Evolution of the intra-arc Taupo-Reporoa basin within the Taupo volcanic zone of New Zealand

Geosphere

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 185-206

  Downs, D T ^a   Rowland, J V ^a   Wilson, C J N ^b   Rosenberg, M D ^c   Leonard, G S ^c   Calvert, A T ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^d U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

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EID: 84894101389     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00965.1     Document Type: Article

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