New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics abstracts
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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