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Abstract
In the Cameron Valley in Central South Island, New Zealand, a chronology for five sets of moraines of different ages has been developed using available radiocarbon dates and inferred correlation with dated sequences in adjacent areas. The youngest moraines have been dated using lichenometry, shrub growth layers, and one radiocarbon date.
The oldest moraines are believed to be of Waimaungan (penultimate glaciation) age. The Lake Heron moraines were formed in Late Otiran (last glaciation) time, possibly 17,000 to 14,000 years ago. The two Wildman moraines are Late Otiran surfaces, believed to be between 12,000 and 10.000 yr old. The Aranuian (Holocene) moraines include the undated Lochaber set, the Marquee 1 and Marquee 2 moraines, probably spanning the period 4,500 to 2,000 yr BP and the Arrowsmith set, ranging from more than 600 years old to 40 years old.