Tephrochronology (from tephra, Gk 'ashes') is a unique stratigraphic method for linking,
dating, and synchronizing geological, palaeoenvironmental, or archaeological sequences or …

Tephrochronology is the study of volcanic ash (tephra) beds for the purpose of correlating
and dating volcanic and other geologic events. Large magnitude silicic eruptions can …

This text, written by a leading researcher in the field, describes the origin and formation of
lakes in order to give context to the question of how lacustrine deposits form. It explains the …

Aim To evaluate competing views on the origin and distribution of the New Zealand flora by
testing the hypothesis that the geographical distribution of species is unrelated to ecological …

A northwest‐southeast oriented extension rate from faulting for a time‐averaged period of c.
50 000 yr (10 000–64 000 yr), across the Ngakuru‐Waikite depression (modern Taupo Fault …

Fission-track (FT) analysis has developed into one of the most useful techniques used
throughout the geologic community to reconstruct the low-temperature thermal history of …

The editor and coordinator of this new 284 pages study on the New Zealand Geological
Timescale, Roger A. Cooper, and his team of 22 New Zealand and foreign experts are to be …

The discovery that orbital variations are the driving force behind Quaternary climate change
provides an impetus to set local and regional records of environmental change into the …

The isotopic ages of material exposed close to the Alpine fault in the Southern Alps, New
Zealand, vary in a consistent fashion along the orogen. For the K-Ar system, muscovite and …

Zircon is one of the most useful minerals used to unravel the Earth's history recorded in
rocks. After the success of etching fission tracks in zircon (Fleischer et al. 1964; Naeser …