Stratigraphic spatial variation on the inner shelf of a high-yield river, Waiapu River, New Zealand: Implications for fine-sediment dispersal and preservation

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2008, Pages 865-886

  Wadman, Heidi M ^a   McNinch, Jesse E ^a  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

Fine grained sediment segregation; Hyperpycnal; Hypopycnal; Inner shelf; Interferometric; New Zealand; Waiapu River

Indexed keywords

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEPOSITION; FINE GRAINED SEDIMENT; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; RESUSPENSION; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEISMIC METHOD; SPATIAL VARIATION; STRATIGRAPHY;

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

EID: 41149130050     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2008.01.013     Document Type: Article

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