The influence of sea level and tectonics on Late Pleistocene through Holocene sediment storage along the high-sediment supply Waipaoa continental shelf

Marine Geology

Volumn 270, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 139-159

  Gerber, Thomas P ^a   Pratson, Lincoln F ^a   Kuehl, Steve ^b   Walsh, J P ^c   Alexander, Clark ^d   Palmer, Alan ^e  

^a DUKE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^c EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

^e Institute of Natural Resources   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

accumulation rates; highstand; stratigraphy; transgression; Waipaoa shelf

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION RATES; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; FILLING RATE; FOREARC; HOLOCENE SEDIMENTS; HOLOCENES; HUMAN SETTLEMENTS; LATE PLEISTOCENE; MODEL ESTIMATES; PISTON CORES; RADIOCARBON AGE; SEDIMENT BUDGETS; SEDIMENT LOADS; SEDIMENT SUPPLY; STRATIGRAPHIC MARKERS; SUBBASINS; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

BUDGET CONTROL; DEFORESTATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS;

SEDIMENTS;

ACCUMULATION RATE; CONTINENTAL SHELF; CORE ANALYSIS; FOREARC BASIN; HIGHSTAND; REGRESSION; SEA LEVEL; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SHORELINE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; SUBSIDENCE; SYNSEDIMENTARY TECTONICS; TRANSGRESSION;

NEW ZEALAND;

EID: 76449094888     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2009.10.002     Document Type: Article

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