Coastal dunes in Westland, New Zealand, provide a record of paleoseismic activity on the Alpine fault

Geology

Volumn 35, Issue 8, 2007, Pages 731-734

  Wells, Andrew ^a   Goff, James ^b  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

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

Author keywords

Alpine fault; Coastal progradation; Dunes; Paleoseismology

Indexed keywords

COASTAL PROGRADATION; DUNE FORMATION; PALEOSEISMOLOGY;

CATCHMENTS; COASTAL ZONES; LANDFORMS; SEDIMENTS; TECTONICS;

SEISMOLOGY;

ACCUMULATION; AGGRADATION; COASTAL SEDIMENT; DUNE; PALEOSEISMICITY; PLATE BOUNDARY;

AFRICA; SOUTH AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST COAST NATIONAL PARK; WESTERN CAPE;

EID: 34548156057     PISSN: 00917613     EISSN: 00917613     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/G23554A.1     Document Type: Article

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