Triassic sediments of the kaka point structural belt, south island, new zealand, and their relationship to the murihiku terrane

Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 57-84

  Jeans, C V ^a   Fisher, M J ^b   Raine, J I ^c   Merriman, R J ^d   Campbell, H J ^c   Fallick, A E ^e   Carr, A D ^f   Kemp, S J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^b Nevis Associates Ltd   (United Kingdom)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^d BRITISH GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United Kingdom)

^e SCOTTISH UNIVERSITIES ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

^f ADVANCED GEOCHEMICAL SYSTEMS LTD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Biostratigraphy; Dun Mountain Maitai Terrane; Early Middle Triassic; Hillfoot Fault; Illite crystallinity; Kaka Point Structural Belt; Murihiku Terrane; Palaeotemperatures; Palynofacies; Palynology; Sedimentology; South east Otago; Spore coloration; Stable isotopes; Stratigraphy; Tectonics; Vitrinite reflectance

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; LITHOLOGY; PALEOTEMPERATURE; PALYNOLOGY; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; TRIASSIC;

NEW ZEALAND;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 0038392685     PISSN: 03036758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2003.9517721     Document Type: Article

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