Isothermal plateau fission-track ages of tephra beds in an early-middle Pleistocene marine and terrestrial sequence, Cape Kidnappers, New Zealand

Quaternary International

Volumn 34-36, Issue , 1996, Pages 49-53

  Shane, Phil ^a,b,c   Alloway, Brent ^b   Black, Tasha ^a,c   Westgate, John ^c  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FISSION TRACK DATING; PLEISTOCENE; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY; VOLCANIC DEPOSIT;

NEW ZEALAND, NORTH ISLAND, CAPE KIDNAPPERS;

EID: 0030391444     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1040-6182(95)00068-2     Document Type: Article

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