Topographic development of the Southern Alps recorded by the isotopic composition of authigenic clay minerals, South Island, New Zealand

Chemical Geology

Volumn 155, Issue 3-4, 1999, Pages 279-294

  Chamberlain, C P ^a   Poage, M A ^a   Craw, D ^b   Reynolds, R C ^a  

^a Dartmouth College   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Clays; New Zealand; Southern Alps; Stable isotopes; Topography

Indexed keywords

CLAY MINERAL; GEOCHRONOLOGY; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; OROGENY; PRECIPITATION QUALITY; TOPOGRAPHY;

NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS;

EID: 0033594151     PISSN: 00092541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-2541(98)00165-X     Document Type: Article

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