Demise of a submarine canyon? Evidence for highstand infilling on the Waipaoa River continental margin, New Zealand

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 34, Issue 20, 2007, Pages

  Walsh, J P ^a   Alexander, C R ^b   Gerber, T ^c   Orpin, A R ^d   Sumners, B W ^a  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

^c DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EXTRAPOLATION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; LANDFORMS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; UNDERWATER STRUCTURES;

CHIRP DATA; HIGH-REOSLUTION MULTIBEAM; SUBMARINE CANYON;

SUBMARINE GEOLOGY;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEPOSITION; GEOMORPHOLOGY; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SUBMARINE CANYON;

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

EID: 37349050600     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1029/2007GL031142     Document Type: Article

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