Silicic tephras in pleistocene shallow‐marine sediments of wanganui basin, New Zealand

Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 43-90

  Pillans, Brad ^a   Alloway, Brent ^b   Naish, Tim ^b   Westgate, John ^c   Abbott, Steve ^d   Palmer, Alan ^e  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^d SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Fission track dating; Pleistocene; Silicic glass; Tephras; Wanganui Basin

Indexed keywords

MARINE SEDIMENT; PLEISTOCENE; TEPHRA; VOLCANICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

AUSTRALASIA; EASTERN HEMISPHERE; MANAWATU-WANGANUI; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WANGANUI BASIN; WORLD;

EID: 25844466589     PISSN: 03036758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2005.9517777     Document Type: Article

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