Adakites in the Truong Son and Loei fold belts, Thailand and Laos: Genesis and implications for geodynamics and metallogeny

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Funding Acknowledgements

This work was part of the senior author's PhD research and was financially supported by the Australian Research Council (ARC) Linkage Grant "Geochronology, Metallogenesis and Deposit Styles of Loei Fold Belt in Thailand and Laos PDR Project (2004-2007)" with Kingsgate Consolidated Ltd., Oxiana Ltd. (now MMG), and PanAust Ltd., and the Industry-CODES funded "Ore Deposits of SE Asia (2008-2010)" Project, both led by Khin Zaw, and grants from the Society of Economic Geologists. We also acknowledge IPRS and CODES PhD scholarships from the University of Tasmania. The US National Science Foundation (EAR-0451693) partially supported the Re-Os analytical work. We thank PanAust Ltd. for logistical support during the fieldwork, together with Phil Robinson, Sarah Gilbert and Katie McGoldrick for technical assistance with XRF and ICP-MS analyses. Special thanks are due to Derek Wyman for reviewing the earlier version of the manuscript, together with the precious recommendations by David Lentz and Dan Marshall.