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Quaternary geology

The evolution of a moderate energy coast in Holocene time, Pacific Harbour, Viti Levu, Fiji

Pages 547-556 | Received 23 Mar 1990, Accepted 07 Jun 1990, Published online: 25 Mar 2014

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