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Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
An International Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia
Volume 38, 1991 - Issue 4
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Review of seafloor spreading around Australia. II. Marine magnetic anomaly modelling

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Pages 391-408 | Received 21 Dec 1989, Accepted 24 Mar 1991, Published online: 09 May 2007

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  • Present address: Department of Geology, University of Western Australia, Nedlands, WA 6009, Australia.

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