AGE OF JACKSON FORMATION PROVES LATE CENOZOIC ALLOCHTHONY IN SOUTH WESTLAND, NEW-ZEALAND

Authors
SUTHERLAND R HOLLIS CJ NATHAN S STRONG CP WILSON GJ
Citation
R. Sutherland et al., AGE OF JACKSON FORMATION PROVES LATE CENOZOIC ALLOCHTHONY IN SOUTH WESTLAND, NEW-ZEALAND, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 39(4), 1996, pp. 559-563
Citations number
16
Categorie Soggetti
Geosciences, Interdisciplinary",Geology
Journal title
New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics → ACNP
ISSN journal
00288306
Volume
39
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
559 - 563
Database
ISI
SICI code
0028-8306(1996)39:4<559:AOJFPL>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
Analysis of radiolarians, foraminifera, dinoflagellates, and pollen fr om Jackson Formation, South Westland, yields Middle Eocene to Late Oli gocene ages. The samples analysed are older than underlying Tititira F ormation (middle Miocene) and thus provide firm evidence that Jackson Formation is allochthonous. Jackson Formation sediments are age correl ative with Abbey Formation and Awarua Limestone found nearby in South Westland.