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Original Articles

Reconnaissance sandstone geochemistry, provenance, and tectonic setting of the lower Paleozoic terranes of the West Coast and Nelson, New Zealand

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Pages 1-16 | Received 07 Sep 1994, Accepted 20 Jul 1995, Published online: 23 Mar 2010

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