Contrasting modes of shelf sediment dispersal off a high-yield river: Waiapu River, New Zealand

Marine Geology

Volumn 243, Issue 1-4, 2007, Pages 18-30

  Addington, Lisa D ^a   Kuehl, Steven A ^a   McNinch, Jesse E ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

hyperpycnal flow; New Zealand; sediment gravity flow; sedimentation; Waiapu River

Indexed keywords

DIFFERING TRANSPORT MODALITIES; DISCHARGE MEASUREMENTS; GRAVITY FLOWS; MATERIAL FLUX;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GEOCHEMISTRY; NEW ZEALAND; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STEERING;

SEDIMENTS;

ACCUMULATION; GRAVITY FLOW; LEAD ISOTOPE; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEDIMENTATION; SHELF BREAK; SHELF SEDIMENT; SWATH BATHYMETRY; TOPOGRAPHIC EFFECT;

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

EID: 34547815705     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2007.04.018     Document Type: Article

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