Evolution of the sedimentary system beneath the deep Pacific inflow off eastern New Zealand

Marine Geology

Volumn 205, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 9-27

  Carter, L ^a   Carter, R M ^b   McCave, I N ^c  

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

^b JAMES COOK UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Deep Western Boundary Current; New Zealand; Ocean Drilling Program; Sediment recycling

Indexed keywords

BOTTOM HOLE PRESSURE; DRILLING; EROSION; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; ISOTOPES; MUD LOGGING; SEDIMENTARY ROCKS;

DRIFT DEPOSITION; OCEANIC SEDIMENTARY SYSTEM;

OCEAN ENGINEERING;

OCEAN DRILLING PROGRAM; SEDIMENTATION; WESTERN BOUNDARY CURRENT;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 1842716675     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0025-3227(04)00016-7     Document Type: Article

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