Luminescence age estimates of pleistocene marine terrace and alluvial fan sediments associated with tectonic activity along coastal Otago, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 29-37

  Litchfield, Nicola J ^a   Lian, Olav B ^b  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Active fault; Alluvial fan; Luminescence; Marine terrace; Optical dating; Otago; Quaternary; Thermoluminescence

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL FAN; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LUMINESCENCE DATING; PLEISTOCENE; TECTONIC SETTING; TERRACE;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 2442654990     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2004.9515035     Document Type: Article

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