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Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
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Original Articles

Early Palaeozoic subduction in the southeastern Lachlan Fold Belt, Batemans Bay, New South Wales

Pages 481-501 | Received 10 Jan 2005, Accepted 15 Aug 2006, Published online: 18 Jun 2007

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