Optical luminescence dating of uplifted marine terraces along the Akatore Fault near Dunedin, South Island, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 43, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 419-424

  Rees Jones, J ^a,c   Rink, W J ^a   Norris, R J ^b   Litchfield, N J ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Faulting; Geochronology; Infrared stimulated luminescence; Marine terraces; Optical luminescence dating; Tectonic rates; Uplift

Indexed keywords

QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; TERRACE; UPLIFT;

NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO;

EID: 0033787390     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2000.9514898     Document Type: Article

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