Timing of Proterozoic metamorphism in the southern Curnamona Province: implications for tectonic models and continental reconstructions Footnote∗

∗Appendix 1 [indicated by an asterisk (∗) in the text and listed at the end of the paper] is a Supplementary Paper; copies may be obtained from the Geological Society of Australia's website (www.gsa.org.au) or from the National Library of Australia's Pandora archive (http://nla.gov.au/nla.arc-25194).

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