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Coeval basin formation, plutonism and metamorphism in the Northern Tasmanides: extensional Cambro-Ordovician tectonism of the Charters Towers Province

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Pages 663-680 | Received 17 Dec 2019, Accepted 11 Mar 2020, Published online: 20 Apr 2020

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