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Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
An International Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia
Volume 62, 2015 - Issue 7
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Reflectance spectroscopy and alteration assemblages at the Leven Star gold deposit, Victoria, Australia

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Pages 873-882 | Received 27 Apr 2015, Accepted 22 Oct 2015, Published online: 14 Dec 2015

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