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Recent evolution of the Mangawhai Spit dunefield

Enright, N.J.ORCID: 0000-0003-2979-4505 and Anderson, M.J. (1988) Recent evolution of the Mangawhai Spit dunefield. Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand, 18 (4). pp. 359-367.

Free to read: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03036758.1988.10426462
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Abstract

Development of the dunefield since about 800 years B.P. is reconstructed on the basis of palaeo-environmental evidence. Net east to west movement of sands has resulted in a large deflation surface near the coast, and the development of a 50 m high dune burying the former low coastal hill and associated soil

Item Type: Journal Article
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
URI: http://researchrepository.murdoch.edu.au/id/eprint/14670
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