Distribution, age, and uplift patterns of pleistocene marine terraces of the northern raukumara Peninsula, North Island, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 181-191

  Wilson, Kate ^a   Litchfield, Nicola ^b   Berryman, Kelvin ^b   Little, Tim ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Marine terraces; Quaternary; Raukumara Peninsula; Tectonic uplift rates

Indexed keywords

BEDROCK; DATING METHOD; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LOESS; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PLEISTOCENE; RADIOMETRIC METHOD; SUBDUCTION ZONE; TERRACE; UPLIFT;

AUSTRALASIA; BAY OF PLENTY; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; RAUKUMARA PENINSULA;

EID: 35748949002     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288300709509830     Document Type: Article

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