Geological controls on palaeo-environmental change in a tectonic rain shadow, southern New Zealand

Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology

Volumn 370, Issue , 2013, Pages 103-116

  Craw, D ^a   Druzbicka, J ^a   Rufaut, C ^a   Waters, J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Aridification; Clinker; Fire; Galaxiid; Genetics; Salination; Tectonics

Indexed keywords

ARIDIFICATION; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; GROWTH; ISLAND; MOUNTAIN; OROGRAPHIC EFFECT; PALEOENVIRONMENT; QUATERNARY; UPLIFT;

NEW ZEALAND;

GALAXIIDAE;

EID: 84872607084     PISSN: 00310182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2012.11.024     Document Type: Article

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