The Kapitean Stage (Upper Miocene) of New Zealand

• Main Author: Kennett, James Peter (11658352)
• Format: Thesis
• Language: unknown
• Published: 1965
• Subjects: Earth Sciences not elsewhere classified; New Zealand; Miocene epoch; Geology; Fossil foraminifera; Stratigraphic geology; School: School of Geography; Environment and Earth Sciences; 049999 Earth Sciences not elsewhere classified; Marsden: 260199 Geology; Marsden: 260110 Biostratigraphy; Degree Discipline: Geology; Degree Level: Doctoral; Degree Name: Doctor of Philosophy; Marsden; Hawkes; East Cape; Hawkes Bay; Planktonic foraminifera
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.26686/wgtn.16945609.v1

The ten chapters in this thesis are presented in the form of nine independent papers and a note. A separate abstract is given below for each chapter. I. The type section of the Kapitean Stage and four other sections in north Westland were examined in detail. The stratigraphy of each section is descr...