Review of unconformities in the late eocene to early miocene successions of the South Island, New Zealand: Ages, correlations, and causes

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 50, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 245-261

  Lever, Helen ^a  

^a HERIOT WATT UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antarctic Circumpolar Current; Eocene; Marshall Paraconformity; Oligocene; Stratigraphy; Unconformities

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; EOCENE; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; SUCCESSION; UNCONFORMITY;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 35748984990     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288300709509835     Document Type: Review

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