The deglaciation of Lake Pukaki, South Island, New Zealand - A review

New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 86-101

  Barrell, David J A ^a   Read, Stuart A L ^a  

^a GNS SCIENCE   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Canterbury; geomorphology; Last Glacial Maximum; Mt John Formation; Southern Alps; stratigraphy; Tekapo Formation; Waitaki River

Indexed keywords

DEGLACIATION; GEOMORPHOLOGICAL RESPONSE; GLACIAL ENVIRONMENT; GLACIAL LAKE; GLACIER ADVANCE; GLACIER RETREAT; ICEBERG; LAST GLACIAL MAXIMUM;

CANTERBURY [SOUTH ISLAND]; NEW ZEALAND; SOUTH ISLAND; WAITAKI RIVER;

BACILLARIOPHYTA;

EID: 84897600498     PISSN: 00288306     EISSN: 11758791     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2013.847469     Document Type: Review

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