Stratigraphy, provenance, and diagenesis of the Cretaceous Horse Range Formation, east Otago, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 171-183

  Mitchell, M ^a   Craw, D ^a   Landis, C A ^a   Frew, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Breccia; Calcite; Extension; Greywacke; Normal fault; Otago schist; Provenance; Quartz

Indexed keywords

BASEMENT ROCK; BRECCIA; CALCITE; CLASTIC ROCK; CONGLOMERATE; CRETACEOUS; DIAGENESIS; EXHUMATION; EXTENSIONAL TECTONICS; GRAYWACKE; GREENSCHIST FACIES; NORMAL FAULT; PROVENANCE; SCHIST; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; STRATIGRAPHY; UPLIFT;

NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO; SOUTH ISLAND;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 72449180955     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288300909509884     Document Type: Article

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