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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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Petroleum prospectivity of the Clarence‐Moreton Basin, eastern Australia: A geochemical perspective

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Pages 31-44 | Received 31 Jan 1991, Published online: 09 May 2007

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