Reconnaissance sandstone geochemistry, provenance, and tectonic setting of the lower Paleozoic terranes of the West Coast and Nelson, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 39, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-16

  Roser, B P ^a   Cooper, R A ^b   Nathan, S ^b   Tulloch, A J ^b  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Buller Terrane; Geochemistry; Provenance; Sedimentary rocks; Takaka Terrane; Tectonic setting

Indexed keywords

PALAEOZOIC; PROVENANCE; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTARY GEOCHEMISTRY; TECTONIC SETTING; TECTONICS; TERRANE;

NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND, NELSON;

EID: 0029751058     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.1996.9514690     Document Type: Article

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