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Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
An International Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia
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Mineralogy of metal contaminated estuarine sediments, Derwent estuary, Hobart, Australia: implications for metal mobility

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Pages 589-603 | Received 20 Feb 2013, Accepted 04 Jul 2013, Published online: 09 Aug 2013

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