The hydraulic regime and its potential to transport sediment on the Canterbury Continental Shelf
Carter, L.; Herzer, R.H. (1979). The hydraulic regime and its potential to transport sediment on the Canterbury Continental Shelf. NIWA Biodiversity Memoir, 83. New Zealand Oceanographic Institute: Wellington. 33 pp.
Part of: New Zealand Oceanographic Institute Memoir. New Zealand Department of Scientific and Industrial Research: Wellington. ISSN 0083-7903, more
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| Abstract |
Sediments on the Canterbury continental shelf are subject to a complexity of water motions as inferred from a theoretical evaluation of the hydraulic regime. In calm weather, typical of summer, the regime is dominated by tides, mean flow (Southland Current), and deep sea swell, which together periodically transport bedload on the inner continental shelf (<30 m deep) towards the north-east. Transport at greater depths is uncommon except on the tide-dominated shelf off Banks Peninsula and perhaps at the internal wave-influenced shelf edge. [...] |
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