A Holocene incised valley infill sequence developed on a tectonically active coast: Pakarae River, New Zealand

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 197, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 333-354

  Wilson, Kate ^a   Berryman, Kelvin ^b   Cochran, Ursula ^b   Little, Tim ^a  

^a VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Estuary; Facies models; Incised valley fill; New Zealand; Tectonic uplift

Indexed keywords

BENTHIC FORAMINIFERA; COSEISMIC PROCESS; ESTUARINE SEDIMENT; EUSTACY; FLUVIOLACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; INCISED VALLEY; INFILL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEDIMENTOLOGY; TRANSGRESSION; UPLIFT;

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

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 34147174334     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2006.10.007     Document Type: Article

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