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Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
An International Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia
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Effects of differential tectonic uplift on Late Quaternary coral reef diagenesis, Huon Peninsula, Papua New Guinea

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Pages 463-474 | Received 20 Aug 1993, Accepted 28 Dec 1993, Published online: 09 May 2007

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  • Present address: School of Applied Geology, Curtin University of Technology, Bentley, WA 6102, Australia.

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