The Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary event in New Zealand: Profiling mass extinction

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 307-321

  Hollis, Christopher J ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Barium; Biogenic silica; Carbon isotope; Carbonate; Climate; Cretaceous; Diatom; Eustacy; Foraminifera; K T boundary; Marlborough; Paleocene; Paleoproductivity; Radiolaria; Sea level; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; LITHOFACIES; MASS EXTINCTION; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; STRATIGRAPHY;

NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 0042178294     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2003.9515011     Document Type: Article

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