The influence of seasonal and local weather conditions on rock surface changes on the shore platform at Kaikoura Peninsula, South Island, New Zealand

Geomorphology

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 239-249

  Hemmingsen, Sarah A ^a   Eikaas, Hans S ^a   Hemmingsen, Maree A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Kaikoura; New Zealand; Shore platform; Traversing micro erosion meter (TMEM); Weathering

Indexed keywords

PRECIPITATION INTENSITY; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SHORE PLATFORM; WEATHERING RATE;

AUSTRALASIA; KAIKOURA PENINSULA; MARLBOROUGH; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 34248523525     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2006.09.010     Document Type: Article

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