A revision of mid-late holocene marine terrace distribution and chronology at the pakarae river mouth, North Island, New Zealand

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 49, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 477-489

  Wilson, Kate ^a   Berryman, Kelvin ^b   Litchfield, Nicola ^b   Little, Tim ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Coastal uplift; Marine terraces; Neotectonics; Pakarae River

Indexed keywords

FAULT SLIP; HOLOCENE; NEOTECTONICS; REVERSE FAULT; RIVER TERRACE; SUBDUCTION ZONE; UPLIFT;

AUSTRALASIA; GISBORNE; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; PAKARAE RIVER;

EID: 33846368542     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2006.9515182     Document Type: Article

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