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Original Articles

Magmagenesis within the Hunter Ridge Rift Zone resolved from olivine-hosted melt inclusions and geochemical modelling with insights from geodynamic models

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Pages 913-931 | Received 09 Nov 2011, Accepted 05 Mar 2012, Published online: 30 Jul 2012

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