Palmerston, Waitaki District, Otago Region, South Island, New Zealand
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 45° 29' 3'' South , 170° 42' 55'' East |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -45.48442,170.71537 |
GeoHash: | G#: pzcmhxz4h |
Köppen climate type: | Cfb : Temperate oceanic climate |
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Late Pleistocene 0.0117 - 0.126 Ma ID: 1363387 | OIS2 (Late Pleistocene) fan deposits Age: Pleistocene (0.0117 - 0.126 Ma) Description: Boulders, gravel, sand and clay forming sloping low alluvial fans. Comments: Late Pleistocene river deposits. Age based on geomorphic estimate Lithology: Major:: {gravel},Minor:: {sand, silt} Reference: Heron, D.W. . Geology Map of New Zealand 1:250 000. GNS Science Geological Map 1. [13] |
Eocene - Late Cretaceous 33.9 - 100.5 Ma ID: 1308713 | Onekakara Group Age: Phanerozoic (33.9 - 100.5 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Onekakara Group Description: Quartzose and glauconitic sandstone and siltstone, with shellbeds and minor limestone. Comments: Zealandia Megasequence Mainly Marine Sedimentary Rocks (Paleogene to Cretaceous) Lithology: Sandstone, siltstone, biogenic sediment, limestone Reference: Edbrooke, S.W., Heron, D.W., Forsyth, P.J., Jongens, R. (compilers). Geology Map of New Zealand 1:1 000 000. GNS Science Geological Map 2. [12] |
Triassic - Permian 201.3 - 298.9 Ma ID: 3189657 | Paleozoic-Mesozoic crystalline metamorphic rocks Age: Phanerozoic (201.3 - 298.9 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Haast Schist Comments: Caples Terrane Lithology: Metawacke; greenschist/almandine amphibolite grade metasedimentary/metavolcanic schist Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
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- South Island
- Otago Region
- Waitaki District
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- Waitaki District
- Otago Region