Spatial and temporal variability in sediment deposition and seabed character on the Waipaoa River margin, New Zealand

Continental Shelf Research

Volumn 86, Issue C, 2014, Pages 85-102

  Walsh, J P ^a,b   Corbett, D R ^a,b   Kiker, J M ^a   Orpin, A R ^c   Hale, R P ^d   Ogston, A S ^d  

^a EAST CAROLINA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNC Coastal Studies Institute   (United States)

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

^d UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Accumulation; Deposition; Sedimentation; Shelf; Strata; Waipaoa

Indexed keywords

EID: 84939885625     PISSN: 02784343     EISSN: 18736955     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.csr.2014.07.001     Document Type: Article

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