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Original Articles

Contrasting carbonate depositional systems for Pliocene cool‐water limestones cropping out in central Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

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Pages 697-717 | Received 16 Apr 2003, Accepted 16 Sep 2003, Published online: 21 Sep 2010

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