From Gondwana to the Ice Age: The Geology of New Zealand Over the Last 100 Million Years

by Malcolm Laird and John Bradshaw

Until about 100 million years ago, New Zealand lay on the Pacific-facing edge of the ancient supercontinent of Gondwana; the formation of our sedimentary rocks provides a fascinating view of the tectonic activity and changes since that time. This volume is the culmination of a comprehensive survey of New Zealand's Cretaceous-Cenozoic strata, begun in 1978, and presents an up-to-date synthesis and interpretation of regional sedimentary information...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1927145996
• ISBN13: 9781927145999
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Canterbury University Press
• Length: 312 Pages