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SHRIMP U‐Pb geochronology of Cretaceous magmatism in northwest Nelson‐Westland, South Island, New Zealand

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Pages 453-463 | Received 18 Dec 1996, Accepted 01 May 1997, Published online: 23 Mar 2010

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