Holocene sediment deposition on the Poverty-slope margin by the muddy Waipaoa River, East Coast New Zealand

Marine Geology

Volumn 209, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 69-90

  Orpin, A R ^a,b  

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

^b GEOLOGICAL SURVEY OF CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Hikurangi margin; Holocene; Poverty Bay; sediment dispersal; slope sedimentation; Waipaoa River

Indexed keywords

POSTGLACIAL SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENT DEPOSITION;

AVALANCHES (SNOWSLIDES); BACKSCATTERING; IMAGING TECHNIQUES; SLOPE PROTECTION; TECTONICS;

SEDIMENT TRANSPORT;

CONTINENTAL MARGIN; HOLOCENE; PELAGIC DEPOSIT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SEDIMENTATION;

AUSTRALASIA; GISBORNE; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; POVERTY BAY;

EID: 4344633011     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2004.06.001     Document Type: Article

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