Landforms The Shaping of New Zealand By Les Molloy, Roger Smith.

Landforms The Shaping of New Zealand By Les Molloy, Roger Smith.

Publisher: Craig Potton Publishing, 2002. Very good softback, no inscriptions. Minor edgewear. 160 pages, illustrated.

The story that emerges ranges over such things as the formation of the volcanic field on which Auckland is built, the cycle of volcanism that defines the Central North Island, the drowned valley systems that have left the magical coastlines of such places as the Bay of Islands and the Marlborough Sounds, the huge faultlines marking the edge of continental tectonic plates that cut through Wellington city and down the Southern Alps, and the aftermath of glaciation that can be seen throughout much of the South Island.