Morphostructure and evolution of submarine canyons across an active margin: Cook Strait sector of the Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand

Marine Geology

Volumn 260, Issue 1-4, 2009, Pages 45-68

  Mountjoy, Joshu J ^a,b   Barnes, Philip M ^b   Pettinga, Jarg R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

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

Author keywords

active margin; high stand activity; morphostructure; submarine base level; submarine canyon evolution; submarine landslide

Indexed keywords

ACTIVE MARGIN; HIGH STAND ACTIVITY; MORPHOSTRUCTURE; SUBMARINE CANYON EVOLUTION; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE;

CATCHMENTS; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; LANDSLIDES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; SUBMARINES;

COMPUTER INTEGRATED MANUFACTURING;

ACTIVE MARGIN; BATHYMETRY; BEDROCK; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MORPHOSTRUCTURE; OBLIQUE FAULT; SEISMIC REFLECTION; STRIKE-SLIP FAULT; SUBDUCTION; SUBMARINE CANYON; SUBMARINE LANDSLIDE; TECTONIC EVOLUTION; THRUST FAULT;

AUSTRALASIA; COOK STRAIT; NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 64349117607     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2009.01.006     Document Type: Article

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