Integrated outcrop, drill core, borehole and seismic stratigraphic architecture of a cyclothemic, shallow‐marine depositional system, Wanganui Basin, New Zealand

Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 91-122

  Naish, T R ^a   Field, B D ^a   Zhu, H ^a   Melhuish, A ^a   Carter, R M ^b   Abbott, S T ^c   Edwards, S ^b   Alloway, B V ^a   Wilson, G S ^d   Niessen, F ^e   Barker, A ^f   Browne, G H ^a   Maslen, G ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c SOUTHERN CROSS UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^e ALFRED WEGENER INSTITUTE FOR POLAR AND MARINE RESEARCH   (Germany)

^f UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Borehole; Cyclothem; Drillcore; Pliocene Pleistocene; Seismic reflection; Sequence statigraphy; Shallow marine; Wanganui Basin

Indexed keywords

CYCLOTHEM; MARINE SEDIMENT; PLEISTOCENE; SHALLOW WATER; STRATIGRAPHY;

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

EID: 25844494402     PISSN: 03036758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2005.9517778     Document Type: Article

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