Recurring Global Sea-Level Changes Recorded in Shelf Deposits Near the G/M Polarity Transition, Wanganui Basin, New Zealand: Implications for Redefining the Pliocene-Pleistocene Boundary

Quaternary International

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 61-71

  Naish, Tim ^a,c   Kamp, Peter J J ^a   Pillans, Brad ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL SHELVES; GAUSS/MATUYAMA BOUNDARY; GAUSS/MATUYAMA POLARITY TRANSITION; GLACIOEUSTASY; GLACIOEUSTATIC FLUCTUATIONS; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; PLIOCENE/PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEA LEVEL CHANGES; SEA LEVEL FLUCTUATION; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SHELF DEPOSIT;

NEW ZEALAND, NORTH ISLAND, WANGANUI BASIN;

EID: 0030925851     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s1040-6182(96)00062-6     Document Type: Article

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