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The Schmidt hammer as a relative-age dating technique: potential and limitations of its application on Holocene moraines in Mt Cook National Park, Southern Alps, New Zealand

Stefan Winkler

Geographisches Institut
Universität Würzburg
Am Hubland
D-97074 Würzburg, Germany
email: stefan_w_winkler@yahoo.no

Abstract  The use of the Schmidt hammer for the relative-age dating of boulder and bedrock surfaces is outlined. Two examples of the application of the Schmidt hammer for the dating of Holocene moraines in Mt Cook National Park, Southern Alps, New Zealand, confirm the potential of this method. With this technique it is possible to differentiate between Holocene moraines of different age (especially those built up since c. 5000 yr BP). The results show partial differences to those obtained from other dating techniques in previous work.

Keywords  Schmidt hammer; relative-age dating; Holocene; glacier variations; Southern Alps; New Zealand

G03030; Received 9 September 2003; accepted 1 March 2004; Online publication date 23 March 2005
New Zealand Journal of Geology & Geophysics, 2005, Vol. 48: 105–116
0028–8306/05/4801–0105 © The Royal Society of New Zealand 2005

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