The river it goes right on: Post-glacial landscape evolution in the upper Waipaoa River basin, eastern North Island, New Zealand

Geomorphology

Volumn 159-160, Issue , 2012, Pages 73-83

  Gomez, Basil ^a   Livingston, David M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b City of Los Angeles ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Incision; Landscape evolution; New Zealand; Post glacial; River terraces; Waipaoa River basin

Indexed keywords

FLUVIAL GEOMORPHOLOGY; HEADWATER; HILLSLOPE; HYPSOMETRY; LANDSCAPE EVOLUTION; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; POSTGLACIAL; RIVER TERRACE; UPLIFT;

GISBORNE; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WAIPAOA RIVER;

EID: 84861690523     PISSN: 0169555X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geomorph.2012.03.006     Document Type: Article

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