Contrasting carbonate depositional systems for pliocene cool-water limestones cropping out in central hawke’s bay, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 697-717

  Caron, Vincent ^a   Nelson, Campbell S ^a   Kamp, Peter J J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Attached platforms; Carbonate platforms; Cool water limestones; Depositional facies; Detached platforms; Hawke's Bay; Pliocene; Stratigraphic architecture

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FACIES ANALYSIS; LIMESTONE; PLATE BOUNDARY; PLIOCENE; STRATIGRAPHY;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; HAWKE'S BAY; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WORLD;

EID: 12844259547     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2004.9515084     Document Type: Article

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