Deposition by seasonal wave- and current-supported sediment gravity flows interacting with spatially varying bathymetry: Waiapu shelf, New Zealand

Marine Geology

Volumn 275, Issue 1-4, 2010, Pages 199-211

  Ma, Yanxia ^a   Friedrichs, Carl T ^a   Harris, Courtney K ^a   Wright, L Donelson ^b  

^a VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^b Southeastern University Research Association   (United States)

Author keywords

Gravity driven flow; New Zealand; Sediment deposition; Sediment transport; Waiapu River

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL THEORY; ANNUAL CYCLE; CONTINENTAL SHELVES; GRAVITY CURRENTS; GRAVITY DRIVEN FLOW; GRAVITY FLOWS; HIGH ENERGY; HINDCASTS; LOCAL VARIATIONS; LOW ENERGIES; MARINE GEOLOGY; MODEL INPUTS; MODEL RESULTS; MUD DEPOSIT; NEW ZEALAND; NUMERICAL RESULTS; ORBITAL VELOCITIES; RELATIVE IMPORTANCE; RIVER DISCHARGE; RIVERINE SEDIMENTS; SEDIMENT ACCUMULATION; SEDIMENT DEPOSITION; SEDIMENT GRAVITY FLOW; SEDIMENTARY SYSTEMS; SPATIAL VARIATIONS; STORM EVENTS; TWO DIMENSIONAL MODEL; WATER DEPTH; WEAK WAVES; WIND-DRIVEN CURRENTS;

BATHYMETRY; DEPOSITS; FLOODS; GRAVITATION; GRAVITY WAVES; HIGH ENERGY PHYSICS; LEAD; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; RIVERS; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTATION; SOIL MECHANICS; SUBMARINE GEOLOGY; WIND POWER;

SEDIMENTOLOGY;

ACCUMULATION RATE; ANNUAL CYCLE; BATHYMETRY; CONTINENTAL SHELF; DEEP WATER; FLOODING; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; GRAVITY FLOW; HINDCASTING; LEAD ISOTOPE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RIVER DISCHARGE; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENTARY STRUCTURE; SPATIAL VARIATION; TWO-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; WATER DEPTH;

GISBORNE; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WAIAPU RIVER;

EID: 77955304710     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2010.06.001     Document Type: Article

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