Development of submarine canyon systems on active margins: Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand.

The development and activity of submarine canyons on continental margins is strongly influenced by temporal and spatial changes in sediment distribution associated with orbitally-forced sea-level cyclicity. On active margins, canyons are also strongly influenced by tectonic processes such as faultin...

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Main Author: Mountjoy, Joshu Joseph Byron
Language:en
Published: University of Canterbury. Geological Sciences 2009
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10092/3107