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Low‐grade metamorphism in the Palaeozoic sequences of the Townsville hinterland, northeastern Australia

C. Brime Departamento de Geología, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, 33005, Spain
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J. A. Talent Macquarie University Centre for Ecostratigraphy and Palaeobiology, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW, 2109, Australia
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R. Mawson Macquarie University Centre for Ecostratigraphy and Palaeobiology, Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Macquarie University, NSW, 2109, Australia
Pages 751-767 | Published online: 08 Nov 2010

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