Stratigraphy of the lower Waipara Gorge, North Canterbury
- 1 August 1959
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics
- Vol. 2 (3) , 501-527
- https://doi.org/10.1080/00288306.1959.10423157
Abstract
In the lower Waipara Gorge, North Canterbury, sediments ranging in age from Awamoan to Holocene form a sequence about 4000 ft thick. There is an unconformity below the Waitotaran, and no Taranaki Series is present. Marine sedimentation gave way to nOh-marine about the beginning of the Nukumaruan. Two new formations are established; the Double Corner Shell-beds of Waiauan age, and the Greenwood Formation of Waitotaran to possibly Nukumaruan age. The marine sediments contain rich molluscan faunas.Keywords
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