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Original Articles

Redefined crustal structure of the Buchan Rift, northeast Victoria: evidence from potential field modelling of newly acquired land-based gravity data

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Pages 551-570 | Received 29 Feb 2016, Accepted 02 Aug 2016, Published online: 20 Oct 2016

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