Strontium isotope dating of the New Zealand oligocene

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 719-730

  Nelson, Campbell S ^a   Lee, Daphne ^b   Maxwell, Phillip ^c   Maas, Roland ^d   Kamp, Peter J J ^a   Cooke, Steve ^a,e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c University of Melbourne ^*  (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^e NATIONAL OCEANOGRAPHY CENTRE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Absolute age; Duntroonian Stage; Fossils; New Zealand; Oligocene; Strontium isotope dating; Waitakian Stage; Whaingaroan Stage

Indexed keywords

DATING METHOD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; OLIGOCENE; STRONTIUM ISOTOPE;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; NEW ZEALAND; WORLD;

EID: 12844262890     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2004.9515085     Document Type: Article

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