Post-glacial sea-level control and sequence stratigraphy of carbonate-terrigenous sediments, Wanganui shelf, New Zealand

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 122, Issue 1-4, 1998, Pages 245-266

  Gillespie, Jeanette L ^a   Nelson, Campbell S ^a   Nodder, Scott D ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

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

Author keywords

Carbonate sediments; Clastic sediments; Holocene; Sea level transgression; Sequence stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

CARBONATE SEDIMENT; CLASTIC SEDIMENT; HOLOCENE; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 0345240927     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0037-0738(98)00109-2     Document Type: Article

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