Paleoenvironmental changes across the Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary in the northern Clarence valley, southeastern Marlborough, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 209-234

  Hollis, C J ^a   Rodgers, K A ^b   Strong, C P ^a   Field, B D ^a   Rogers, K M ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b AUSTRALIAN MUSEUM   (Australia)

Author keywords

Barium; Branch Stream; Carbon isotopes; Continental margin; Diatoms; Foraminifera; K T boundary; Mead Hill Formation; Mead Stream; Paleocene; Paleoproductivity; Radiolaria; Sea level change; Silica; Upwelling

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CRETACEOUS-TERTIARY BOUNDARY; FORAMINIFERA; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALEOPRODUCTIVITY; RADIOLARIA;

CLARENCE VALLEY; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 0043194168     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2003.9515005     Document Type: Article

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