Stratigraphy, pollen and 14C dating of Johnston's Gum Hole, a late Quaternary fossil kauri (Agathis australis) site, Northland, New Zealand

Journal of Quaternary Science

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 47-59

  D'Costa, D M ^a   Palmer, J ^b   Hogg, A ^c   Turney, C ^d   Fifield, L K ^e   Ogden, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Gondwana Tree Ring Laboratory   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF WOLLONGONG   (Australia)

^e AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fossil kauri; Johnston's Gum Hole; New Zealand; Pollen; Quaternary

Indexed keywords

CATASTROPHIC EVENT; FOSSIL RECORD; GEOCHRONOLOGY; INTERSTADIAL; LAST GLACIATION; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; PALYNOLOGY; QUATERNARY; RADIOCARBON DATING; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; NORTHLAND;

AGATHIS AUSTRALIS; FAGUS; NOTHOFAGUS;

EID: 65349128912     PISSN: 02678179     EISSN: 10991417     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/jqs.1179     Document Type: Article

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