Late Holocene dispersal and accumulation of terrigenous sediment on Poverty Shelf, New Zealand

Basin Research

Volumn 21, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 253-267

  Kettner, Albert J ^a   Gomez, B ^b   Hutton, E W H ^a   Syvitski, J P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b INDIANA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATE; CONTINENTAL SLOPE; DEPOSITION; HOLOCENE; HYDROMETEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEISMIC DATA; SEISMIC REFLECTION; SHELF SEDIMENT; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

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

EID: 62149126247     PISSN: 0950091X     EISSN: 13652117     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2117.2008.00376.x     Document Type: Article

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