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Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
An International Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia
Volume 40, 1993 - Issue 1
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Late Cenozoic stratigraphy and hydrologic history of Lake Amadeus, a central Australian playa

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Pages 1-14 | Received 17 Jul 1990, Accepted 17 Nov 1991, Published online: 09 May 2007

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