Fission-track age of the Mangaroa ash and tectonic implications at Wellington, New Zealand.
New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics
By: C. W. Naeser, S. Nishimura, and Te Punga
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Abstract
Three samples of zircon from the Mangaroa Ash, an important marker bed in the late Pleistocene deposits of the Wellington area, have been dated by fission-track analysis. The average age of the 3 zircon samples is 380 000 years. Since this tephra fell, vertical uplift at Tinakori Hill on the northwest side of the Wellington Fault has been about 266 m, at a rate of about 69 cm per 1000 years; at the Whakatiki Terraces the minimum rate of uplift on the northwest side of this fault has been about 21 cm per 1000 years. -Authors
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Naeser, C.W., Nishimura, S., and Punga, T., 1980, Fission-track age of the Mangaroa ash and tectonic implications at Wellington, New Zealand.: New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, v. 23, no. 5-6, p. 615-621, https://doi.org/10.1080/00288306.1980.10424133.
| Publication type | Article |
|---|---|
| Publication Subtype | Journal Article |
| Title | Fission-track age of the Mangaroa ash and tectonic implications at Wellington, New Zealand. |
| Series title | New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics |
| DOI | 10.1080/00288306.1980.10424133 |
| Volume | 23 |
| Issue | 5-6 |
| Year Published | 1980 |
| Language | English |
| Publisher | Taylor and Francis |
| Larger Work Type | Article |
| Larger Work Subtype | Journal Article |
| Larger Work Title | New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics |
| First page | 615 |
| Last page | 621 |