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Evolution of the boundary between the western and central Lachlan Orogen: Implications for Tasmanide tectonics

C. V. Spaggiari School of Geosciences, Monash University, Vic., 3800, Australia; Department of Applied Geology, Curtin University of Technology, GPO Box U1987, Perth, WA, 6845, Australia
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D. R. Gray School of Earth Sciences, University of Melbourne, Vic., 3010, Australia
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D. A. Foster Department of Geological Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, 32611, USA
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S. McKnight Department of Geology, University of Ballarat, PO Box 663, Ballarat, Vic., 3353, Australia
Pages 725-749 | Published online: 08 Nov 2010

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