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Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
An International Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia
Volume 35, 1988 - Issue 3
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Reconstruction of Antarctica and Australia at breakup (95 ± 5 Ma) and before rifting (160 Ma)

J. J. Veevers Australian Plate Research Group, School of Earth Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW, 2109, Australia
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S. L. Eittreim US Geological Survey, 345 Middlefield Road, Menlo Park, California, 94025, USA
Pages 355-362 | Received 25 Nov 1987, Published online: 01 Aug 2007

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