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Table of Metamorphic and Sedimentary Formations in the Provinces of Canterbury 

 and Westland, New Zealand. 



HUTTOtf. 



AGE. 



VON HAAST. 



AGE. 



Manipori formation | 



Wanaka formation j 



Kakanui formation 



Kaikoura formation ~} 



Matai formation in part > 

 Putataka formation in part ) 



Matai formation 



Eozoic. 

 Laurentian(?) 

 Lower Siluri- 

 an(?) 



Upper Siluri- 



an(?) 

 Carboniferous 

 Triassic. 

 Lowr.Jurassic 



Triassic. 



Lower 

 Jurassic. 



Upper Creta- 

 ceous. 



Lower 

 Miocene. 



Upper 

 Miocene. 



Upper 



Pliocene. 

 Pleistocene. 



Pleistocene. 

 Recent. 



Gneiss Granite and crys-"") 

 talline metamorpnic | 

 formations V 



"Westland formation in | 

 part J 



"Waihao formation 



Mount Torlesse formation 



Not yet observed. ("West- 

 land formation in part (?) 



Not yet observed. The 

 eruption of Melaphyres 

 and quartziferous Por- 

 phyries have occurred 

 between this and the 

 next formation. 



Waipara formation 



Azoic. 



Silurian. 



Carbon- 

 iferous (?) 



Putataka formation 







Cretaceo- 





Oamaru formation 



tertiary. 



Upr. Eocene, 

 or Lower 

 Miocene. 



Upr.Miocene 

 or Lower 

 Pliocene. 



Upr. to Post 

 Pliocene. 





Pareora formation 



Older glacier deposits ... \ 

 Newer glacier deposits ... ) 



Pleistocene deposits 



Great glacier formation") 



Raised beaches > 



Silt formation in part ... ) 



Silt formation in part ..."" 

 Estuary and littoral 



deposits 



Fluviatile beds \- 



Moa bones, kitchen mid- 

 dens, first traces of | 

 man J 



Recent deposits, kitchen "J 

 middens containing ( 

 shells, bones of man, ( 

 seals, birds, &c J 



Recent deposits..,,., 



Quarternary. 





Recent. 



