Luminescence dating and glacial stratigraphy in Westland, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 25-35

  Berger, Glenn W ^a   Almond, Peter C ^b   Pillans, Brad J ^c  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Dating; Geochronology; Glacial stratigraphy; Loess; Luminescence; Moraines; New Zealand; Paleosol; Quaternary; South Island

Indexed keywords

GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PALEOSOL; QUATERNARY; STRATIGRAPHY;

NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; WESTLAND;

EID: 0035269369     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2001.9514919     Document Type: Article

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