AUTHOR=Wu Chang-Zhi , Deng Xiaohua , Bagas Leon , Brzozowski Matthew J. , Chen Yan-Jing TITLE=Editorial: Critical Metals in Northwest China: Characters, Genesis and Tectonic Settings JOURNAL=Frontiers in Earth Science VOLUME=10 YEAR=2022 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/earth-science/articles/10.3389/feart.2022.851360 DOI=10.3389/feart.2022.851360 ISSN=2296-6463