Initial sedimentation and subsequent diagenesis in the Eastern Southland Lignite Basin, southern New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 167-180

  Stein, J ^a   Craw, D ^a   Pope, J ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^b CRL Energy Ltd   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alteration; Clay; Lignite; Miocene; Oligoc ne; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

BEDLOAD; CONGLOMERATE; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; DIAGENESIS; EROSION RATE; LIGNITE; MARINE SEDIMENT; MIOCENE; PLIOCENE; SEDIMENTATION; TRANSPRESSION;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 79959629195     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2010.515599     Document Type: Article

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