Forest burial by large rock avalanche in miller stream, seaward kaikoura range, New Zealand, c. 1700 years ago

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 151-157

  Vandissen, R J ^a   Sutherland, D G ^b   Bowers, R J ^c   Redwine, J L ^c  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

^c HUMBOLDT STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Marlborough; Rock avalanche; Seaward Kaikoura Range

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE FAULT; ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; BURIAL (GEOLOGY); FOREST; PALEOBIOLOGY; ROCK AVALANCHE; TREE;

AUSTRALASIA; AUSTRALIA; CLARENCE RIVER; KAIKOURA; MARLBOROUGH; NEW SOUTH WALES; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 33744465002     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2006.9515155     Document Type: Article

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