Far-flown markers
Citation
Export citationLowe, D. J., Alloway, B. V., & Shane, P. A. R. (2015). Far-flown markers. In A Continent on the Move: New Zealand Geoscience Revealed, Second Edition (2nd ed., Vol. 141, pp. 172–175). Lower Hutt, New Zealand: Geoscience Society of New Zealand with GNS Science.
Permanent Research Commons link: https://hdl.handle.net/10289/10154
Abstract
Tephras are fragmentary materials that are blasted explosively into the air during volcanic eruptions. Distributed throughout Zealandia, tephras provide useful markers for connecting and dating land surfaces, sediment layers, and archaeological sites.
Date
2015Type
Publisher
Geoscience Society of New Zealand with GNS Science
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© 2015 Geoscience Society of New Zealand. Used with permission.