Radiocarbon dating from a post-glacial beach in western Wellington

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Abstract
An ancient cliff cut by the sea after the rise of sea level from its low stand in the Last Glaciation was recognised and described by Te Punga (1962) in the Otaki-Waikanae district and traced northward to Linton and southward to Paekakariki. For most of this distance, younger dunesands, peat, or alluvium prevent study of beach deposits at the foot of the post-glacial cliff; but near Centennial Inn, Paekakariki, beach deposits are exposed by modern wave attack on the southern extremity of the coastal plain of west Wellington. Sections through these deposits have been described by Adkin (1951, Pl. 21, fig. 5, general view of area; figs. 3, 3a, 6 to 8, details of outcrops).

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