Late Quaternary (marine isotope stages 6-1) seismic sequence stratigraphic evolution of the Otago continental shelf, New Zealand

Marine Geology

Volumn 229, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 159-178

  Osterberg, Erich C ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

New Zealand; paleoshoreline; regressive systems tract; sea level; sequence stratigraphy; subsidence

Indexed keywords

NEW ZEALANDV; PALEOSHORELINE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY;

CONSTRAINT THEORY; GEOLOGY; MARINE ENGINEERING; SEA LEVEL; SEISMIC PROSPECTING; SUBMARINES; SUBSIDENCE;

STRATIGRAPHY;

CONTINENTAL SHELF; EROSION; ISOTOPE; QUATERNARY; SEA LEVEL; SEISMIC SOURCE;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; OTAGO; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 33744549937     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2006.03.005     Document Type: Article

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