Coastal dune ridge systems as chronological markers of palaeoseismic activity: A 650-yr record from southwest New Zealand

Holocene

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 543-550

  Wells, Andrew ^a   Goff, James ^b  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Alpine fault; Coastal dunes; Earthquakes; Landslides; Late Holocene; New Zealand; Palaeoseismic activity; River; Sediment supply; Tree ages

Indexed keywords

COASTAL LANDFORM; DUNE; EARTHQUAKE; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GEOCHRONOLOGY; LANDFORM EVOLUTION; PALEOSEISMICITY; SEDIMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 33746012320     PISSN: 09596836     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1191/0959683606hl949rp     Document Type: Article

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