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Ancestral Murray River on the Lacepede Shelf, southern Australia: Late Quaternary migrations of a major river outlet and strandline development

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Pages 135-157 | Received 27 Jan 2008, Accepted 25 Jul 2008, Published online: 19 Feb 2009

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