New Zealand: The Physical EnvironmentD. J. Hooton A series of lectures delivered at Auckland University in the winter of 1969. |
Contents
New Zealand and the Pacific | 12 |
The Air Above Us | 25 |
Effects of Earth and Sun | 35 |
Copyright | |
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absorption active Alpine Fault andesite anticyclones atmosphere Auckland aurora auroral oval Banks Peninsula basaltic Basin Bay of Plenty belt beneath Bounty Trough centre Chatham Rise circulations coast cone continental continents convection core crater crust crustal currents cyclones D region deep ocean depth distribution domes drift dust earth East Cape Egmont electron density energy eruption explosion flow frequencies gases geological geophysics Geosyncline greywacke heat height hemisphere Hikurangi Trench ionization ionosphere Kermadec kilometres known land landforms lava layer Lord Howe Rise magma magnetic field major mantle metres miles million North Island observed occur ocean floor Pacific Ocean particles pressure produced propagation radiation radio waves Rangitoto reflected region rhyolitic ridges rise rock satellite Scarp sea-mounts seismology shows signals slope SOFAR channel solar wind solid sound South stations stratosphere stream structure surface Taranaki Tasman Taupo temperature tsunamis underwater valleys volcanoes Wellington whistler Zealand zone