Whanganui Basin, an archive of prehistoric earthquakes? Waitapu Shell Conglomerate (c. 0.9 Ma), North Island, New Zealand

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Whanganui Basin, an archive of prehistoric earthquakes? Waitapu Shell Conglomerate (c. 0.9 Ma), North Island, New Zealand

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The Waitapu Shell Conglomerate is an important marker horizon in the eastern Whanganui Basin, occurring within a Pleistocene volcaniclastic record that contains early eruption products from the Taupo Volcanic Zone. The unit comprises a cross-bedded pebbly-shell conglomerate containing the first influx of Kaukatea Pumice (c. 0.9 Ma) within the Rangitikei succession. We document soft sediment deformation structures that occur in close stratigraphic proximity to the Waitapu Shell Conglomerate an...

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29 Mar, 2019

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Callum Rees / Julie Palmer / Alan Palmer

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https://figshare.com/articles/dataset/Whanganui_Basin_an_archive_of_prehistoric_earthquakes_Waita...

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Pleistocene / Castlecliffian / biostratigraphy / Whanganui Basin / seismicity / liquefaction / fluidisation / submarine landslides / loading / Biophysics / Environmental Sciences not elsewhere classified / Ecology / Immunology / Biological Sciences not elsewhere classified / Inorganic Chemistry / Science Policy

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