Far-flown markers
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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.
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Lowe, 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.
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Geoscience Society of New Zealand with GNS Science