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Original Articles

The Keepit arc: provenance of sedimentary rocks in the central Tablelands Complex, southern New England Orogen, Australia, as recorded by detrital zircon

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Pages 401-418 | Received 15 Jul 2016, Accepted 05 Feb 2017, Published online: 21 Mar 2017

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