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The high grade metamorphic rocks of Doubtful Sound, Fiordland, New Zealand : a study of the lower crust
This thesis reports the detailed study of 700km² of high grade metamorphic terrain in Doubtful Sound, Fiordland, and a more general synthesis of Fiordland geology as a whole.
Geophysical evidence from the Doubtful Sound ...
The Lotu and the Fa'asāmoa: church and society in Samoa, 1830-1880
The purpose of this thesis is to study the intersection between the forms of Christianity introduced into Samoa, and traditional Samoan social patterns and values, in the period up to 1880.
A long introduction lays the ...
Prehistoric communities in Palliser Bay, New Zealand
A programme of archaeological research was undertaken in the Wairarapa region on the northern shores of Cook Strait, New Zealand. Some 27 excavations conducted during a 3 year period were designed primarily to examine ...
The attack of the citadels of liquordom : A study of the prohibition movement in New Zealand, 1894-1914.
In 1893 the Liberal Government in New Zealand under R.J. Seddon introduced and passed the Alcoholic Liquors Sale Control Act. This marked the beginning of a new era in New Zealand's liquor licensing system and encouraged ...
Plutonic and metamorphic rocks in the Victoria range segment of the Karamea batholith, Southwest Nelson, New Zealand.
The Karamea Batholith forms part of the zone of calc-alkaline orogenic batholiths which rim the Pacific continental margin.
In the vicinity of the Victoria Range the batholith is flanked by quartz-rich sandstones, and ...
The geology of the Greenhills ultramafic complex, Bluff peninsula, Southland, New Zealand
The Greenhills Ultramafic Complex occupies 5 square miles on the north-west part of Bluff Peninsula. It consists of a deformed layered series of ultrabasic rocks of "early late" Permian age intruded into Lower Permian ...
Gel electrophoretic studies on the chromosome of bacteriophage T5
Bacteriophage T5 possesses a double-stranded DNA molecule containing single-strand interruptions and, as a result, denatured T5 DNA consists of a number of single-stranded DNA fragments. The objectives of this investigation ...
Prehistoric man and his environment in the Catlins, New Zealand
This thesis is a regional study of the interactions between Polynesian man and his environment in the Catlins district, southern New Zealand. The prehistory of the Catlins differs from that of the rest of southern New ...
A study of periodontal disease in mongolism
The investigations described in this thesis originated from my experiences in treating periodontal disease in mentally retarded patients at the Levin Hospital and Training School. This is a hospital of the Division of ...
Geology of the Takitimu group and associated intrusive rocks, central Takitimu Mountains, western Southland, New Zealand
The Takitimu Group consists of Lower Permian basaltic, andesitic and rhyodacitic lava flows, primary and redeposited pyroclastic rocks and epiclastic sediments. Two suites of intrusive rocks cut the Takitimu Group strata ...