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Original Articles

Late Quaternary tephras of Coromandel Peninsula, North Island, New Zealand: A mixed peralkaline and calcalkaline tephra sequence

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Pages 163-187 | Received 10 Oct 1980, Accepted 10 Feb 1983, Published online: 12 Jan 2012

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