Reduction of greywacke sediments on the Canterbury Bight Coast, South Island, New Zealand

The coastline of the Canterbury Bight between Timaru and the southern end of Kaitorete Barrier is in long term erosion. Paradoxically, alluvial cliffs and several large, braided rivers drain from the rapidly eroding Southern Alps into the Canterbury Bight, transporting indurated sandstone of the Tor...

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Main Author: Hemmingsen, Maree A.
Language:en
Published: University of Canterbury. Geography 2010
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10092/4377