A coherent middle Pliocene magnetostratigraphy, Wanganui Basin, New Zealand

Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Volumn 35, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 197-227

  Turner, Gillian M ^a   Kamp, Peter J J ^b   Mc Intyre, Avon P ^b,c   Hayton, Shaun ^b,d   Mc Guire, Donald M ^a   Wilson, Gary S ^e  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^c GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^d CRL Energy Ltd   (New Zealand)

^e UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Geomagnetic polarity timescale; Magnetostratigraphy; Middle Pliocene; Oxygen isotope stages; Palaeomagnetism; Sequence stratigraphy; Wanganui Basin

Indexed keywords

MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; PALEOMAGNETISM; PLIOCENE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

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

EID: 25844520426     PISSN: 03036758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2005.9517781     Document Type: Article

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