Stratigraphy, age, composition, and correlation of late quaternary tephras interbedded with organic sediments in waikato lakes, North Island, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 125-165

  Lowe, D J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Absolute age; C 14; Composition; Correlation; Isopach maps; Lakes; Late quaternary; Mairoa ash; North island; Paleolimnology; Stratigraphy; Tephrochronology; Tephrostratigraphy; Tirau ash; Volcanoes; Waikato

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; ORGANIC SEDIMENTS; PALAEOENVIRONMENTAL INDICATORS; QUATERNARY; STRATIGRAPHY; TEPHRAS;

NEW ZEALAND, NORTH ISLAND, WAIKATO LAKES;

EID: 0024233358     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.1988.10417765     Document Type: Article

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