A provisional structural thickness map of the Otago Schist, New Zealand

American Journal of Science

Volumn 303, Issue 7, 2003, Pages 603-621

  Mortimer, Nick ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GEOLOGICAL STRUCTURE; LITHOLOGY; MAPPING; METAMORPHISM; SCHIST;

NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 0344468118     PISSN: 00029599     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2475/ajs.303.7.603     Document Type: Article

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