Using foraminiferal faunas as proxies for low tide level in the estimation of Holocene tectonic subsidence, New Zealand

Marine Micropaleontology

Volumn 76, Issue 1-2, 2010, Pages 23-36

  Hayward, Bruce W ^a   Grenfell, Hugh R ^a   Sabaa, Ashwaq T ^a   Kay, Jon ^a  

^a Geomarine Research   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Benthic foraminifera; Dissolution; Marlborough Sounds; Nelson Haven; Tectonic subsidence

Indexed keywords

BAY; DISSOLUTION; FAULT ZONE; FORAMINIFERA; HARBOR; HOLOCENE; MUDFLAT; PALEOSALINITY; PH; PROXY CLIMATE RECORD; RECONSTRUCTION; RELATIVE ABUNDANCE; SEA LEVEL; SUBSIDENCE; SURFACE WATER; TECTONIC SETTING; TIDE; UPLIFT; VALLEY; VERTICAL MOVEMENT; WATER LEVEL;

MARLBOROUGH; MARLBOROUGH SOUNDS; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

ELPHIDIUM ADVENUM; FORAMINIFERA; HAPLOPHRAGMOIDES WILBERTI; HAYNESINA; MILIAMMINA FUSCA;

EID: 77955563871     PISSN: 03778398     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2010.04.002     Document Type: Article

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