Proceedings of an International Symposium on Loess in New Zealand, Feb. 1987. No index. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
Preface; Localised volcanic loess deposits in North Taranaki, North
Island, New Zealand; Micromorphology and pedogenesis in a Late Pleistocene
succession of tephric loesses and paleosols near Tapapa, Mamaku Plateau,
North Island, New Zealand (Abstract); Loess distribution in north-eastern
South Island, New Zealand (Abstract); Relationships between loess deposition
and mineral weathering in some soils in Southland, New Zealand; Loess sources
and aeolian deposits in Antarctica; Identification and stratigraphic
significance of distal Aokautere Ash in three loess cores from eastern South
Island, New Zealand; Paleomagnetism of Last Glacial loess from two sections
in New Zealand; Source, distribution and properties of loess in Ohio, USA
(Abstract); Late Quaternary loess associated with the Mamaku Plateau, North
Island, New Zealand; Treatment of tunnel-gully erosion in loess colluvium on
the Wither Hills, New Zealand; Consolidated horizons (fragipans?) in loess
soils of Western Europe: Their characteristics, impact on root penetration
and water percolation and their use as paleoenvironmental markers
(Abstract)Distribution, provenance, age and paleoclimatic record of the loess
in Central North Iran; Pore-size distribution of loess (Abstract); Fragipans,
skeletans, and clay lamellae in a textural sequence of soils formed in loess
in north-east Southland, New Zealand (Abstract); Four distinct loess sources
in northern and eastern Southland, New Zealand; Micromorphological analysis
of mixed zones associated with loess deposits of the midcontinental United
States; Magnetic, micromorphological and chemical properties of a Fragiboralf
(grey brown podzol) (Abstract); Review of loess studies on the West Coast,
South Island, New Zealand; Loess facies in New Zealand (Abstract); Pollen
analysis and the history of cover beds in north Westland, New Zealand
(Abstract); Soil development and loess stratigraphy of the midcontinental
USA; Loess source and provenance in central New Zealand (Abstract); Loess,
river aggradation terraces and marine benches at Otaki, southern North
Island, New Zealand; Loess chronology in Wanganui Basin, New Zealand; A
preliminary investigation of the physical and chemical properties of the
Pahiatua Terrace loess beds, north-west Wairarapa, New Zealand; Stratigraphy
of loess at Cust and Ahuriri, North Canterbury, New Zealand (Abstract);
Paleoclimatic records in the loess sections of North Xinjiang, China; Aeolian
cover beds of marine terraces in the western Wanganui district, North Island,
New Zealand; Late Pleistocene aeolian loess and fluvio-lacustrine deposits in
North China.
D.N. Eden, R.J. Furkert, New Zealand Soil Bureau, Department of Scientific and Industrial Research.
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