Open AccessGlacial activity in New Zealand near the Pleistocene‐Holocene boundary in the light of new radiocarbon dates
Author(s) -
BURROWS COLIN J.,
CHINN TREVOR,
KELLY MICHAEL
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
boreas
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.95
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1502-3885
pISSN - 0300-9483
DOI - 10.1111/j.1502-3885.1976.tb00330.x
Subject(s) - holocene , pleistocene , radiocarbon dating , geology , glacial period , glacier , physical geography , paleontology , quaternary , northern hemisphere , archaeology , climatology , geography
Burrows, C. J., Chinn, T. & Kelly, M. 1976 08 01: Glacial activity in New Zealand near the Pleistocene‐Holocene boundary in the light of new radiocarbon dates. Although glaciers in New Zealand were diminishing from the late Pleistocene onwards, there remained an extensive ice cover, greater than at present, well into early Holocene. The Birch Hill advances are dated to just before the Pleistocene‐Holocene boundary at 10,000 B.P., and at least two lesser advances are recognised, at 9000 B.P. and 8000 B.P. A general parallel with northern hemisphere glacial activity is drawn.