Quantitative palaeoclimate estimates from Late Cretaceous and Paleocene leaf floras in the northwest of the South Island, New Zealand

• Published in: Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology
• Main Authors: Kennedy, Elizabeth M., Spicer, Robert A., Rees, Peter M.
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: unknown
• Published: 2002
• Subjects: Antarctic; New Zealand; Pillar; Antarc*
• Online Access: https://oro.open.ac.uk/5032/

Three new plant macrofossil assemblages were collected from Late Cretaceous and Paleocene fluvio-lacustrine sediments of the Pakawau and Kapuni groups in the northwest of the South Island, New Zealand. Palaeoenvironmental interpretations were made from each locality and palaeoclimate was deduced fro...