Out of the ocean, into the fire : history in the rocks, fossils and landforms of Auckland, Northland and Coromandel / Bruce W. Hayward ; aerial photography by Alastair Jamieson ; drawings by Margaret S. Morley.
Material type: TextSeries: Geoscience Society of New Zealand miscellaneous publication ; 146.Publisher: [Wellington, New Zealand] : Geoscience Society of New Zealand, 2017Copyright date: ©2017Description: 336 pages : colour illustrations ; 27 cmContent type:- text
- still image
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780473395964
- 0473395967
- 551.0931 23
- QE13.N45 H39 2017
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Includes bibliographical references.
Introduction to geological terms and concepts -- The oldest rocks -- Coal, limestone and karst -- Northland's displaced rocks -- Early miocene sedimentary basins -- Northland and volcanic arc -- Coromandel volcanic zone -- Eroding down the land -- Intra-plate basalt volcanic fields -- Block faulting, old rivers and volcanic ash -- Crafting the coast -- Moulding the land -- Local map guides to features of interest.
"For decades teachers, biologists, geographers and interested members of the public have asked for an up-to-date account of how Northland, Auckland and the Coromandel Peninsula and their landforms were formed. Here, for the first time, is an accessible account designed to be of interest to all levels of understanding. Almost all of the older rocks were deposited as sediment or erupted as lava on the floor of the ancient Pacific Ocean. Some were plastered onto the coastal edge of Gondwana, and at least 100,000 km3 of these rocks were pushed up out of the ocean and slid onto Northland, about 20 million years ago. About the same time, 1 km-thickness of Waitemata sandstones were deposited in a deep-sea basin over Auckland. Most of the subsequent history of northern New Zealand was dominated by fiery volcanic activity of greater diversity than any area of similar size elsewhere in the world. This included eruptions of andesite stratovolcanoes, giant caldera volcanoes, searing ignimbrite flows, viscous rhyolite domes and at least 200 small basalt volcanoes erupted in seven volcanic fields. The present-day shape and landforms of the region reflect its more recent history with local uplift, erosion, volcanic activity, construction of New Zealand's largest sand-dune barriers and harbours, and moulding of the coast by the oscillating sea levels during the Ice Ages."--Publisher's description.
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