New Zealand limestone purity

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 57, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 209-218

  Mortimer, N ^a   Strong, D T ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

calcium carbonate; limestone; Miocene; New Zealand; Oligocene; paleogeography; purity

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM CARBONATE; LIMESTONE; LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY; MIOCENE; OLIGOCENE; PALEOGEOGRAPHY; PETROGRAPHY; UNDERWATER ENVIRONMENT; CAMBRIAN; CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CRETACEOUS; MARINE SEDIMENT; SILICA; SILICICLASTIC DEPOSIT;

CHATHAM ISLANDS; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 84903312272     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2014.901230     Document Type: Article

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