Allostratigraphy of coastal south and east Otago: A stratigraphic framework for interpretation of the Great South Basin, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 91-107

  McMillan, S G ^a   Wilson, G J ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Allostratigraphy; Cretaceous Cenozoic; Great South Basin (GSB); Otago; Unconformities

Indexed keywords

ALLOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CONFORMITY; CRETACEOUS; TERTIARY; UNCONFORMITY;

NEW ZEALAND, GREAT SOUTH BASIN; NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND, OTAGO;

EID: 0030859455     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.1997.9514743     Document Type: Article

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