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Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
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Basement controls on fault development in the Penola Trough, Otway Basin, and implications for fault-bounded hydrocarbon traps

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Pages 675-689 | Received 24 Dec 2005, Accepted 13 Jan 2007, Published online: 18 Aug 2010

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