Holocene record of gradual, catastrophic, and human-influenced sedimentation from a backbarrier wetland, Northern New Zealand

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 23, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 605-617

  Nichol, Scott L ^a   Lian, Olav B ^b   Horrocks, Mark ^a   Goff, James R ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c GeoEnvironmental Consultants   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Coastal geomorphology; New Zealand; Optical dating; Sediments; Tsunami

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; ARTIFACT; HOLOCENE; INFILL; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; TSUNAMI; WETLAND;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 34250788915     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/04-0185.1     Document Type: Article

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