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Original Articles

Tectonic geomorphology and Holocene paleoseismicity of the Molesworth section of the Awatere Fault, South Island, New Zealand

Pages 33-50 | Received 22 Feb 1995, Accepted 13 Sep 1995, Published online: 23 Mar 2010

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