A widespread ca. 1.1 Ma TVZ silicic tephra preserved near Wellington, New Zealand: Implications for regional reconstruction of mid-Pleistocene vegetation

Quaternary International

Volumn 178, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 167-182

  Mildenhall, D C ^a   Alloway, B V ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; GRASSLAND; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOBOTANY; PALYNOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; RECONSTRUCTION; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT; TAXONOMY; TEPHRA;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WELLINGTON [NORTH ISLAND];

ACAENA; APIACEAE; BEAUPREA; BEAUPREAIDITES; CAREX; CAREX ADELOSTOMA; EPILOBIUM; FAGUS; FILICOPHYTA; GENTIANA; LYCOPODIUM; LYGODIUM; NOTHOFAGUS MENZIESII; POACEAE; TARAXACUM; TORONIA TORU; WAHLENBERGIA;

EID: 40749129899     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2007.04.006     Document Type: Article

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