Late Pleistocene sea-level oscillations (MIS 10-2) recorded in shallow marine and coastal plain sediments of the southern Wanganui Basin, New Zealand

Quaternary Research

Volumn 71, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 477-489

  Hughes, Glenn R ^a   Kennedy, David M ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Coastal plain; Glacio eustasy; Late Pleistocene; Marine isotope stage; Sea level; Sedimentary cycle; Shallow marine; Wanganui basin

Indexed keywords

COASTAL SEDIMENT; CYCLOTHEM; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; GLACIOEUSTACY; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PALYNOLOGY; PLEISTOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTATION;

AUSTRALASIA; MANAWATU-WANGANUI; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WANGANUI BASIN;

EID: 63549132705     PISSN: 00335894     EISSN: 10960287     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.yqres.2009.01.011     Document Type: Article

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