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Calver and Ron Wooller for advice in the early 
stages of this work. We would also like to thank 
Stuart Bradley, Ian Potter, Glenn Hyndes, Margaret 
Platell and Gerry Allen for critically reviewing the 
manuscript. The use of Murdoch University 
facilities are greatly appreciated. 
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