Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas ISSN: 1026-8774
[email protected] Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México México Field, Brad D.; Crundwell, Martin P.; Kennett, James P.; King, Peter R.; Jones, Craig M.; Scott, George H. The early Middle Miocene paleoenvironmental setting of New Zealand Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Geológicas, vol. 19, núm. 3, 2002, pp. 242-251 Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México Querétaro, México Available in: http://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=57219311 How to cite Complete issue Scientific Information System More information about this article Network of Scientific Journals from Latin America, the Caribbean, Spain and Portugal Journal's homepage in redalyc.org Non-profit academic project, developed under the open access initiative 242 RevistaField etMexicana al. de Ciencias Geológica, v. 19, núm. 3, 2002, p. 242-251 The early Middle Miocene paleoenvironmental setting of New Zealand Brad D. Field1*, Martin P. Crundwell1, James P. Kennett2, Peter R. King1, Craig M. Jones1, and George H. Scott1 1 Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences, Box 30368, Lower Hutt, New Zealand 2 Department of Geological Sciences, University of California Santa Barbara, USA * e-mail:
[email protected] ABSTRACT New Zealand has a middle Miocene (~16.4-11.2 Ma) sedimentary record that extends from terrestrial through to distal oceanic paleoenvironmental settings available for study in outcrop, petroleum exploration wells and deep sea drillholes. We use this data to establish a new model for the region at the beginning of middle Miocene times on a palinspastic base map, as a starting point for the study of later middle Miocene global cooling and its effects.