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Detrital zircon geochronology of the Speewah Group, Kimberley region, Western Australia: evidence for intracratonic development of the Paleoproterozoic Speewah Basin

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Pages 419-434 | Received 12 Sep 2016, Accepted 06 Feb 2017, Published online: 23 Apr 2017

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