Simulating post-LGM riverine fluxes to the coastal zone: The Waipaoa River System, New Zealand

Computers and Geosciences

Volumn 53, Issue , 2013, Pages 48-57

  Upton, Phaedra ^a   Kettner, Albert J ^b   Gomez, Basil ^c   Orpin, Alan R ^d   Litchfield, Nicola ^a   Page, Michael J ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^d NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF WATER AND ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Holocene; Last Glacial Maximum; Simulating sediment flux; Waipaoa River System

Indexed keywords

HOLOCENES; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; LOWER RESOLUTION; PALEO-ENVIRONMENT; SEDIMENT FLUX; SUSPENDED-SEDIMENT DISCHARGES; TRANSPORT MODELS; WAIPAOA RIVERS;

CATCHMENTS; CLIMATE MODELS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLACIAL GEOLOGY; RAIN; RIVERS; SEDIMENTOLOGY;

SEDIMENTS;

COASTAL ZONE; FLUVIAL DEPOSIT; HOLOCENE; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM; SEDIMENT TRANSPORT; SEDIMENT YIELD; SUSPENDED SEDIMENT;

GISBORNE; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; POVERTY BAY; WAIPAOA RIVER;

EID: 84875226320     PISSN: 00983004     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cageo.2012.02.001     Document Type: Article

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