Palaeoclimate and palaeoenvironment of the middle Eocene southern Pacific: insights from New Zealand

The Hampden Section of South Island, New Zealand, is used to generate a multiproxy record of middle Eocene palaeoclimate. The Hampden Formation is a calcareous clay-rich siltstone deposited in a shelf edge environment, containing exceptionally well-preserved micro- and nannofossils. A range of sedim...

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Main Author: Burgess, Catherine Elizabeth
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2008
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Online Access:https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/54756/
https://orca.cardiff.ac.uk/id/eprint/54756/1/U585145.pdf