Radiocarbon-dated faunal remains correlate very large rock avalanche deposit with prehistoric Alpine Fault rupture

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 431-434

  Wood, J R ^a   Wilmshurst, J M ^a   Rawlence, N J ^b  

^a LANDCARE RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alpine fault; Bone; Coprolite; Moa; Radiocarbon dating; Rockfall

Indexed keywords

AGE DETERMINATION; COPROLITE; FAUNA; RADIOCARBON DATING; ROCK AVALANCHE; ROCKFALL; RUPTURE; SKELETAL REMAINS;

NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 83455178729     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2011.590212     Document Type: Article

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