Rock-stratigraphic names for the South Island Schists and undifferentiated sediments of the New Zealand Geosyncline Journal Paper
- Author
- Suggate, R.P.
- Year
- 1961
- Journal / Source
- New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics
- Volume
- 4
- Pages
- 392-399
- Summary
- In the South Island the rocks deposited in the New Zealand Geosyncline of Late Paleozoic and Mesozoic age now form three main belts, non-schistose sediments lying both to the east and discontinuously to the west of a schist belt. For the non-schistose sediments of the eastern belt the name "Torlesse Group," derived from Haast's "Mount Torlesse Formation," which was used in a similar sense, is proposed. For the median schist belt the name "Haast Schist Group," named from the Haast River, is proposed, to embrace all the schistose rocks of the geosyncline.