Stratigraphy and provenance of Pliocene greywacke-bearing conglomerate, Cardrona valley, Otago, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 425-436

  McDonnell, M ^a   Craw, D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Geochemistry; Kaikoura Orogeny; New stratigraphic names; Otago Schist; Paleogeography; River capture; Tectonics; Tuohys Breccia; Waiorau Conglomerate

Indexed keywords

CONGLOMERATE; GRAYWACKE; PALEOCURRENT; PETROGRAPHY; PLIOCENE; PROVENANCE; SCHIST; STRATIGRAPHY;

CARDRONA VALLEY; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 0142249306     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2003.9515018     Document Type: Article

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