Late Quaternary and engineering geology of the Franz Josef area, South Westland

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Late Quaternary and engineering geology of the Franz Josef area, South Westland

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Resource and hazard management are priority issues in the Franz Josef area. Tourist numbers and associated development have significantly increased since the opening of the Haast Pass in 1965. Franz Josef township is built over the active Alpine Fault. The adjacent Waiho River bed is currently aggrading in such a way as to increase the probability of flooding of riparian areas and avulsion of active channels. Research into the geology, geomorphology and active processes of the area is necessa...

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Masters

Date created

1998

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https://hdl.handle.net/10092/106045

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Geology--New Zealand--Westland District / Geology, Stratigraphic--Holocene / Engineering geology--New Zealand--Westland District / Hazardous geographic environments--New Zealand--Westland District

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