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Original Articles

Transpressional development of the Australia‐Pacific boundary through southern South Island, New Zealand: Constraints from Miocene‐Pliocene sediments, Waiho‐1 borehole, South Westland

Pages 251-264 | Received 13 Jul 1995, Accepted 10 Jan 1996, Published online: 23 Mar 2010

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