Stratigraphy and tectonic implications of late Pleistocene valley fill in the Hope Valley, Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand

Special Paper of the Geological Society of America

Volumn 432, Issue , 2007, Pages 155-167

  Rother, Henrik ^a   Jol, Harry M ^b   Shulmeister, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN EAU CLAIRE   (United States)

Author keywords

Aggradation; Degradation; Glaciation; Ground penetrating radar (GPR); Hope Valley; Infrared stimulated luminescence (IRSL); Late Quaternary; New Zealand; Southern Alps

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; DEPOSITS; GEOLOGICAL SURVEYS; GEOPHYSICAL PROSPECTING; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR SYSTEMS; LAKES; LUMINESCENCE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULTS; SUBSIDENCE;

AGGRADATION; GLACIATION; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR (GPR); HOPE VALLEY; LATE QUATERNARY; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTHERN ALPS; STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE;

LANDFORMS;

AGGRADATION; BASIN FILL; DEGRADATION; GROUND PENETRATING RADAR; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LUMINESCENCE; OUTWASH; PLEISTOCENE; POSTGLACIAL; STRATIGRAPHY; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBSIDENCE; VALLEY FILL;

NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS;

EID: 74549139003     PISSN: 00721077     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1130/2007.2432(11)     Document Type: Article

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