Loess, soil stratigraphy and Aokautere Ash on Late Pleistocene surfaces in south Westland, New Zealand: Interpretation and correlation with the glacial stratigraphy

Quaternary International

Volumn 34-36, Issue , 1996, Pages 163-176

  Almond, P C ^a  

^a LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRONOLOGY; LAST GLACIAL; LAST INTERGLACIAL; LOESS; PLEISTOCENE; PLEISTOCENE (LATE); STRATIGRAPHY;

NEW ZEALAND, SOUTH ISLAND, WESTLAND;

EID: 13544273571     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/1040-6182(95)00081-X     Document Type: Article

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