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Research articles

Late Holocene earthquakes on the Papatea Fault and its role in past earthquake cycles, Marlborough, New Zealand

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Pages 317-341 | Received 21 Jan 2022, Accepted 22 Aug 2022, Published online: 15 Sep 2022

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