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Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
An International Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia
Volume 64, 2017 - Issue 7
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A workflow for exploration sampling in regolith-dominated terranes using portable X-ray fluorescence: comparison with laboratory data and a case study

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Pages 903-917 | Received 20 May 2017, Accepted 03 Aug 2017, Published online: 29 Oct 2017

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