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Paleogeography of Late Eocene to earliest Miocene Te Kuiti Group, central-western North Island, New Zealand.

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Title: Paleogeography of Late Eocene to earliest Miocene Te Kuiti Group, central-western North Island, New Zealand.
Authors: Kamp, PJJ1 (AUTHOR) p.kamp@waikato.ac.nz, Tripathi, ARP1 (AUTHOR), Nelson, CS1 (AUTHOR)
Source: New Zealand Journal of Geology & Geophysics. Jun2014, Vol. 57 Issue 2, p128-148. 21p.
Subjects: Paleogeography, Geological basins, Geologic faults, Miocene Epoch, Biostratigraphy
Abstract: We present a series of 13 paleogeographic maps representing development of the Waikato–King Country Basin through the Late Eocene to Early Miocene in central-western North Island when the New Zealand platform was undergoing widespread marine inundation. The maps are the end-point of a basin analysis of the Te Kuiti Group, which has included development of a revised lithostratigraphy, biostratigraphy, chronostratigraphy and the application of facies analysis. The new stratigraphic framework has identified six major unconformity-bound sequences within the Te Kuiti Group and the paleogeographic maps are drawn for time-slices through unconformities and systems tracts. A major unconformity between the Whaingaroa Formation and the Aotea Formation dated c. 29 Ma marks the start of reverse faulting on the Taranaki Fault. At c. 27 Ma, reverse displacement on the Manganui Fault started. Several phases of displacement on the Manganui Fault ensured that land persisted over part of the Herangi High throughout the Duntroonian (Ld) and Waitakian (Lw) Stages spanning the Late Oligocene and earliest Miocene. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
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Abstract:We present a series of 13 paleogeographic maps representing development of the Waikato–King Country Basin through the Late Eocene to Early Miocene in central-western North Island when the New Zealand platform was undergoing widespread marine inundation. The maps are the end-point of a basin analysis of the Te Kuiti Group, which has included development of a revised lithostratigraphy, biostratigraphy, chronostratigraphy and the application of facies analysis. The new stratigraphic framework has identified six major unconformity-bound sequences within the Te Kuiti Group and the paleogeographic maps are drawn for time-slices through unconformities and systems tracts. A major unconformity between the Whaingaroa Formation and the Aotea Formation dated c. 29 Ma marks the start of reverse faulting on the Taranaki Fault. At c. 27 Ma, reverse displacement on the Manganui Fault started. Several phases of displacement on the Manganui Fault ensured that land persisted over part of the Herangi High throughout the Duntroonian (Ld) and Waitakian (Lw) Stages spanning the Late Oligocene and earliest Miocene. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]
ISSN:00288306
DOI:10.1080/00288306.2014.904384