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Towards a high resolution Late Palaeoproterozoic ‐ earliest Mesoproterozoic apparent polar wander path for northern Australia

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R. W. Page, M. J. Jackson & A. A. Krassay. (2000) Constraining sequence stratigraphy in north Australian basins: SHRIMP U–Pb zircon geochronology between Mt Isa and McArthur River. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences 47:3, pages 431-459.
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D. L. Scott, D. J. Rawlings, R. W. Page, C. Z. Tarlowski, M. Idnurm, M. J. Jackson & P. N. Southgate. (2000) Basement framework and geodynamic evolution of the Palaeoproterozoic superbasins of north‐central Australia: An integrated review of geochemical, geochronological and geophysical data. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences 47:3, pages 341-380.
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