apatite and anhydrite inclusions in zircon. Miner Deposita 56, 407–415 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00126-020-01013-4

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