Optical dating of sediments associated with a fossil moa skeleton near Tauweru, Wairarapa, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 493-499

  Lian, Olav B ^a,b   Wang, Ningsheng ^a   Grapes, R H ^a   Collen, J D ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Kawakawa Tephra; Moa; Optical dating; Wairarapa

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; PLEISTOCENE; THERMOLUMINESCENCE;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; TAUWERU;

EURYAPTERYX GERANOIDES;

EID: 0034456558     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2000.9514905     Document Type: Article

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