Micropaleontological evidence of large earthquakes in the past 7200 years in southern Hawke's Bay, New Zealand

Quaternary Science Reviews

Volumn 25, Issue 11-12, 2006, Pages 1186-1207

  Hayward, Bruce W ^a   Grenfell, Hugh R ^a   Sabaa, Ashwaq T ^a   Carter, Rowan ^a   Cochran, Ursula ^b   Lipps, Jere H ^c   Shane, Phil R ^d   Morley, Margaret S ^a,e  

^a Geomarine Research   (New Zealand)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^e AUCKLAND WAR MEMORIAL MUSEUM   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODIVERSITY; COMPACTION; SEDIMENTS; STRATIGRAPHY; TIDES;

DIATOM ASSEMBLAGES; HOLOCENE; SUBTIDAL ASSEMBLAGES;

EARTHQUAKES;

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; DIATOM; EARTHQUAKE; ELEVATION; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; GLACIOMARINE DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; INTERTIDAL ENVIRONMENT; MICROPALEONTOLOGY; PACIFIC PLATE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SUBSIDENCE;

ASIA; EURASIA; HAWKS BAY; PAKISTAN; SIND; SOUTH ASIA;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 33744936528     PISSN: 02773791     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2005.10.013     Document Type: Article

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