Modern environments of the Canterbury Plains and adjacent offshore areas, New Zealand - An analog for ancient conglomeratic depositional systems in nonmarine and coastal zone settings

Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology

Volumn 51, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 389-425

  Leckie, Dale A ^a  

^a CNOOC LTD   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COASTAL ZONES; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; GRAVEL; RIVERS; SCALE (DEPOSITS); SEDIMENTS;

DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENTS; HIGH-ENERGY COASTAL ENVIRONMENT;

GEOLOGY;

CONGLOMERATE; CRETACEOUS; DEPOSITIONAL ENVIRONMENT; HYDROCARBON EXPLORATION; MARINE SEDIMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; CANTERBURY PLAINS; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 3142667481     PISSN: 00074802     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2113/51.4.389     Document Type: Article

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