Sediment transport and event deposition on the Waipaoa River Shelf, New Zealand

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 86, Issue C, 2014, Pages 52-65

  Hale, R P ^a   Ogston, A S ^a   Walsh, J P ^b   Orpin, A R ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

^b EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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

Author keywords

New Zealand; Sediment resuspension; Shelf sedimentation; Source to sink; Waipaoa; Wave supported sediment transport

Indexed keywords

EID: 84895614816     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: 18736955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2014.01.009     Document Type: Article

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