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From intrabasinal volcanism to far-field tectonics: causes of abrupt shifts in sediment provenance in the Devonian–Carboniferous Drummond Basin, Queensland

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Pages 497-518 | Received 23 Jul 2018, Accepted 17 Nov 2018, Published online: 30 Jan 2019

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