Late Quaternary geomorphology of the Manawatu coastal plain, North Island, New Zealand

Quaternary International

Volumn 221, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 36-45

  Clement, Alastair J H ^a   Sloss, Craig R ^b   Fuller, Ian C ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALLUVIAL DEPOSIT; COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; COASTAL PLAIN; DUNE FIELD; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; HOLOCENE; INCISED VALLEY; INFILL; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LAST GLACIATION; QUATERNARY; SANDBAR; TRANSGRESSION;

MANAWATU; MANAWATU RIVER; MANAWATU-WANGANUI; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND;

EID: 77953719459     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2009.07.005     Document Type: Article

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