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Original Articles

Emplacement depths of Paleozoic‐Mesozoic plutons from western New Zealand estimated by hornblende‐AI geobarometry

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Pages 555-567 | Received 09 Nov 1998, Accepted 26 Apr 2000, Published online: 23 Mar 2010

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