Temporal and spatial complexity in post-glacial sedimentation on the tectonically active, Poverty Bay continental margin of New Zealand

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 26, Issue 17-18, 2006, Pages 2205-2224

  Orpin, Alan R ^a   Alexander, Clark ^b   Carter, Lionel ^a   Kuehl, Steve ^c   Walsh, J P ^d  

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

^b SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

^c VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^d EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; COLONIZATION; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; CONTINENTAL SHELF; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; MUDSTONE; PALYNOLOGY; POLLEN; POSTGLACIAL; SANDSTONE; SEDIMENTATION; SPATIAL VARIATION; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT; TECTONIC STRUCTURE; TEMPORAL VARIATION; WEATHER;

AUSTRALASIA; GISBORNE; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; POVERTY BAY; RAUKUMARA RANGE; WAIPAOA RIVER;

EID: 33750348766     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2006.07.029     Document Type: Article

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