Post-1.8-ka Marginal Sedimentation in Lake Taupo, New Zealand: Effects of Wave Energy and Sediment Supply in a Rapidly Rising Lake

Volcaniclastic Sedimentation in Lacustrine Settings

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 151-177

  Riggs, N R ^a   Ort, M H ^a   White, J D L ^c   Wilson, C J N ^b   Houghton, B F ^b   Clarkson, R ^c  

^a NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

^c NONE

Author keywords

High energy and low sediment influx Waipehi and Kaiapo Bay; High energy and high sediment influx rate Five Mile Beach; Lake Taupo sedimentation; Low energy and high sediment influx rate Waitahanui, Kuratau and Poukura Pa; Low energy and low sediment influx rate Kinloch, Hingapo and Acacia Bay; Post 1.8 ka marginal sedimentation in Lake Taupo, New Zealand effects of wave energy and sediment supply in a rapidly rising lake; Sedimentation patterns transgressive surface, wave energy, typical deepening succession and lake draining; Taupo volcano and lake Taupo deposits offshore deposits, shoreface deposits, shoreline deposits; The homogeneity of lithofacies due to rapid lake rise and burial of accumulating deposits; Variations in lithofacies associations around Lake Taupo

Indexed keywords

BEACHES; DEPOSITS; SEDIMENTATION; SEDIMENTOLOGY; SEDIMENTS; STORMS; WATER WAVES; WAVE ENERGY CONVERSION;

LITHOFACIES; SEDIMENT INFLUX; SEDIMENT SUPPLY; SHOREFACE; WAVE ENERGY;

LAKES;

EID: 84948950253     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444304251.ch8     Document Type: Chapter

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