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Original Articles

Quaternary faulting in the offshore Flaxbourne and Wairarapa Basins, southern Cook Strait, New Zealand

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Pages 349-367 | Received 09 Sep 1998, Accepted 03 May 1999, Published online: 23 Mar 2010

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