First cosmogenic 10 Be constraints on LGM glaciation on New Zealand's North Island: Park Valley, Tararua Range

• Published in: Journal of Quaternary Science
• Main Authors: Brook, Martin S., Shulmeister, James, Crow, Tyne V. H., Zondervan, Albert
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wiley 2008
• Subjects: Antarctic; The Antarctic; New Zealand; Ela; Antarc*
• Online Access: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jqs.1188; https://api.wiley.com/onlinelibrary/tdm/v1/articles/10.1002%2Fjqs.1188; https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/pdf/10.1002/jqs.1188

Abstract We report the first direct ages for late Quaternary glaciation on the North Island of New Zealand. Mt Ruapehu, the volcanic massif in the North Island's centre, is currently glaciated and probably sustained glaciers throughout the late Quaternary, yet no numeric ages have been reported...