Journal of the Royal Society of Western Australia, 86:41-46, 2003 
Recent Advances in Science 
in Western Australia 
Earth Sciences p 41, Biological Sciences p 43. 
Earth Sciences 
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Rasmussen B 2002 Did late Palaeoproterozoic assembly of 
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