Coastal progradation and sediment partitioning in the Holocene Waipaoa Sedimentary System, New Zealand

Marine Geology

Volumn 270, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 94-107

  Wolinsky, M A ^a   Swenson, J B ^b   Litchfield, N ^c   McNinch, J E ^d,e  

^a University of Minnesota   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA DULUTH   (United States)

^c GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^d Field Research Facility   (United States)

^e VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

Author keywords

accommodation; autostratigraphy; deltas; inverse modeling; sediment budget; shoreline trajectory

Indexed keywords

19TH CENTURY; ACCOMMODATION; COARSE-GRAINED SEDIMENTS; COASTAL PLAIN; COASTAL SYSTEMS; HOLOCENES; INVERSE MODELING; LATE HOLOCENE; MUDDY SEDIMENTS; NEARSHORES; NEW ZEALAND; PROGRADATION; SEDIMENT LOADS; SEDIMENT STORAGE; SEDIMENTARY SYSTEMS; SHOREFACE; WAVE ATTACK; WAVE ENERGY;

BUDGET CONTROL; DEFORESTATION; INVERSE PROBLEMS; STRATIGRAPHY; TECTONICS; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

HIGHSTAND; PROGRADATION; SEDIMENT BUDGET; SHORELINE; STRATIGRAPHIC CORRELATION; SUBSIDENCE;

GISBORNE; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; POVERTY BAY;

EID: 76449117959     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2009.10.021     Document Type: Article

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