⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar constraints on the timing and history of amphibolite facies gold mineralisation in the Southern Cross area, Western AustraliaFootnote∗

Table 4 [indicated by an asterisk (∗) in the text and listed at the end of the paper] is a Supplementary Paper lodged with the National Library of Australia (Manuscript Section); copies may be obtained from the Business Manager, Geological Society of Australia.

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