The Balmoral moraines near Lake Pukaki, Southern Alps: A new reference area for the early Otira Glaciation in New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 57, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 442-452

  Barrell, David Ja ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Balmoral Formation; Canterbury; Geomorphology; Lake Pukaki; Loopline Formation; Marine Isotope Stage (MIS) 4; Otira Glaciation; Southern Alps; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

GEOMORPHOLOGY; GLACIATION; MARINE ISOTOPE STAGE; MORAINE; OUTWASH; STRATIGRAPHY;

CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; LAKE PUKAKI; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; SOUTHERN ALPS;

EID: 84911962384     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2014.936473     Document Type: Review

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