Dual sand sources on farewell spit intertidal sand flats, New Zealand: Partitioning during redistribution

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 91-99

  Balance, Peter F ^a,b   Schuckard, Rob ^c   Melville, David S ^c   Battley, Philip F ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b Ornithological Society of New Zealand ^*  (New Zealand)

^c Ornithological Society of New Zealand   (New Zealand)

^d UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Farewell Spit; Golden Bay; Intertidal sand flat; Mixed sand populations; New Zealand; Sand partitioning; Sediment delivery by floating trees

Indexed keywords

GYRE; SAND; SPIT; TIDAL CURRENT; TIDAL FLAT;

AORERE RIVER; AUSTRALASIA; NELSON; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; TAKAKA RIVER;

EID: 33744457249     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2006.9515150     Document Type: Article

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