Otaua, Waikato District, Waikato Region, North Island, New Zealand
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 37° 18' 24'' South , 174° 44' 25'' East |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -37.30692,174.74043 |
GeoHash: | G#: rck7b26p7 |
Köppen climate type: | Cfb : Temperate oceanic climate |
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Quaternary 0 - 2.588 Ma ID: 3186104 | Cenozoic sedimentary rocks Age: Pleistocene (0 - 2.588 Ma) Reference: Chorlton, L.B. Generalized geology of the world: bedrock domains and major faults in GIS format: a small-scale world geology map with an extended geological attribute database. doi: 10.4095/223767. Geological Survey of Canada, Open File 5529. [154] |
Quaternary 0 - 2.588 Ma ID: 1308648 | Late Quaternary alluvium and colluvium Age: Pleistocene (0 - 2.588 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Pakihi Supergroup Description: Unconsolidated to poorly consolidated mud, sand, gravel and peat. Comments: Zealandia Megasequence Terrestrial and Shallow Marine Sedimentary Rocks (Neogene) Lithology: Mud, sand, gravel, peat Reference: Edbrooke, S.W., Heron, D.W., Forsyth, P.J., Jongens, R. (compilers). Geology Map of New Zealand 1:1 000 000. GNS Science Geological Map 2. [12] |
Late Pleistocene - Piacenzian 0.0117 - 3.6 Ma ID: 1348919 | Awhitu Group dunes Age: Cenozoic (0.0117 - 3.6 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Awhitu Group Description: Moderately to poorly consolidated, cross-bedded, plane-parallel and ripple-laminated sandstone, with paleosols, lignite and carbonaceous mudstone. Local conglomerate and rhyolitic tephra. Comments: Neogene sedimentary rocks. Age based on absolute age calculated from stratigraphic age range Lithology: Major:: {sandstone},Minor:: {mudstone, lignite} Reference: Heron, D.W. . Geology Map of New Zealand 1:250 000. GNS Science Geological Map 1. [13] |
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- Waikato Region
- Waikato District
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- Waikato District
- Waikato Region