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Original Articles

Mid‐late Holocene paleoseismicity of the eastern Clarence Fault, Marlborough, New Zealand

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Pages 195-208 | Received 05 Sep 2007, Accepted 05 Jun 2009, Published online: 19 Feb 2010

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