Sequence stratigraphy of the nukumaruan stratotype (pliocene‐pleistocene, c. 2.08–1.63 Ma), Wanganui Basin, New Zealand

Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 123-150

  Abbott, S T ^a,e   Naish, T R ^b   Carter, R M ^c   Pillans, B J ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TASMANIA   (Australia)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^c JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cyclostratigraphy; Cyclothem; Glacio eustasy; Motif; New Zealand; Nukumaruan; Obliquity; Pleistocene; Pliocene; Sea level; Sequence; Systems tract; Tephra; Wanganui Basin

Indexed keywords

PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLIOCENE; SEA LEVEL; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

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

EID: 25844483993     PISSN: 03036758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2005.9517779     Document Type: Article

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