Published 1999 | Version v1
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Iceberg incursions across Campbell Plateau

  • 1. National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research, Wellington (New Zealand)

Description

The last reported sighting of icebergs off eastern New Zealand was on 28th October, 1892, at the Chatham Islands. Prior to that time, the SW Pacific Ocean periodically hosted flotillas of icebergs, as revealed by a palaeoceanographic analysis of 8 cores from the Campbell Plateau. Stable isotope stratigraphy, coupled with down-core measurements of magnetic susceptibility, grain size, calcium carbonate and ice-rafted debris, highlight climate-related fluctuations in iceberg activity back to at least marine isotope stage (MIS) 6 - our longest complete record. (author)

Additional details

Publishing Information

Publisher
Geological Society of New Zealand
Imprint Place
Wellington (New Zealand)
ISBN
0-90-86788-00
Imprint Title
Geological Society of New Zealand Inc 1999 Annual Conference : programme and abstracts
Imprint Pagination
179 p.
Journal Issue
no.107A
Series
Geological Society of New Zealand miscellaneous publication
Journal Page Range
p. 128
ISSN
0113-1532

Conference

Title
Geological Society of New Zealand. Conference
Dates
29 Nov - 1 Dec 1999
Place
Palmerston North (New Zealand)

INIS

Country of Publication
New Zealand
Country of Input or Organization
New Zealand
INIS RN
31010341
Subject category
S58: GEOSCIENCES;
Resource subtype / Literary indicator
Conference
Descriptors DEI
DRILL CORES; ICEBERGS; NEW ZEALAND; OCEANOGRAPHY; PACIFIC OCEAN; STABLE ISOTOPES; STRATIGRAPHY
Descriptors DEC
AUSTRALASIA; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; ICE; ISLANDS; ISOTOPES; SEAS; SURFACE WATERS