Astronomical calibration of a southern hemisphere plio-pleistocene reference section, Wanganui Basin, New Zealand

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 17, Issue 8, 1998, Pages 695-710

  Naish, Tim R ^a,i   Abbott, Steven T ^b   Alloway, Brent V ^c   Beu, Alan G ^d   Carter M, Robert ^a   Edwards, Anthony R ^e   Journeaux D, Timothy ^f   Kamp, Peter J J ^g   Pillans, Brad J ^h   Saul, Gordon ^a   Woolfe, Ken J ^a  

^a JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b N Terr Dept Bus Indust R   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^e Stratigraphic Solutions Ltd   (New Zealand)

^f BHP BILLITON   (Australia)

^g UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^h AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

ⁱ NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALIBRATION; CHRONOLOGY; PLIOCENE-PLEISTOCENE BOUNDARY; STRATIGRAPHY;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 0032144576     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0277-3791(97)00075-9     Document Type: Article

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