Petrogenesis of diachronous mixed siliciclastic-carbonate megafacies in the cool-water Oligocene Tikorangi formation, Taranaki Basin, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 387-405

  Hood, Steven D ^a   Nelson, Campbell S ^a   Kamp, Peter J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Cool water carbonate; Limestone; Oligocene; Petrogenesis; Reservoir; Shelf to basin facies; Taranaki Basin; Tikorangi Formation

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; HYDROCARBON RESERVOIR; LIMESTONE; MINERALOGY; OLIGOCENE; PETROGENESIS; TEXTURE;

NEW ZEALAND; TARANAKI BASIN; TASMAN SEA;

EID: 0142156035     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2003.9515016     Document Type: Article

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