Multi-proxy records of regionally-sourced tsunamis, New Zealand

Geomorphology

Volumn 118, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 369-382

  Goff, James ^a   Pearce, Steven ^b   Nichol, Scott L ^c   Chagué Goff, Catherine ^a   Horrocks, Mark ^d   Strotz, Luke ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^b AUCKLAND COUNCIL   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^d MICROFOSSIL RESEARCH LTD   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Multi proxy; New Zealand; Palaeotsunamis; Regional sources

Indexed keywords

CORE ANALYSIS; DIATOM; FORAMINIFERA; GEOMORPHOLOGY; MARINE SEDIMENT; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PALEOENVIRONMENT; PALYNOLOGY; QUATERNARY; TSUNAMI EVENT;

KERMADEC TRENCH; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; TONGA TRENCH;

BACILLARIOPHYTA; FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 77952884778     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.02.005     Document Type: Article

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