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Provenance of late Paleoproterozoic cover sequences in the central Gawler Craton: exploring stratigraphic correlations in eastern Proterozoic Australia using detrital zircon ages, Hf and Nd isotopic data

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Pages 475-500 | Received 02 Jun 2010, Accepted 10 Feb 2011, Published online: 04 Jul 2011

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