Distribution and control of mixed terrigenous-carbonate surficial sediment facies, Wanganui shelf, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 39, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 533-549

  Gillespie, Jeanette L ^a   Nelson, Campbell S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Bivalves; Bryozoans; Mixed terrigenous carbonate sediments; Nontropical carbonates; Radiocarbon ages; Shelf sedimentation; Surficial sediments; Wanganui shelf

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; SEDIMENTATION; TERRIGENOUS-CARBONATE SEDIMENTS;

PACIFIC, WANGANUI SHELF;

EID: 0030437589     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.1996.9514731     Document Type: Article

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