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Original Articles

Pyroclastic stratigraphy and eruption dynamics of the 21.9 ka Okareka and 17.6 ka Rerewhakaaitu eruption episodes from Tarawera Volcano, Okataina Volcanic Centre, New Zealand

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Pages 309-328 | Received 03 Aug 2005, Accepted 13 Jun 2006, Published online: 22 Sep 2010

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