A new high-resolution, middle miocene magnetostratigraphy from western Southland, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 261-274

  Ohneiser, Christian ^a   Wilson, Gary S ^a   Field, Brad D ^b   Crundwell, Martin P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Clifdenian; Greigite; Lillburnian; Magnetostratigraphy; Middle Miocene; Orbulina suturalis; Pacific plate rotation

Indexed keywords

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; MAGNETIC PROPERTY; MAGNETIC SUSCEPTIBILITY; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MIOCENE; MUDSTONE; REMANENT MAGNETIZATION; SEDIMENTATION RATE; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHLAND;

ORBULINA SUTURALIS;

EID: 57049094460     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288300809509864     Document Type: Article

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