Paleoecology of late Miocene-early Pliocene sixth-order glacioeustatic sequences in the Manutahi-1 core, Wanganui-Taranaki Basin, New Zealand

Palaios

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 325-337

  Hendy, Austin J W ^a,b   Kamp, Peter J J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CINCINNATI   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOFACIES; BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; BIVALVE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; GASTROPOD; GLACIOEUSTACY; PALEOECOLOGY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SPECIES OCCURRENCE; SUCCESSION; TAPHONOMY;

AUSTRALASIA; MANAWATU-WANGANUI; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; TARANAKI BASIN; WANGANUI BASIN;

BIVALVIA; GASTROPODA; ZANCLEA;

EID: 34548181589     PISSN: 08831351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2110/palo.2006.p06-084     Document Type: Article

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