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Rugged landscape : the geology of central New Zealand, including Wellington, Wairarapa, Manawatu, and the Marlborough Sounds / [by] Graeme R. Stevens

Author
Stevens, G. R. (Graeme Roy), 1932-
Published
Wellington : Reed, 1974.
Physical Description
xviii, 286 pages : illustrations, charts, maps ; 26 cm

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Contents
In the beginning -- The wearing away of the land -- Mountain building renewed -- Faulting -- A closer look at Wellington's faults -- Buckling the of the Wellington landscape -- Recent earth movements in the Manawatu -- Ice age moulding of the landscape -- The origin of Cook Strait and Port Nicholson -- After the ice age -- Artesian water -- Volcanic deposits -- Recent earth movements in the Wellington area -- Earthquakes -- A look into the future.
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ISBN
0589007629
Note
Includes index.
Bibliography Note
Bibliography: pages 271-275.
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