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Original Articles

The 1968 May 23 Inangahua, New Zealand, earthquake: An integrated geological, geodetic, and seismological source model

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Pages 59-86 | Received 20 Nov 1992, Accepted 20 Sep 1993, Published online: 23 Mar 2010

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