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Acknowledgements

The editors and authors of this volume would like to express their gratitude to the following organizations, publishers and individuals for authorizing the publication of numerous figures from previously published sources. We would also like to thank the Australian National University for their support of the trip.

Figures in the Flinders volume are reprinted from the following sources:

• Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 163, Sandiford, M., Hand, M., and McLaren, S., High geothermal gradient metamorphism during thermal subsidence, 149–165, 1998.
• Earth Science Reviews, 12, Bowler, J. M., Aridity in Australia: age, origins and expression in aeolian landforms and sediments, 279-310, 1976.
• Precambrian Research, 100, Lemon, N., A Neoproterozoic fringing stromatolite reef complex, Flinders Ranges, South Australia, 109-120, 2000.
• Precambrian Research, 106, McKirdy, D., Burgess, J., Lemon, N., Yu, X., Cooper, A., Gostin, V., Jenkins, R., Both, R., A chemostratigraphic overview of the late Cryogenian interglacial sequence in the Adelaide fold-thrust belt, South Australia, 149-186, 2001.
• Precambrian Research, 106, Gehling J. G., Environmental interpretation and a sequence stratigraphic framework for the terminal Proterozoic Ediacara Member within the Rawnsley quartzite, South Australia, 65-95, 2000. with permission from the Elsevier
• Zeitschrift fur Geomorphologie Supplementband, 45, Wasson, R., The Cainozoic history of the Strzelecki and Simpson dunefields (Australia), and the origin of desert dunes., 85-115, 1983. with permission from the editor, Dr. E. Nägele, of Borntraeger (http://www.schweizerbart.de)
• Science, 308, Bodislitsch, B., Koeberl, C., Master, S., and Reimold, W., Estimating duration and intensity of neoproterozoic snowball glaciations from Ir anomalies, 239–242, 2005. Geology, 233, Williams, G., The Acraman impact structures: Source of ejecta in late precambrian shales, south Australia, 200–203, 1986. with permission from the AAAS
• Geology, 31, Grey, K., Walter, M., and Calver, C., Neoproterozoic biotic diversification: snowball earth or aftermath of the acraman impact., 459–462, 2003. with permission from Geanette Hamman for the Geological Society of America
• The Canadian Mineralogist, 38, Elliott-Meadows, S., Froese, E., and Appleyard, E., Cordierite-anthophyllite-cummingtonite rocks from the lar deposit, laurie lake, Manitoba, 545–550, 2000. with the permission of the editor, R. F. Martin of the Canadian Mineralogist
• Flynn, John, 1880-1951, two views of Blinman mine ruins, South Australia [transparency]: scene of mid-north South Australia used by Rev. F. H. Patterson on Stuart Patrol 1930+., Call Number: PIC PIC850 11/16 LOC Cold store PIC AIM 26/1102 with the permission of the National Library of Australia
• Boyd, W.E., 1990, Natural history of the north east deserts pp. 107-118 in eds. Tyler, M.J. Twidale, C.R., Davies, M., and Wells, C.B. with the permission of the Royal Society of South Australia Inc.
• Barker, S., McCaskill, M., and Ward, B., editors (1995). Explore the Flinders Ranges. Royal Geographical Society of Australasia, South Australian Branch with permission of the Royal Geographical Society of South Austraila Inc.
• http://www.southaustralianhistory.com.au, Flinders Ranges Research
• Geodynamics Limited, Australia
• Phil Cummins and Trevor Allen, Geoscience Australia
• Mike Sandiford, University of Melbourne

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