Foraminifera-based estimates of paleobathymetry using modern analogue technique, and the subsidence history of the early miocene waitemata basin

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 749-767

  Hayward, Bruce W ^a  

^a Geomarine Research   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifera; Canonical Correspondence Analysis; Early Miocene; Modern Analogue Technique; New Zealand; Waitemata Basin

Indexed keywords

BATHYMETRY; BOTTOM WATER; DEPTH DETERMINATION; FORAMINIFERA; MIOCENE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY;

AUCKLAND; AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WAITEMATA BASIN; WORLD;

EID: 12844262889     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2004.9515087     Document Type: Article

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