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Crustal structure in the central South Island, New Zealand, from the Lake Pukaki seismic experiment

Stefan Kleffmann Institute of Geophysics, Victoria University of Wellington, P.O. Box 600, Wellington, New Zealand
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Fred Davey Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences, P.O. Box 1320, Wellington, New Zealand
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Anne Melhuish Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences, P.O. Box 1320, Wellington, New Zealand
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David Okaya University of Southern California, University Park, Los Angeles, CA, 90089–0740, U.S.A.
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Tim Stern Institute of Geophysics, Victoria University of Wellington, P.O. Box 600, Wellington, New Zealand
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SIGHT Team South Island GeopHysical Transect working group
Pages 39-49 | Received 07 Jan 1997, Accepted 09 Oct 1997, Published online: 23 Mar 2010

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