A 230 ka record of glacial and interglacial events from Aurora Cave, Fiordland, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 225-241

  Williams, Paul W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cave deposits; Fiordland; Glacial chronology; Interstadials; Speleothems; Uranium series dating

Indexed keywords

CAVE DEPOSIT; CLIMATE CHANGE; GLACIAL CHRONOLOGY; INTERSTADIAL; SPELEOTHEM; URANIUM SERIES DATING;

NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND, FIORDLAND, AURORA CAVE;

EID: 0030425323     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.1996.9514707     Document Type: Article

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