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Date of the Pliocene-Pleistocene Boundary in New Zealand

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MATHEWS, W., CURTIS, G. Date of the Pliocene-Pleistocene Boundary in New Zealand. Nature 212, 979–980 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1038/212979a0

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