Field characteristics, petrography, and geochronology of the Hohonu Batholith and the adjacent Granite Hill Complex, North Westland, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 1-17

  Waight, T E ^a,c   Weaver, S D ^a   Ireland, T R ^b   Maas, R ^c   Muir, R J ^d   Shelley, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c LA TROBE UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Arahura Granite; Deutgam Granodiorite; Fraser Complex; French Creek Granite; Geochronology; Granite Hill Complex; Granitoids; Hohonu Batholith; Hohonu Dike Swarm; Jays Creek Granodiorite; Mt Graham Granite; New stratigraphic names; Pah Point Granite; Rahu Suite; Rb Sr isotope data; Summit Granite; Te Kinga Monzogranite; Turiwhate Granodiorite; U Pb zircon dating; Uncle Bay Tonalite

Indexed keywords

AMPHIBOLITE FACIES; CRETACEOUS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GNEISS; GRANITE; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY;

NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND, WESTLAND;

EID: 0030813036     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.1997.9514736     Document Type: Article

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