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Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
An International Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia
Volume 35, 1988 - Issue 3
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Original Articles

Illite crystallinity, b0 and Si content of K‐white mica as indicators of metamorphic conditions in low‐grade metamorphic rocks at Cobar, New South Wales

Pages 295-302 | Received 12 Jun 1987, Published online: 01 Aug 2007

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