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II.—The Unconformable Relationship of the Lower Tertiaries and Upper Cretaceous of New Zealand

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 May 2009

James Park
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With the question of conformity or unconformity between the Lower Tertiary and Upper Cretaceous, there is associated a problem of great economic importance to New Zealand. The subject involves something more than a mere academic discussion. If conformity exists, then we have only one coal-bearing formation; but if unconformity, then we have two. I believe that both the stratigraphical and palæontological evidence is overwhelmingly in favour of the latter.

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Geological Magazine , Volume 8 , Issue 12 , December 1911 , pp. 539 - 549
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1911

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