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Potassium‐argon ages for some Australian Mesozoic igneous rocks

Ian McDougall Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, A.C.T., 2600
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Peter Wellman Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian National University, Canberra, A.C.T., 2600; Bureau of Mineral Resources, Geology and Geophysics, P.O. Box 378, Canberra City, A.C.T., 2601
Pages 1-9 | Received 24 Apr 1975, Published online: 01 Aug 2007

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