A reassessment of abruptly fanning bed dips on the northwestern limb of the Huangarua Syncline, Wairarapa, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 40, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 257-260

  Nicol, Andrew ^a   Van Dissen, Russell ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Ahiaruhe Formation; Angular unconformity; Conglomerates; Folding; Pleistocene; Te Muna Formation; Wairarapa

Indexed keywords

BED DIP; FANNING BED; PLEISTOCENE; PLEISTOCENE STRATIGRAPHY; SEDIMENTATION; SYNCLINE;

NEW ZEALAND, NORTH ISLAND, WAIRARAPA;

EID: 0031439512     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.1997.9514757     Document Type: Article

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