Paleopedology and soil stratigraphy in the New Zealand Quaternary succession

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River response to an active fold-and-thrust belt in a convergent margin setting, North Island, New Zealand

“…We have generated 16 new OSL dates on loess mantling strath surfaces that are in agreement with several regional and local studies (Vella, 1963;Cowie, 1964;Leamy et al, 1973;Cowie and Milne, 1973;Milne, 1973;Milne and Smalley, 1979;Kaewyana, 1980;Palmer, 1982;Parfitt et al, 1983Parfitt et al, , 1984Vella et al, 1988;Alloway, 1989;Palmer and Vucetich, 1989;Warnes, 1989;Grapes, 1991;Alloway et al, 1992;Palmer and Pillans, 1996;Vucetich et al, 1996;Shulmeister, 1999). Given the analytical uncertainties, all of the ages are in correct stratigraphic order.…”

“…A well-established Quaternary paleosol stratigraphy (Leamy et al, 1973;Palmer, 1982;Palmer and Pillans, 1996) throughout New Zealand has been used to correlate to warming climate phases within glacialinterglacial climate cycles. In the southern North Island, palynological records and soil geochemistry support the interpretation that paleosols reflect warming (or warmer) climatic conditions (Alloway et al, 1992;Palmer and Pillans, 1996;Vella et al, 1988).…”

Pedogenic properties of surface deposits used as evidence for the type of landform formation of the Tadu tableland in central Taiwan

“…Unfortunately, there is a lack of suitable geochronometry and an absence of datable material in the surface deposits of the tableland. Jenny (1941) suggested most soil properties are time-dependent variables, and that soils can be used to sub-divide and correlate Quaternary successions (Morrison, 1968;Leamy et al, 1973;Mulcahy and Churchward, 1973;Birkeland, 1984). In other words, the age of the geomorphic surface is indicated by the degree of soil development.…”

Late Quaternary terraces and their cover beds, north-western Wairarapa, New Zealand, and provisional correlations with oxygen isotope stages

“…Field tests for allophane were strongly positive, and we conclude that the Makakahi Tephric Paleosol contains a large component of degraded andesitic volcanic detritus, and is a correlative of the Middle Tongariro Tephras between the Porewan and Ratan Terraces in Rangitikei district whose estimated age is ± 60,000 years (Milne, 1973a). It is also considered to be a correlative of the Kimbolton Paleosol in Rangitikei district (Leamy et al, 1973), and is a persistent and valuable marker bed in the Eketahuna-Pahiatua district.…”