In search of ancient New Zealand /
Campbell, Hamish,
In search of ancient New Zealand / Hamish Campbell & Gerard Hutching. - North Shore, N.Z. : Penguin Books, 2007. - 239 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 26 cm.
"Co-published with GNS Science, New Zealand." Includes index.
Introduction. Hello, Zealandia! ; The Earth's crust ; Basalt, granite and volcanoes -- Gondwanaland (505-83 million years ago). From Ur with love : our oldest stuff ; The greywacke story ; The oldest rocks : Western Province ; Hot rocks : Median Batholith ; The younger old rocks : Eastern Province -- Zealandia (83-23 million years ago). Zealandian dinosaurs ; Crust busters : the tyranny of faults ; Life aboard Zealandia ; The immersion of Zealandia -- New Zealand (23-0 million years ago). The emergence of New Zealand ; The rise of the Southern Alps (5-0 million years ago) ; Riding the past 120,000 years.
9780143020882
Natural history--New Zealand.
Geology--New Zealand.
Historical geology--New Zealand.
Fossils--New Zealand.
559.3
In search of ancient New Zealand / Hamish Campbell & Gerard Hutching. - North Shore, N.Z. : Penguin Books, 2007. - 239 p. : ill. (chiefly col.), col. maps ; 26 cm.
"Co-published with GNS Science, New Zealand." Includes index.
Introduction. Hello, Zealandia! ; The Earth's crust ; Basalt, granite and volcanoes -- Gondwanaland (505-83 million years ago). From Ur with love : our oldest stuff ; The greywacke story ; The oldest rocks : Western Province ; Hot rocks : Median Batholith ; The younger old rocks : Eastern Province -- Zealandia (83-23 million years ago). Zealandian dinosaurs ; Crust busters : the tyranny of faults ; Life aboard Zealandia ; The immersion of Zealandia -- New Zealand (23-0 million years ago). The emergence of New Zealand ; The rise of the Southern Alps (5-0 million years ago) ; Riding the past 120,000 years.
9780143020882
Natural history--New Zealand.
Geology--New Zealand.
Historical geology--New Zealand.
Fossils--New Zealand.
559.3