The Te Kuiti group in the Waitomo-Te Anga area : a study of structures, sedimentation and paleogeography of calcareous sediments

Abstract

This thesis is the report of the study of rocks of the Te Kuiti Group in the district around Te Anga, and on a line between Te Anga and Waitomo. The Te Kuiti Group consists of limestones, calcareous mudstones and sandstones and, in places, basal conglomerates and coal measures. In the area under study it is of Landon (lower Oligocene) age. The formal definition of the upper and lower limits of the Group is on page 3.