Evolution of a neoproterozoic to palaeozoic intracratonic setting, Officer Basin, South Australia

Basin Research

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 403-424

  Lindsay, John F ^a   Leven, James H ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN GEOLOGICAL SURVEY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

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EID: 0001371165     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2117.1996.00223.x     Document Type: Article

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