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Volcanoes Of Auckland : A Field Guide
Paperback Edition: 1
A fully illustrated field guide for Aucklanders and visitors to take with them out among the volcanoes that shape the city/or when visiting the city's volcanoes. Volcanoes of Auckland is a handy field guide to the fiery natural world that so deeply shapes New Zealand's largest city - from Rangitoto to One Tree Hill, Lake Pupuke to Orakei Basin.
For tens of thousands of years, volcanoes have profoundly shaped the area's geology and geography. And for hundreds of years, volcanoes have played a key part in the lives of Maori and Pakeha - as sites for pa, kumara gardens or twentieth-century military fortifications, as sources of stone and water, and now as parks and reserves for all to enjoy.
In a new format designed for taking up Auckland's volcanoes (and including three newly recognised craters), the field guide features:
This field guide will help readers engage afresh with the history, geography and geology of Auckland's unique volcanic landscape. How many volcanoes are there? When did they erupt and how do we know? Will there be another eruption in Auckland and, if so, where and when? Will we have sufficient warning to evacuate in time? What is a lava cave, a volcanic bomb or a tuff ring? Why were Auckland's volcanoes such an attraction to early Maori? Why is it that Auckland's freshest water comes out of our volcanoes? This book answers these and many more questions.
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Pages : 344
Publisher : Auckland University Press
Publication date : 2019-11-07
Subjects: Staff Picks, Non-fiction, Published in New Zealand, New Zealand, NZ Natural History