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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

Origin and provenance of submarine volcaniclastic rocks in the Late Permian Drake Volcanics, New South Wales

Pages 325-337 | Accepted 21 Jan 1988, Published online: 01 Aug 2007

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