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Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
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Volume 57, 2010 - Issue 4
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Research Papers

Structure of the Tasmanian lithosphere from 3D seismic tomography

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Pages 381-394 | Received 27 Sep 2009, Accepted 05 Mar 2010, Published online: 17 May 2010

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