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Research articles

Excavation of buried Dun Mountain–Maitai terrane ophiolite by volcanoes of the Auckland Volcanic field, New Zealand

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Pages 229-243 | Received 12 Nov 2014, Accepted 16 Feb 2015, Published online: 28 May 2015

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