Middle Miocene paleoclimate change at Bryce Burn, southern New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 321-333

  Field, B D ^a   Crundwell, M P ^a   Lyon, G L ^a   Mildenhall, D C ^a   Morgans, H E G ^a   Ohneiser, C ^b   Wilson, G S ^b   Kennett, J P ^c   Chanier, F ^d  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIV LILLE   (France)

Author keywords

Antarctic cooling; Bryce burn; Carbon; Clays; Clifden; Cyclostratigraphy; Foraminifera; Gamma ray; Grain size; Isotopes; Magnetostratigraphy; Oxygen; Paleoceanography; Pollen; Spores

Indexed keywords

CARBON ISOTOPE; CYCLOSTRATIGRAPHY; FORAMINIFERA; ICE SHEET; MAGNETOSTRATIGRAPHY; MILANKOVITCH CYCLE; MIOCENE; OXYGEN ISOTOPE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOCLIMATE; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ANTARCTICA; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

FORAMINIFERA; PYRUS;

EID: 76349096274     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2009.9518461     Document Type: Article

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