Long-wavelength tilting of the Australian continent since the Late Cretaceous
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Article history: Global sea level and the p Received 22 December 2007 Received in revised form 2 November 2008 Accepted 22 November 2008 Available online 21 January 2009 Editor: R.D. van der Hilst
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