Environmental status of sediments in the lower Hawkesbury-Nepean River, New South WalesFootnote∗

∗Data Tables 1–3 [indicated by an asterisk (∗) in the text and listed at the end of the paper] are Supplementary Papers; copies may be obtained from the Geological Society of Australia's website (<http://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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