Orbitally controlled cyclicity around the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary, northern South Island, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 235-241

  Field, Brad D ^a   Hollis, Chris J ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Branch Stream; Gamma ray; Marlborough; Mead Stream; Milankovitch; Orbital cycles; Paleocene; Paleoclimate; Waipara River; Woodside Creek

Indexed keywords

CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; CYCLICITY; ECCENTRICITY; GAMMA RAY RADIATION; MILANKOVITCH CYCLE; PALEOCLIMATE;

NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 0041375481     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2003.9515006     Document Type: Article

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