Landscape and quaternary environmental change in New Zealand

This book brings together an overview of the recent geological history, active earth and biological processes and human settlement of New Zealand. Topics covered include the very active neotectonic and volcanic setting. Mountain geomorphic processes are examined and new ideas about landsliding are h...

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Other Authors Shulmeister, James (Editor)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published [Place of publication not identified] : Atlantis Press, 2017.
SeriesAtlantis advances in quaternary science ; v. 3.
Subjects
Geology > New Zealand.
Geology, Stratigraphic > Quaternary.
Paleoclimatology > Quaternary.
New Zealand.
From 2 million years ago
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9789462392373
9789462392366
Physical Description1 online resource

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Table of Contents:
  • 1. Quaternary tectonics of New Zealand
  • 2. The southern end of the Pacific ring of fire: Quaternary volcanism in New Zealand
  • 3. The climate of New Zealand through the Quaternary
  • 4. Quaternary stratigraphy of Whanganui Basin
  • a globally significant archive
  • 5. Blowing on the west wind. The most recent Quaternary Glaciation of New Zealand
  • 6. Mountain process geomorphology: conceptual progress in the Southern Alps
  • 7. Evolution and ecological change during the New Zealand Quaternary
  • 8. The Human Landscape: Population origins, settlement and impact of human arrival in Aotearoa/New Zealand
  • 9. Adrift in the Anthropocene.

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