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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Southern Alps"”.
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Uplift history and geomorphic development of the Southern Alps, New Zealand, assessed by fission track analysis
… uplift history and geomorphic development of the Southern Alps has been studied, using fission track analysis of basement samples in combination with measurement of the present geomorphology of the Southern Alps. During the late Cenozoic the Pacific plate has been converging obliquely with the …
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Hillslope erosion and weathering rates in Earth's most rapidly uplifting mountains
… catchment scale denudation data for the western Southern Alps of New Zealand. Soil production rates in the western Southern Alps can exceed those measured elsewhere by more than an order of magnitude and soil physical erosion rates are linearly coupled with chemical weathering rates. Using the …
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Evolution of topography in glaciated mountain ranges
… elevation model analyses in the western US, the Southern Alps of New Zealand, and the Himalaya of northwestern Pakistan. The evidence presented here suggests that the so-called "chicken-and-egg" hypothesis is overstated in its appeal to glacial erosion as a major source of relief production and …
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Translocation site selection for the nationally endangered grasshopper species Brachaspis robustus : A thesis submitted in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science at Lincoln University
… translocation sites were selected closer to the Southern Alps than existing B. robustus populations, as it is thought this may be necessary to protect against future temperature increases that could affect successful egg diapause, a necessary part of the grasshoppers’ development. These sites …
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Using thermochronology to constrain exhumation in the Swiss-Italian Alps
… were also taken in a vertical transect from the Southern Alps, south of the Insubric Line. (U-Th)/He Zircon dates from north of the Insubric line ranged from 7 to 14 Ma, and indicate an approximate exhumation rate for the region of 1000 m/Ma. U-Th/He zircon dates from south of the Insubric Line …
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Submarine channelforms and fans in the Miocene Moki and Mount Messenger formations, Taranaki Basin, New Zealand
… from the onset of uplift and erosion of the Southern Alps mountain belt, supplied the basin with copious sediment, continuing to the Recent. This resulted in the development of a northwestward prograding shelf-slope wedge within the basin. The Moki and Mount Messenger formations accumulated …
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Quantitative geomorphology and hydrology of the Cass River Basin, New Zealand
<p>The Cass River drainage basin is in the Southern Alps in the central part of the South Island of New Zealand. The Alps are composed of complexly folded greywacke which is still actively rising. The basin has been modified by several glacial advances during Pleistocene time. </p><p>The Cass basin …
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A curious spot: Victoria Park, Christchurch : Its present and future use as a recreation resource for the city and people of Christchurch : [dissertation] presented for the Diploma of Parks and Recreation, Lincoln College, Canterbury, New Zealand
… Road reserves, It offers sweeping views of the Southern .Alps and the Canterbury Plains and Christchurch, while nearby suburban Cashmere is mercifully hidden by the topography. The park serves urban dwellers, yet is above Christchurch and in a rural setting. This has made it a long-time popular …
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Deformation Mechanisms and Strain Localization in the Mafic Continental Lower Crust
… 1) and the Finero mafic complex in the Italian Southern Alps (case-study 2). Case-study 1 investigates a metagabbroic dyke embedded in a lower crustal metasedimentary shear zone undergoing partial melting. Shearing of the dyke was accompanied by infiltration of felsic melt from the adjacent …
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Higher Order Trapped Lee Waves in the Stratosphere
… orientation paralleling the crest of the Southern Alps. Vertical cross-sections of the unusual waves exhibit a nodal structure consistent with that of a higher-order trapped wave mode. Solutions to the two-dimensional, linear, Boussinesq wave equation for a horizontally homogeneous …
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INTEGRATING SEDIMENTOLOGY, STRATIGRAPHY, GEOCHEMISTRY AND 3D GEOLOGICAL MODELLING: CONTRIBUTION TO GEOLOGICAL MAPPING FOR LAND KNOWLEDGE (CARG SHEET 081 ¿ROVERETO¿)
… vertical facies changes, is now exposed in the Southern Alps, a fold-and-thrust belt that developed between the Late Cretaceous and the latest Eocene in response to the Alpine orogenesis. One of the most striking aspects of the studied sedimentary succession is the sharp vertical transition from …