Signatures of natural catastrophic events and anthropogenic impact in an estuarine environment, New Zealand

Marine Geology

Volumn 167, Issue 3-4, 2000, Pages 285-301

  Chague Goff C ^a   Nichol, S L ^b   Jenkinson, A V ^c   Heijnis, H ^c  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^c AUSTRALIAN NUCLEAR SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY ORGANISATION   (Australia)

Author keywords

210Pb; Earthquake; Flooding; Geochemistry; Grain size; New Zealand

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; CATASTROPHIC EVENT; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; ESTUARINE ENVIRONMENT; HOLOCENE;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0343962194     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(00)00035-9     Document Type: Article

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