New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research abstracts

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Sublacustrine channels in Lake Wanaka

J. Irwin

N.Z. Oceanographic Institute, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research, P.O. Box 12-346, Wellington North, New Zealand

Abstract Sublacustrine channels off the two major inflowing rivers in Lake Wanaka are described. They are compared with, and found to be similar to, channels in nearby Lake Wakatipu. The channels are probably caused and maintained by density flows from the turbid, inflowing river waters.

Keywords Lake Wanaka, Channels, Density flows, Turbidity currents.

New Zealand Journal of Marine & Freshwater Research, 1980, 14 (1): 87-92
Received 5 September 1978; revision received 8 November 1979

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