A Holocene progradation record from Okains Bay, Banks Peninsula, Canterbury, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 42, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 11-19

  Stephenson, Wayne ^a   Shulmeister, James ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Banner bank; Canterbury; Climate change; Coastal erosion; Continental shelf; Holocene; Okains Bay; Precessional cycle

Indexed keywords

COASTAL EROSION; COASTAL LANDFORM; HOLOCENE; PROGRADATION; SEA LEVEL;

NEW ZEALAND; OKIANS BAY; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 0033053451     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.1999.9514828     Document Type: Article

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