WITHDRAWN: Polymetallic Enrichment of Lithium, Cesium, and Rubidium in Borax Deposits of the Puga Geothermal System, Eastern Ladakh: A Geochemical and Fluid Evolution Perspective

WITHDRAWN: Polymetallic Enrichment of Lithium, Cesium, and Rubidium in Borax Deposits of the Puga Geothermal System, Eastern Ladakh: A Geochemical and Fluid Evolution Perspective | Research Square window.SnipcartSettings = { analytics: { enabled: false } }; (function() { var accessVector = localStorage.getItem('access_vector') || ''; window.dataLayer = window.dataLayer || []; if (accessVector) { window.dataLayer.push({ user: { profile: { profileInfo: { snid: accessVector } } } }); } })(); (function(w,d,s,l,i){w[l]=w[l]||[];w[l].push({'gtm.start':new Date().getTime(),event:'gtm.js'});var f=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],j=d.createElement(s),dl=l!='dataLayer'?'&l='+l:'';j.async=true;j.src='https://www.googletagmanager.com/gtm.js?id='+i+dl;f.parentNode.insertBefore(j,f);})(window,document,'script','dataLayer','GTM-K279D39R'); Browse Preprints In Review Journals COVID-19 Preprints AJE Video Bytes Research Tools Research Promotion AJE Professional Editing AJE Rubriq About Preprint Platform In Review Editorial Policies Our Team Advisory Board Help Center Sign In Submit a Preprint Cite Share Download PDF Short Report WITHDRAWN: Polymetallic Enrichment of Lithium, Cesium, and Rubidium in Borax Deposits of the Puga Geothermal System, Eastern Ladakh: A Geochemical and Fluid Evolution Perspective Shabir Ahmad Mir, Ashish Bhardwaj, D. Bharati, P. S. Misra This is a preprint; it has not been peer reviewed by a journal. https://doi.org/ 10.21203/rs.3.rs-6778260/v2 This work is licensed under a CC BY 4.0 License Status: Published Journal Publication published 17 Mar, 2026 Read the published version in Carbonates and Evaporites → Version 2 posted You are reading this latest preprint version Show more versions Editorial Note The full text of this preprint has been withdrawn, as it was submitted in error. Therefore, the authors do not wish this work to be cited as a reference. Questions should be directed to the corresponding author. Editorial notes are used to provide important context regarding the topic of a preprint or to alert readers to potential issues concerning that preprint or a downstream publication associated with it. For more information on editorial notes, see our Editorial Policies . Abstract The full text of this preprint has been withdrawn, as it was submitted in error. 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