A tectonically uplifted marine shoreline deposit, knights point, Westland, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 49, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 203-216

  Cooper, Alan F ^a   Kostro, Fabian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Beach sediments; Heavy mineral compositions; Knights Point; Last interglacial; Marine terrace; OSL dating

Indexed keywords

AUSTRALIAN PLATE; BEDROCK; CRETACEOUS; HEAVY MINERAL; LAST INTERGLACIAL; LUMINESCENCE; PACIFIC PLATE; SHORE PLATFORM; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; UPLIFT;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST COAST NATIONAL PARK; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 33746482731     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2006.9515160     Document Type: Article

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