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Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
An International Geoscience Journal of the Geological Society of Australia
Volume 50, 2003 - Issue 5
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Geochemical comparisons between estuaries with non‐industrialised and industrialised catchments: The Huon and Derwent River estuaries, Tasmania

B. G. Jones School of Geosciences, University of Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia
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B. E. Chenhall School of Geosciences, University of Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia
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F. Debretsion School of Geosciences, University of Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia
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A. C. Hutton School of Geosciences, University of Wollongong, NSW, 2522, Australia
Pages 653-667 | Published online: 08 Nov 2010

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