The Early Quaternary Marine to Terrestrial Transition of the Southeastern Wairarapa, New Zealand

10.26686/wgtn.16992949.v1 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

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Sam Winiata Nowland

Keyword(s):

New Zealand ◽

Sequence Architecture ◽

Sequence Stratigraphic ◽

The North ◽

Stratigraphic Framework ◽

Structural Growth ◽

Formation Type ◽

Age Limit ◽

North And South ◽

Lower Contact

<p>This study examines the final emergence of the southeastern Wairarapa within a sequence stratigraphic framework. New exposures of the Pleistocene marginalmarine Hautotara Formation, and non-marine Te Muna Formation allow facies to be detailed and sequence architecture to be analysed. Cyclicity observed within the facies successions of the Hautotara and Te Muna formations are placed in a series of four motifs. These motifs record 40 kyr glacioeustatic cyclicity superimposed upon the basinward to landward progression of the environments, showing the region shallowing through time. The positions of the top of the Pukenui Limestone and the base of the Hautotara Formation are revised, and are now at the top of the “Pukenui C” - a widespread marker bed, which also removes a historical nomenclatural gap. The recognition of the significance of the coccolith Gephyrocapsa sinuosa within the underlying Pukenui Limestone allows this contact to be dated at 1.73 Ma. The ~1.6 Ma age limit provided by a number of tephra within the lower sediments of the Te Muna Formation allow the ages of the examined formations to be constrained further. The eight 40 ka cycles identified within the Hautotara Formation suggests deposition between 1.73 and 1.42 Ma. The Hautotara - Te Muna Formation is revealed to be diachronous, with the base of the Te Muna Formation type section shown to be much younger, 1.12 Ma, than the 1.58 Ma age of the lower contact observed elsewhere in the region. A series of palaeogeographic reconstructions at 1.73, 1.58 and 1.57 Ma demonstrate how closely related sedimentation patterns are to structural growth, with marginal-marine Hautotara Formation sedimentation persisting in the centre of the study area well after the initiation of Te Muna Formation terrestrial deposition to the north and south of this site.</p>

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Studies of Ptiliidae (Coleoptera) in the Spirit Collection of the Natural History Museum, London 2: New species and records from P. Hammond's visit to New Zealand in 1983–84

The Entomologist s monthly magazine ◽

10.31184/m00138908.1543.3924 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 154 (3) ◽

pp. 179-196

Author(s):

Michael Darby

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Zealand ◽

Natural History ◽

Natural History Museum ◽

History Museum ◽

The North ◽

Three New Species ◽

North And South

Some 2,000 Ptiliidae collected in the North and South Islands of New Zealand in 1983/1984 by Peter Hammond of the Natural History Museum, London, are determined to 34 species, four of which are new to the country. As there are very few previous records, most from the Auckland district of North Island, the Hammond collection provides much new distributional data. The three new species: Nellosana insperatus sp. n., Notoptenidium flavum sp. n., and Notoptenidium johnsoni sp. n., are described and figured; the genus Ptiliodes is moved from Acrotrichinae to Ptiliinae, and Ptenidium formicetorum Kraatz recorded as a new introduction. Information is provided to aid separation of the new species from those previously recorded.

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Occurrence of multiple sclerosis in the north and south of New Zealand.

Journal of Neurology Neurosurgery & Psychiatry ◽

10.1136/jnnp.50.2.134 ◽

1987 ◽

Vol 50 (2) ◽

pp. 134-139 ◽

Cited By ~ 51

Author(s):

D C Skegg ◽

P A Corwin ◽

R S Craven ◽

J A Malloch ◽

M Pollock

Keyword(s):

Multiple Sclerosis ◽

New Zealand ◽

The North ◽

North And South

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Biothems: sequence stratigraphic units and their implications for regional tectono-stratigraphic interpretations

The Paleontological Society Special Publications ◽

10.1017/s247526220000736x ◽

1992 ◽

Vol 6 ◽

pp. 176-176

Author(s):

H. R. Lane ◽

M. W. Frye ◽

G. D. Couples

Keyword(s):

North American ◽

Regional Distribution ◽

Depositional Environments ◽

Mississippi Valley ◽

Basin And Range Province ◽

Anadarko Basin ◽

Sequence Stratigraphic ◽

The North ◽

Tectonic Events ◽

Stratigraphic Framework

Biothems are regional wedge- or lens-shaped bodies of strata that are: bounded shelfward or cratonward by paleontologically recognizable unconformities; generally thicken on marine shelves, where they are typically conformable with underlying and overlying biothems; are commonly thinner or represent “starved” sequences further basinward; and in their most basinward extent, are either bounded by biostratigraphically recognizable unconformities or are conformable with underlying and overlying biothems. Biothems are practical units whose definition and degree of refinement are dependent on the quality and availability of biostratigraphic control. As recognized to date, biothems have a logical distribution of faunal and floral components, as well as facies groupings that represent internally consistent and logical sequences of depositional environments. The use of biothems as primary sequence stratigraphic units places the emphasis on relative time in a stratigraphic framework.A west-to-east transect within the North American Mississippian System, which extends from the Basin and Range Province, across the Transcontinental Arch (TA) and into the Anadarko Basin, was constructed to demonstrate the regional distribution and tectono-stratigraphic significance of biothems relative to the axis of the TA. The relationships portrayed on the transect, tied to an understanding of North American Mississippian paleogeography, imply that biothems deposited during relative highstand events on one flank of the TA are time-equivalent to biothems deposited during relative lowstand events on the opposite flank of the TA. This distribution is interpreted to have been controlled by intraplate tectonic events that formed “piano-key” basins along the flanks of the TA. The spatial patterns of these basins are not consistent with published models of basin evolution. A further conclusion is that the lack of transgressive or regressive coincident Mississippian biothems on either flank of the TA suggests that it is inadvisable to impose the Mississippi Valley-derived eustasy curve on western flank depositional sequences.

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The Hell Creek Formation, Montana: A Stratigraphic Review and Revision Based on a Sequence Stratigraphic Approach

Geosciences ◽

10.3390/geosciences10110435 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 10 (11) ◽

pp. 435

Author(s):

Denver Fowler

Keyword(s):

South Dakota ◽

Lake Area ◽

Sequence Stratigraphic ◽

Hell Creek Formation ◽

Accommodation Space ◽

The North ◽

Marine Influence ◽

Sequence Boundaries ◽

North And South ◽

Upper Maastrichtian

The Upper Maastrichtian fluvial Hell Creek Formation of the Fort Peck Lake area, Montana (and regional equivalents) is notable for its vertebrate fossils and for the K-Pg mass extinction at or near its upper contact. Despite intense study, internal stratigraphy of the Hell Creek Formation is still poorly constrained, hindering study. This work reviews the stratigraphy of the Hell Creek Formation, as currently understood, and proposes important revisions to the recently proposed type section, particularly concerning complexity of the Hell Creek Formation basal contact. This work also subdivides the Montanan Hell Creek Formation into four 4th order depositional sequences, superimposed over a 3rd order marine transgression. Sequence boundaries are defined by four, laterally continuous disconformities formed by pauses in the creation of accommodation space, marked by overlying amalgamated channel complexes, or less commonly, correlative interfluve paleosols. Cyclicity in Montana may be correlative with similar 4th order cyclicity and marine influence documented in North and South Dakota, Alberta, and Saskatchewan. Magnetostratigraphy and new biostratigraphic data support correlation of the upper Montanan sequence with the North Dakotan Cantapeta tongue (and overlying fines) and Canadian Scollard and Frenchman Formations.

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Invasion of the New Zealand Coastline by European Sea-Rocket (Cakile maritima) and American Sea-Rocket (Cakile edentula)

Invasive Plant Science and Management ◽

10.1614/ipsm-d-10-00060.1 ◽

2011 ◽

Vol 4 (2) ◽

pp. 260-263 ◽

Cited By ~ 11

Author(s):

Roger D. Cousens ◽

Jane M. Cousens

Keyword(s):

New Zealand ◽

North America ◽

West Coast ◽

Congeneric Species ◽

The West ◽

The Past ◽

The North ◽

Cakile Maritima ◽

Cakile Edentula ◽

North And South

AbstractOn the west coast of North America and in Australia, there have been parallel cases of sequential invasion and replacement of the shoreline plant American sea-rocket by European sea-rocket. A similar pattern has also occurred in New Zealand. For 30 to 40 yr, from its first recording in 1921, American sea-rocket spread throughout the eastern coastlines of the North and South Islands of New Zealand. European sea-rocket has so far been collected only on the North Island. From its first collection in 1937, European sea-rocket spread to the northern extremity of the island by 1973, and by 2010, it had reached the southernmost limit. In the region where both species have occurred in the past, American sea-rocket is now rarely found. This appears to be another example of congeneric species displacement.

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Pleasure, Excess and Self-Monitoring: The Media Worlds of New Zealand Children

Media International Australia ◽

10.1177/1329878x0812600106 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 126 (1) ◽

pp. 43-53 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Geoff Lealand ◽

Ruth Zanker

Keyword(s):

New Zealand ◽

Cell Phones ◽

Media Technology ◽

Self Monitoring ◽

The North ◽

Use Of Technology ◽

The Media ◽

Contemporary Media ◽

Cautionary Tales ◽

North And South

This report describes the outcomes of extensive research (questionnaires, focus groups, drawings) on the media use of students aged between eight and 13 years (n=860) in the North and South Islands of New Zealand. The research replicates earlier child-centred research by the authors, but with a greater emphasis on newer media technology, such as cell phones. The various facets of the research, framed within theoretical explorations, produced detailed and often candid insights into the role played by contemporary media in the lives of New Zealand children with respect to the overt and covert use of technology, shifts in relationships between children and adults. It also generated some interesting cautionary tales.

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A review of the New Zealand Berosus (Coleoptera: Hydrophilidae) with descriptions of three new species

Acta Entomologica Musei Nationalis Pragae ◽

10.37520/aemnp.2021.014 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 243-252

Author(s):

Matthias Seidel ◽

Vít Sýkora ◽

Richard A. B. Leschen ◽

Martin Fikáček

Keyword(s):

New Species ◽

New Zealand ◽

Rare Species ◽

Southern Alps ◽

Identification Key ◽

Museum Specimens ◽

Larval Morphology ◽

The North ◽

Three New Species ◽

North And South

The New Zealand species of the water scavenger beetle genus Berosus Leach, 1817 are reviewed based on freshly collected material and museum specimens. Four species are recognized: Berosus pallidipennis (Sharp, 1884) widespread in the North and South Islands, B. muellerorum sp. nov. from the eastern part of the North Island, and B. halasi sp. nov. and B. maru sp. nov., both endemic to central part of South Island. The synonymy of B. mergus Broun, 1886 with B. pallidipennis is confirmed and lectotypes for both taxa are designated. The larval morphology of B. pallidipennis and B. muellerorum is briefly discussed. Distributional data of all species are reported and illustrated, indicating a noticeable lack of Berosus species in the northern part of North Island and in Stewart Island and the presence of two rare species in the South Island, east of Southern Alps. An identification key to New Zealand species of the genus is provided

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Resistance to post-emergent herbicides is becoming common for grass weeds on New Zealand wheat and barley farms

PLoS ONE ◽

10.1371/journal.pone.0258685 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 16 (10) ◽

pp. e0258685

Author(s):

Christopher E. Buddenhagen ◽

Trevor K. James ◽

Zachary Ngow ◽

Deborah L. Hackell ◽

M. Phil Rolston ◽

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Keyword(s):

New Zealand ◽

Ad Hoc ◽

Acetolactate Synthase ◽

Stellaria Media ◽

Herbicide Resistant ◽

The North ◽

Mother Plants ◽

Als Inhibitors ◽

Als Inhibitor ◽

North And South

To estimate the prevalence of herbicide-resistant weeds, 87 wheat and barley farms were randomly surveyed in the Canterbury region of New Zealand. Over 600 weed seed samples from up to 10 mother plants per taxon depending on abundance, were collected immediately prior to harvest (two fields per farm). Some samples provided by agronomists were tested on an ad-hoc basis. Over 40,000 seedlings were grown to the 2–4 leaf stage in glasshouse conditions and sprayed with high priority herbicides for grasses from the three modes-of-action acetyl-CoA carboxylase (ACCase)-inhibitors haloxyfop, fenoxaprop, clodinafop, pinoxaden, clethodim, acetolactate synthase (ALS)-inhibitors iodosulfuron, pyroxsulam, nicosulfuron, and the 5-enolpyruvyl shikimate 3-phosphate synthase (EPSPS)-inhibitor glyphosate. The highest manufacturer recommended label rates were applied for the products registered for use in New Zealand, often higher than the discriminatory rates used in studies elsewhere. Published studies of resistance were rare in New Zealand but we found weeds survived herbicide applications on 42 of the 87 (48%) randomly surveyed farms, while susceptible reference populations died. Resistance was found for ALS-inhibitors on 35 farms (40%) and to ACCase-inhibitors on 20 (23%) farms. The number of farms with resistant weeds (denominator is 87 farms) are reported for ACCase-inhibitors, ALS-inhibitors, and glyphosate respectively as: Avena fatua (9%, 1%, 0% of farms), Bromus catharticus (0%, 2%, 0%), Lolium spp. (17%, 28%, 0%), Phalaris minor (1%, 6%, 0%), and Vulpia bromoides (0%, not tested, 0%). Not all farms had the weeds present, five had no obvious weeds prior to harvest. This survey revealed New Zealand’s first documented cases of resistance in P. minor (fenoxaprop, clodinafop, iodosulfuron) and B. catharticus (pyroxsulam). Twelve of the 87 randomly sampled farms (14%) had ALS-inhibitor chlorsulfuron-resistant sow thistles, mostly Sonchus asper but also S. oleraceus. Resistance was confirmed in industry-supplied samples of the grasses Digitaria sanguinalis (nicosulfuron, two maize farms), P. minor (iodosulfuron, one farm), and Lolium spp. (cases included glyphosate, haloxyfop, pinoxaden, iodosulfuron, and pyroxsulam, 9 farms). Industry also supplied Stellaria media samples that were resistant to chlorsulfuron and flumetsulam (ALS-inhibitors) sourced from clover and ryegrass fields from the North and South Island.

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