Piopio, Waitomo District, Waikato Region, North Island, New Zealand
Latitude & Longitude (WGS84): | 38° 27' 55'' South , 175° 0' 59'' East |
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Latitude & Longitude (decimal): | -38.46531,175.01654 |
GeoHash: | G#: rchmnte5m |
KΓΆppen climate type: | Cfb : Temperate oceanic climate |
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Pliocene 2.588 - 5.333 Ma ID: 3185935 | Cenozoic sedimentary rocks Age: Pliocene (2.588 - 5.333 Ma) Lithology: Conglomerate,siltstone,limestone,sandstone,tuffaceous sandstone 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] |
Early Miocene - Oligocene 15.97 - 33.9 Ma ID: 1312895 | Te Kuiti Group Oligocene sedimentary rocks Age: Cenozoic (15.97 - 33.9 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Te Kuiti Group Description: Calcareous, commonly glauconitic, mudstone, siltstone and sandstone, muddy to sandy and pure bioclastic limestone with minor greensand, and basal coal measures in south Waikato. Comments: Zealandia Megasequence Mainly Marine Sedimentary Rocks (Paleogene to Cretaceous) Lithology: Mudstone, siltstone, sandstone, limestone, coal 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] |
Burdigalian - Rupelian 15.97 - 33.9 Ma ID: 1316632 | Undifferentiated Upper Te Kuiti Group Age: Cenozoic (15.97 - 33.9 Ma) Stratigraphic Name: Upper Te Kuiti Subgroup Description: Sandy and pure skeletal limestone with calcareous sandstone and rare conglomerate. Comments: Paleogene - Neogene sedimentary rocks Lithology: Major:: {limestone},Minor:: {sandstone, siltstone, conglomerate} Reference: Heron, D.W. . Geology Map of New Zealand 1:250 000. GNS Science Geological Map 1. [13] |
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- North Island
- Waikato Region
- Waitomo District
- Piopio
- Waitomo District
- Waikato Region