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Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
An International Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia
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Stress-field constraints from recent intraplate seismicity in southeastern Australia

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Pages 217-230 | Received 26 May 2003, Accepted 03 Feb 2005, Published online: 02 Feb 2007

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