New Zealand Stratigraphic Lexicon
Database
This is a comprehensive database of formally named rock units in New Zealand. It includes offshore islands, Kermadecs, Chatham Islands, Subantarctic Islands, but excludes Ross Dependency (Antarctica).
Nationally Significant Collections and Databases are registered as important for New Zealand, and as such are supported by long-term government funding.
Overview
The database includes names of rock units with synonyms, hierarchic position, geological age, geographic locality, and bibliography of significant articles. It is a national facility for registration of new stratigraphic names. Names may be "reserved" prior to publication by filling out an on-line form.
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Locations
- Te Tai-o-Aorere / Tasman
- Rangitāhua / Kermadec Islands
- Rēkohu / Chatham Islands
- Rakiura / Stewart Island
- Murihiku / Southland
- Ōtepoti / Dunedin
- Ōtākou / Otago
- Ōtautahi / Christchurch
- Waitaha / Canterbury
- Kaikōura
- Te Tai Poutini / West Coast
- Te Tauihu-o-te-waka/ Marlborough
- Whakatū / Nelson
- Pacific Islands
- Te Whanga-nui-a-Tara / Wellington
- Manawatū-Whanganui
- Central Plateau
- Taranaki
- Te Matau-a-Māui / Hawke's Bay
- Te Tai Rāwhiti / Gisborne
- Te Moana-a-Toi / Bay of Plenty
- Waikato
- Tāmaki Makaurau / Auckland
- Te Tai Tokerau / Northland
- Aotearoa / New Zealand