Notes

"Co-published with GNS Science, New Zealand Includes index Introduction. Hello, Zealandia! ; The Earth's crust ; Basalt, granite and volcanoes -- Gondwanaland (505-83 million years ago). From Ur with love : our oldest stuff ; The greywacke story ; The oldest rocks : Western Province ; Hot rocks : Median Batholith ; The younger old rocks : Eastern Province -- Zealandia (83-23 million years ago). Zealandian dinosaurs ; Crust busters : the tyranny of faults ; Life aboard Zealandia ; The immersion of Zealandia -- New Zealand (23-0 million years ago). The emergence of New Zealand ; The rise of the Southern Alps (5-0 million years ago) ; Riding the past 120,000 years