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Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
An International Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia
Volume 41, 1994 - Issue 5
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Deformation of host rocks and stratiform mineralization in the Hilton Mine area, Mt Isa

Pages 429-443 | Received 14 Sep 1992, Published online: 09 May 2007

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