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Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
An International Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia
Volume 42, 1995 - Issue 2
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The lateral intrusion of silicic magmas into unconsolidated sediments: The Tennant Creek porphyry revisited

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Pages 223-224 | Received 25 Oct 1994, Published online: 09 May 2007

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