A late Early Pleistocene tephrochronological and pollen record from Auckland, New Zealand

Geological Society Special Publication

Volumn 247, Issue , 2005, Pages 183-208

  Byrami, M L ^a   Newnham, R M ^b   Alloway, B V ^c   Pillans, B ^d   Ogden, J ^a   Westgate, J ^e   Mildenhall, D C ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PLYMOUTH   (United Kingdom)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^d AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PALEOCLIMATE; PLEISTOCENE; POLLEN; TEPHROCHRONOLOGY;

AUCKLAND; AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

CONIFEROPHYTA; NOTHOFAGUS;

EID: 31344481054     PISSN: 03058719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1144/GSL.SP.2005.247.01.10     Document Type: Article

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