The impact of climate change on the archaeology of New Zealand's coastline: A case study from the Whangarei District

Science for Conservation

Volumn , Issue 322, 2013, Pages 1-54

  Bickler, Simon ^a   Clough, Rod ^a   Macready, Sarah ^a  

^a Clough and Associates Ltd   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Archaeological sites; Climate change; Site destruction

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; CLIMATE CHANGE; COAST; CONSERVATION PLANNING; GIS; PRECIPITATION ASSESSMENT; SEA LEVEL CHANGE; SEVERE WEATHER;

NEW ZEALAND; NORTH ISLAND; NORTHLAND; WHANGAREI;

EID: 84881145261     PISSN: 11732946     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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