Boulder transport by waterspouts: An example from Aorangi Island, New Zealand

Marine Geology

Volumn 230, Issue 1-2, 2006, Pages 115-125

  de Lange, Willem P ^a   de Lange, Peter J ^b   Moon, Vicki G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WAIKATO   (New Zealand)

^b DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

boulder deposits; sediment transport; tornado; waterspout

Indexed keywords

BOULDER DEPOSITS; SEA URCHINS; STRIPPED SOIL; WATERSPOUTS;

DEPOSITION; DETERIORATION; EROSION; MARINE BIOLOGY; SEAWEED; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SOILS; TORNADOES; TSUNAMIS;

VEGETATION;

BOULDER; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; TRANSPORT PROCESS; WATERSPOUT;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; NORTHLAND; POOR KNIGHTS ISLANDS;

ECHINOIDEA;

EID: 33745867605     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2006.04.006     Document Type: Article

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