Sequence stratigraphy of sixth-order (41 k.y.) Pliocene-Pleistocene cyclothems, Wanganui basin, New Zealand: A case for the regressive systems tract

Bulletin of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 109, Issue 8, 1997, Pages 978-999

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEPOSITION; EROSION; FLOODS; ISOTOPES; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; SEA LEVEL; SHELLS (STRUCTURES); SUBSIDENCE;

DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCES; HIGHSTAND SYSTEMS TRACT; OFFSHORE ENVIRONMENTS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL MODEL; REGRESSIVE SYSTEMS TRACTS; SEISMIC DISCONTINUITIES; STRATIGRAPHIC ARCHITECTURE; TRANSGRESSIVE SYSTEMS TRACTS; STRATIGRAPHIC RECORDS;

STRATIGRAPHY;

AGGRADATION; CYCLOTHEM; DEPOSITIONAL SEQUENCE; FOSSIL RECORD; ICHNOFACIES; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; PROGRADATION; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SHELF SEA; SHELL BED; PLEISTOCENE; PLIOCENE; TRANSGRESSIVE SYSTEMS TRACT;

MANAWATU-WANGANUI; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WANGANUI BASIN; WANGANNI BASIN;

EID: 0031466586     PISSN: 00167606     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/0016-7606(1997)109<0978:SSOSOK>2.3.CO;2     Document Type: Article

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