Quaternary vegetational, environmental and climatic history of the lower Taieri Plain, East Otago, New Zealand : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Master of Science in Quaternary Science at Massey University

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This project presents the palynology of the 154m Waipori 99-1 long core taken from the Lower Taieri Plain, east Otago, New Zealand. The current vegetation and climate are reviewed along with the geological and geomorphological setting of the Taieri Basin. Reviews are given on the history of New Zealand's vegetation since the Late Cretaceous and on the late Pleistocene and Holocene vegetation and climate of southern New Zealand. The field and lab techniques used in the course of this project are detailed. The Waipori 99-1 long core contained a number of extensive glacial aggradational gravel sequences. These are separated in places by interbedded fine sediments which were found, for the most part, to have been deposited during warm climate periods. Subsidence within the basin has determined which sediments survive in the record. Periodic subsidence and fluvial erosion have resulted in a discontinuous sedimentary sequence. Polliniferous sediments were found only above -103m. Pollen analy

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