Julius Haast In The Southern Alps

Author: Colin Burrows

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Price : 49.95 NZD
ISBN : 9781877257087
Publisher : Canterbury University Press
Imprint : Canterbury University Press
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Publication date : January 2005
Dimensions : 215mm X 285mm
Produced in : New Zealand
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Dewey classification : 551.31099371
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Julius Haast came to New Zealand late in 1858 to examine the new colony's potential for German immigration. He met Ferdinand Hochstetter and joined him on geological and topographical surveys of Auckland and Nelson Provinces, surveyed the Grey and Buller districts, and advised the Canterbury Province on the Lyttelton rail-tunnel through the Port Hills. This book, illustrated by many of Haast's drawings, focuses on his pioneer scientific work in the central Southern Alps covering topographical and geological mapping and his innovative studies of the glacial geology in the region.

Chapters of this book examine the glacial record in the Southern Alps to the beginning of the Ice Age, 2.5 million years ago, and up to the present day.

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