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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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Original Articles

Likely recharge to permanent groundwater beneath future rehabilitated landforms at Ranger uranium mine, northern Australia

Pages 505-508 | Received 24 Sep 1993, Accepted 16 Feb 1994, Published online: 09 May 2007

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