A marine to freshwater sediment succession from kowhai beach wetland, northland: Implications for holocene sea level

Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 91-107

  Hicks, Helen ^a   Nichol, Scott L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

14C dating; Diatoms; Highstand; Palynology; Sea level; Sediments; Stratigraphy

Indexed keywords

DIATOM; DUNE; HOLOCENE; PALYNOLOGY; RADIOCARBON DATING; RECONSTRUCTION; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEDIMENTARY SEQUENCE; SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY; SUCCESSION; TIDAL RANGE; WETLAND;

AUSTRALASIA; KOWHAI BEACH; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; NORTHLAND;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 35848939360     PISSN: 03036758     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014220709510539     Document Type: Article

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