Foraminiferal depth palaeoecology of Late Pliocene shelf sequences and systems tracts, Wanganui Basin, New Zealand

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 110, Issue 3-4, 1997, Pages 237-255

  Naish, Tim ^a   Kamp, Peter J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Foraminiferal palaeoecology; Late Pliocene; Sea level change; Sequence stratigraphy; Wanganui Basin

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; FORAMINIFERA; PALAEOECOLOGY; PLIOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA LEVEL CHANGES; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

NEW ZEALAND, NORTH ISLAND, WANGANUI BASIN;

EID: 0030765703     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(96)00085-1     Document Type: Article

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