Identification of a Waipawa Formation equivalent in the upper Te Uri Member of the Whangai Formation - implications for depositional history and age

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2001, Pages 347-354

  Rogers, Karyne M ^a   Morgans, Hugh E G ^a   Wilson, Gary S ^a,b  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

813C isotopes; Angora Stream; Biomarkers; Black shale; East Coast Basin; Glaucony; Tawanui; Te Uri Member; Waipawa Formation; Whangai Formation

Indexed keywords

BIOMARKER; BLACK SHALE; CARBON ISOTOPE; GEOCHEMISTRY; PALEOGENE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

HAWKE'S BAY; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 0034887526     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2001.9514943     Document Type: Article

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