Lagoon subsidence and tsunami on the West Coast of New Zealand

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 200, Issue 3-4, 2007, Pages 248-262

  Nichol, S L ^a   Goff, J R ^b   Devoy, R J N ^c   Chague Goff C ^b   Hayward, B ^d   James, I ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

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

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^d Geomarine Research   (New Zealand)

^e NONE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Diatom; Earthquake; Foraminifera; Geochemistry; Holocene; Lagoon; Sediments; Subsidence

Indexed keywords

COASTAL LAGOON; COASTAL SEDIMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; LAGOONAL SEDIMENTATION; SALINITY; SALTMARSH; SEDIMENT CORE; SUBSIDENCE; TSUNAMI;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 34547560820     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2007.01.019     Document Type: Article

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