Signals of watershed change preserved in organic carbon buried on the continental margin seaward of the Waipaoa River, New Zealand

Marine Geology

Volumn 346, Issue , 2013, Pages 355-365

  Leithold, Elana L ^a   Blair, Neal E ^b,c   Childress, Laurel B ^c   Brulet, Benjamin R ^a   Marden, Michael ^d   Orpin, Alan R ^e   Kuehl, Steven A ^f   Alexander, Clark R ^g  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Northwestern University   (United States)

^c NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Landcare Research Gisborne   (New Zealand)

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

^f VIRGINIA INSTITUTE OF MARINE SCIENCE   (United States)

^g SKIDAWAY INSTITUTE OF OCEANOGRAPHY   (United States)

Author keywords

Anthropogenic change; Carbon isotopes; Continental margin; New Zealand; Radiocarbon; Sediments; Watershed change

Indexed keywords

ANTHROPOGENIC CHANGES; CARBON ISOTOPES; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; NEW ZEALAND; RADIOCARBON;

CHARCOAL; DEFORESTATION; DEPOSITION; ISOTOPES; LANDSLIDES; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; SOILS; STORMS; STRATIGRAPHY; WATERSHEDS;

RIVERS;

ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT; BEDROCK; BIOMASS BURNING; BURIAL (GEOLOGY); CHARCOAL; CLAY; CONTINENTAL MARGIN; DEPOCENTER; HILLSLOPE; HOLOCENE; HYDROLOGICAL CHANGE; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; NINETEENTH CENTURY; ORGANIC CARBON; RADIONUCLIDE; VOLCANIC ERUPTION; WATERSHED;

CHARCOAL; DEFORESTATION; EARTH MOVEMENT; ISOTOPES; NEW ZEALAND; RADIOACTIVE MATERIALS; RIVERS; SEDIMENTS; WATER SHEDS;

GISBORNE; NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; WAIPAOA RIVER;

EID: 84887362405     PISSN: 00253227     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.margeo.2013.10.007     Document Type: Article

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