Linking a late Miocene-Pliocene hiatus in the deep-sea Bounty Fan off South Island, New Zealand, to onshore tectonism and lacustrine sediment storage

Geosphere

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 305-312

  Marsaglia, Kathleen M ^a   Martin, Candace E ^b   Kautz, Christopher Q ^b   Shapiro, Shawn A ^a   Carter, Lionel ^c  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c VICTORIA UNIVERSITY OF WELLINGTON   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEEP SEA; EROSION; HIATUS; LACUSTRINE DEPOSIT; LEVEE; MIOCENE; PALEOCEANOGRAPHY; PLIOCENE; PROVENANCE; SEDIMENT CORE; SEDIMENTATION; TECTONICS;

NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND;

EID: 80054702923     PISSN: 1553-040     EISSN: 1553040X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1130/GES00621.1     Document Type: Article

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