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Recognition of the Kaweka Terrane in northern South Island, New Zealand: preliminary evidence from Rb–Sr metamorphic and U–Pb detrital zircon ages

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Pages 291-309 | Received 08 Oct 2010, Accepted 03 Mar 2011, Published online: 31 Aug 2011

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