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New Zealand geologic time scale

Index New Zealand geologic time scale

While also using the international geologic time scale, many nations - especially those with isolated and therefore non-standard prehistories - use their own system of dividing geologic time into epochs and faunal stages. [1]

59 relations: Aotea Harbour, Aparima River, Arnold River (New Zealand), Balfour, New Zealand, Cambrian, Carboniferous, Clarence River (New Zealand), Cretaceous, D'Urville Island (New Zealand), Dannevirke, Devonian, Duntroon, New Zealand, Earth science, Eocene, Geologic time scale, Geology, Gore, New Zealand, Haumuri Bluff, Hawera, Heretaunga Plains, Holocene, Jurassic, Kawhia Harbour, Makarewa River, Matawai, New Zealand, Māori language, Miocene, Motu River, Nelson, New Zealand, New Zealand, North Island, Oligocene, Ordovician, Oreti River, Otaio River, Paleocene, Paleontology, Pareora, Permian, Pleistocene, Pliocene, Poranga, Pukeuri, Raukumara Range, Ruatoria, Runanga, New Zealand, Silurian, Southland, New Zealand, Stage (stratigraphy), Taranaki, ..., The Catlins, Triassic, Wai-iti River, Waiau River (Southland), Waikato, Waipawa, Waitaki River, Whanganui, Year. Expand index (9 more) »

Aotea Harbour

Aotea Harbour is the smallest of three large natural inlets in the Tasman Sea coast of the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island.

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Aparima River

The Aparima River, earlier known as Jacob's River, is one of the southward-flowing braided rivers of Southland, New Zealand.

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Arnold River (New Zealand)

The Arnold River is in the west of New Zealand's South Island.

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Balfour, New Zealand

Balfour is a small town located in the Southland region of New Zealand.

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Cambrian

The Cambrian Period was the first geological period of the Paleozoic Era, and of the Phanerozoic Eon.

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Carboniferous

The Carboniferous is a geologic period and system that spans 60 million years from the end of the Devonian Period million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Permian Period, Mya.

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Clarence River (New Zealand)

The Waiau Toa / Clarence River is on northeast South Island of New Zealand.

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Cretaceous

The Cretaceous is a geologic period and system that spans 79 million years from the end of the Jurassic Period million years ago (mya) to the beginning of the Paleogene Period mya.

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D'Urville Island (New Zealand)

d'Urville Island is an island in the Marlborough Sounds along the northern coast of the South Island of New Zealand.

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Dannevirke

Dannevirke (Danish: "Danes' work" and a reference to Danevirke) (Taniwaka), is a rural service town in the Manawatu-Wanganui Region of the North Island, New Zealand.

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Devonian

The Devonian is a geologic period and system of the Paleozoic, spanning 60 million years from the end of the Silurian, million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Carboniferous, Mya.

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Duntroon, New Zealand

Duntroon (from Dùn Treòin) is a small farming-town in the Waitaki District of New Zealand's South Island.

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Earth science

Earth science or geoscience is a widely embraced term for the fields of natural science related to the planet Earth.

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Eocene

The Eocene Epoch, lasting from, is a major division of the geologic timescale and the second epoch of the Paleogene Period in the Cenozoic Era.

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Geologic time scale

The geologic time scale (GTS) is a system of chronological dating that relates geological strata (stratigraphy) to time.

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Geology

Geology (from the Ancient Greek γῆ, gē, i.e. "earth" and -λoγία, -logia, i.e. "study of, discourse") is an earth science concerned with the solid Earth, the rocks of which it is composed, and the processes by which they change over time.

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Gore, New Zealand

Gore (Maruawai) is a town and district in the Southland region of the South Island of New Zealand.

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Haumuri Bluff

Haumuri Bluff (also known as Amuri Bluff) is a headland on the coast of New Zealand's South Island, located close to Oaro, to the south of Kaikoura.

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Hawera

Hawera (Maori: "Hāwera") is the second-largest town in the Taranaki region of New Zealand's North Island, with a population of.

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Heretaunga Plains

The Heretaunga Plains is a alluvial plain at the southern end of Hawke Bay on the east coast of the North Island of New Zealand.

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Holocene

The Holocene is the current geological epoch.

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Jurassic

The Jurassic (from Jura Mountains) was a geologic period and system that spanned 56 million years from the end of the Triassic Period million years ago (Mya) to the beginning of the Cretaceous Period Mya.

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Kawhia Harbour

Kawhia Harbour (Maori: "Kāwhia") is one of three large natural inlets in the Tasman Sea coast of the Waikato region of New Zealand's North Island.

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Makarewa River

The Makarewa River is the largest tributary of the Oreti River, and is in Southland, New Zealand.

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Matawai, New Zealand

Matawai is a small inland settlement in the Gisborne Region in the northeast of New Zealand's North Island.

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Māori language

Māori, also known as te reo ("the language"), is an Eastern Polynesian language spoken by the Māori people, the indigenous population of New Zealand.

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Miocene

The Miocene is the first geological epoch of the Neogene Period and extends from about (Ma).

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Motu River

Motu River is a major waterway in the eastern portion of the North Island of New Zealand.

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Nelson, New Zealand

Nelson (Whakatū) is a city on the eastern shores of Tasman Bay.

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New Zealand

New Zealand (Aotearoa) is a sovereign island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean.

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North Island

The North Island (Māori: Te Ika-a-Māui) is one of the two main islands of New Zealand, separated from the slightly larger but much less populous South Island by Cook Strait.

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Oligocene

The Oligocene is a geologic epoch of the Paleogene Period and extends from about 33.9 million to 23 million years before the present (to). As with other older geologic periods, the rock beds that define the epoch are well identified but the exact dates of the start and end of the epoch are slightly uncertain.

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Ordovician

The Ordovician is a geologic period and system, the second of six periods of the Paleozoic Era.

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Oreti River

The Oreti River is one of the main rivers of Southland, New Zealand, and is long.

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Otaio River

The Otaio River is a river of the south Canterbury Region of New Zealand's South Island.

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Paleocene

The Paleocene or Palaeocene, the "old recent", is a geological epoch that lasted from about.

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Paleontology

Paleontology or palaeontology is the scientific study of life that existed prior to, and sometimes including, the start of the Holocene Epoch (roughly 11,700 years before present).

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Pareora

Pareora is a settlement in the South Island of New Zealand.

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Permian

The Permian is a geologic period and system which spans 47 million years from the end of the Carboniferous Period million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Triassic period 251.902 Mya.

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Pleistocene

The Pleistocene (often colloquially referred to as the Ice Age) is the geological epoch which lasted from about 2,588,000 to 11,700 years ago, spanning the world's most recent period of repeated glaciations.

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Pliocene

The Pliocene (also Pleiocene) Epoch is the epoch in the geologic timescale that extends from 5.333 million to 2.58 million years BP.

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Poranga

Poranga is a municipality in the state of Ceará in the Northeast region of Brazil.

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Pukeuri

Pukeuri is a settlement to the north of Oamaru in the North Otago region of New Zealand's South Island.

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Raukumara Range

The Raukumara Range lies north of Gisborne, near East Cape in New Zealand's North Island.

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Ruatoria

Ruatoria, also written as Ruatōria, is a town in the Waiapu Valley of the Gisborne Region in the northeastern corner of New Zealand's North Island.

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Runanga, New Zealand

Runanga is a small town on the West Coast of the South Island of New Zealand.

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Silurian

The Silurian is a geologic period and system spanning 24.6 million years from the end of the Ordovician Period, at million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Devonian Period, Mya.

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Southland, New Zealand

Southland (Murihiku) is New Zealand's southernmost region.

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Stage (stratigraphy)

In chronostratigraphy, a stage is a succession of rock strata laid down in a single age on the geologic timescale, which usually represents millions of years of deposition.

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Taranaki

Taranaki is a region in the west of New Zealand's North Island, administered by the Taranaki Regional Council.

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The Catlins

The Catlins (sometimes referred to as The Catlins Coast) comprises an area in the southeastern corner of the South Island of New Zealand.

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Triassic

The Triassic is a geologic period and system which spans 50.6 million years from the end of the Permian Period 251.9 million years ago (Mya), to the beginning of the Jurassic Period Mya.

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Wai-iti River

The Wai-iti River is in the north of the South Island of New Zealand.

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Waiau River (Southland)

Waiau River is the largest river in the Southland Region of New Zealand.

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Waikato

Waikato is a local government region of the upper North Island of New Zealand.

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Waipawa

Waipawa is the second-largest town in Central Hawke's Bay in the east of the North Island of New Zealand.

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Waitaki River

The Waitaki River is a large braided river that drains the Mackenzie Basin and runs some south-east to enter the Pacific Ocean between Timaru and Oamaru on the east coast of the South Island of New Zealand.

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Whanganui

Whanganui, also spelt Wanganui, is a city on the west coast of the North Island of New Zealand.

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Year

A year is the orbital period of the Earth moving in its orbit around the Sun.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Zealand_geologic_time_scale

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