Late quaternary landscape evolution of western Hawke's Bay, North Island, New Zealand : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Earth Science at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

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Late quaternary landscape evolution of western Hawke's Bay, North Island, New Zealand : a thesis presented in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Earth Science at Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand

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Western Hawke's Bay, North Island, New Zealand, lies landward of an obliquely convergent offshore plate boundary, the Hikurangi Trough. Landscape elements exhibit classical island arc terrains. From east to west these are: an accretionary wedge, forearc basin, frontal-ridge, and a volcanic backarc basin. The forearc was subdivided into four land systems: ranges, inland basins, hill-country, and plains. Soil patterns and geomorphological processes within each land system are detailed. The arch...

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Thesis

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Doctoral

Date created

1997

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Hammond, Andrew Peter

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https://hdl.handle.net/10179/2572

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Stratigraphic geology / Quaternary / Hawkes Bay / New Zealand / Hawke's Bay

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