A terrestrial record of Last Interglacial climate preserved by voluminous debris avalanche inundation in Taranaki, New Zealand

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 299-314

  Newnham, Rewi M ^a   Alloway, Brent ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Climate change; Debris avalanche; Last interglacial; New Zealand; Palynology; Tephrostratigraphy

Indexed keywords

CLIMATE CHANGE; LAST INTERGLACIAL; ORBITAL FORCING; PALEOCLIMATE; PALYNOLOGY; ROCK AVALANCHE;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; TARANAKI;

EUTHYNNUS AFFINIS; FRAXINUS;

EID: 2342642162     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.834     Document Type: Article

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