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Barley, M.E., 1997, The Pilbara Craton, in de Wit, M.J., and Ashwal, L.D., eds., Greenstone belts: Oxford, Clarendon Press, p. 657-664.

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Barnes, S.J., and Hoatson, D.M., 1994, The Munni Munni Complex, Western Australia: Stratigraphy, structure and petrogenesis: Journal of Petrology, v. 35, no. 3, p. 715-751.

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Barrie, C.T., and Davis, D.W., 1990, Timing of magmatism and deformation in the Kamiskotia–Kidd Creek area, western Abitibi subprovince, Canada: Precambrian Research, v. 46, p. 217-240.

Barrie, C.T., Gorton, M.P., Naldrett, A.J., and Hart, T.R., 1991, Geochemical constraints on the petrogenesis of the Kamiskotia gabbroic complex and related basalts, western Abitibi subprovince, Ontario, Canada: Precambrian Research, v. 50, p. 173-199.

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