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Geophysics

Relationship of the west coast, North Island, igneous bodies to the mid-Cenozoic Challenger Rift System and subduction of the Pacific plate

Pages 51-60 | Received 18 May 1984, Accepted 02 Oct 1985, Published online: 24 Jan 2012

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