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Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
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Chemical U – Th – Pb monazite dating of the Cambrian Tyennan Orogeny, Tasmania

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Pages 757-771 | Received 28 Jun 2006, Accepted 23 Jan 2007, Published online: 18 Aug 2010

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