Macrofossil associations from mid-Pleistocene cyclothems, Castlecliff section, New Zealand:Implications for sequence stratigraphy

Palaios

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 188-210

  Abbott, Stephan T ^a,b   Carter, Robert M ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Northern Territory Geological Survey   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FAUNAL ASSOCIATION; PLEISTOCENE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

NEW ZEALAND, NORTH ISLAND, WANGANUI BASIN;

EID: 0030755655     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/3515306     Document Type: Article

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