Geomorphology and accommodation space as limiting factors on tsunami deposition: Chatham Island, southwest Pacific Ocean

Sedimentary Geology

Volumn 229, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 41-52

  Nichol, S L ^a   Chague Goff C ^b   Goff, J R ^b   Horrocks, M ^a,c   McFadgen, B G ^d   Strotz, L C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^c MICROFOSSIL RESEARCH LTD   (New Zealand)

^d VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Geochemical signature; Late Quaternary; Pollen; Sediments; Stratigraphy; Tsunamis

Indexed keywords

ACCOMMODATION SPACE; BEACH SAND; CHEMICAL DATA; COASTAL DUNE; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; FRESHWATER WETLANDS; GEOCHEMICAL SIGNATURES; GRAIN SIZE; HOLOCENES; LATE QUATERNARY; LIMITING FACTORS; PACIFIC OCEAN; PHYSICAL EVIDENCE; POLLEN; POLLEN DATA; RADIOCARBON DATES;

ANOXIC SEDIMENTS; DEPOSITS; GEOCHEMISTRY; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; GRAVEL; OCEANOGRAPHY; SALT WATER INTRUSION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; STRATIGRAPHY; WETLANDS;

TSUNAMIS;

COASTAL MORPHOLOGY; DEPOSITION; DUNE; ENVIRONMENTAL HISTORY; GEOLOGICAL RECORD; GRAVEL; LIMITING FACTOR; POLLEN; QUATERNARY; RADIOCARBON DATING; RECONSTRUCTION; STRATIGRAPHY; TSUNAMI; WETLAND;

CHATHAM ISLAND; CHATHAM ISLANDS; NEW ZEALAND; PACIFIC OCEAN; PACIFIC OCEAN (SOUTHWEST);

FORAMINIFERA;

EID: 77955050785     PISSN: 00370738     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.sedgeo.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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