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Original Articles

Stratigraphic and structural evidence for an accretionary precursor to the Northland Allochthon: Mt Camel Terrane, northernmost New Zealand

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Pages 331-347 | Received 21 May 2008, Accepted 24 Nov 2008, Published online: 19 Feb 2010

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