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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

Distinction between intrusive and extrusive or sedimentary parentage of felsic gneisses: examples from the Broken Hill Block, NSW

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Pages 379-388 | Received 17 Feb 1988, Accepted 18 Apr 1988, Published online: 01 Aug 2007

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