Paleo-equilibrium line altitude estimates from late Quaternary glacial features in the Inland Kaikoura Range, South Island, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 55-67

  Bacon, S N ^a   Chinn, T J ^b   van Dissen, R J ^c   Tillinghast, S F ^d   Goldstein, H L ^e   Burke, R M ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^d NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e NEW MEXICO INSTITUTE OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Clarence Fault; Glacial geology; Inland Kaikoura Range; Otiran glaciation; Paleo equilibrium line altitude (paleo ELA); Paleoclimate

Indexed keywords

EQUILIBRIUM LINE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; GLACIAL LANDFORM; PALEOCLIMATE; QUATERNARY; TECTONIC SETTING;

KAIKOURA RANGE; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 0035270368     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2001.9514922     Document Type: Article

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