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Original Articles

Defining the geometric segmentation and Holocene slip rate of the Wellington Fault, New Zealand: The Pahiatua section

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Pages 591-607 | Received 03 May 2004, Accepted 02 Jun 2005, Published online: 22 Sep 2010

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