Reinterpretation of the glacial chronology of South Westland, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 1-15

  Almond, P C ^a   Moar, N T ^b   Lian, O B ^c,d  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^d SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Glacial stratigraphy; Loess stratigraphy; Luminescence dating; Phytoliths; Soil stratigraphy; Westland

Indexed keywords

CHRONOSTRATIGRAPHY; DATING METHOD; GLACIAL DEPOSIT; LOESS; PHYTOLITH; QUATERNARY; SOIL ANALYSIS;

NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; WESTLAND;

EID: 0035271177     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2001.9514917     Document Type: Article

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