The stratigraphy, timing and climatic implications of glaciolacustrine deposits in the middle Rakaia Valley, South Island, New Zealand

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 29, Issue 17-18, 2010, Pages 2362-2381

  Shulmeister, J ^a   Thackray, G D ^b   Rieser, U ^c   Hyatt, O M ^a   Rother, H ^d   Smart, C C ^e   Evans, D J A ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b IDAHO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^d AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

^e UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN ONTARIO   (Canada)

^f DURHAM UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEFORMATION; DEPOSITS; GRAVEL; STRATIGRAPHY; TIMING CIRCUITS;

DUMP MATERIALS; GLACIAL CYCLES; GLACIAL HISTORY; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; SEDIMENTARY ENVIRONMENT; SOUTH ISLAND , NEW ZEALAND; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE; STIMULATED LUMINESCENCE;

GLACIAL GEOLOGY;

BIOSTRATIGRAPHY; CLIMATE FORCING; GLACIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; GLACIOTECTONICS; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LUMINESCENCE; SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE;

CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; NEW ZEALAND; RAKAIA VALLEY; SOUTH ISLAND;

RAKAIA;

EID: 77955267303     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2010.06.004     Document Type: Article

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