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Research articles

Miocene-Holocene river drainage evolution in Southland, New Zealand, deduced from fish genetics, detrital gold and geology

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Pages 146-159 | Received 14 Aug 2022, Accepted 01 Sep 2022, Published online: 08 Sep 2022

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