Origin and formation of an estuarine barrier Island, Tapora Island, New Zealand

Journal of Coastal Research

Volumn 26, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 292-300

  Smith, Quentin H T ^a,b   Heap, Andrew D ^c   Nichol, Scott L ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b AUCKLAND COUNCIL   (New Zealand)

^c GEOSCIENCE AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Facies; Fetch limited; Holocene; Swell waves; Tidal modulation

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; BARRIER ISLAND; ESTUARINE DYNAMICS; FACIES; GEOMORPHOLOGY; HOLOCENE; SUCCESSION; SWELL;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 77949791945     PISSN: 07490208     EISSN: 15515036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2112/08-1127.1     Document Type: Article

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