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Original Articles

Basalt distribution and volume estimates of Cenozoic volcanism in the Bowen Basin region of eastern Australia: Implications for a waning mantle plume

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Pages 255-263 | Received 25 Jul 2014, Accepted 30 Nov 2014, Published online: 02 Feb 2015

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