LANDS IN COLLISION Discovering New Zealand’s Past Geography

By Graeme Stevens

Published by Science Information Publishing Centre 1985 Wellington, New Zealand

Oblong hardback with dust jacket, 129 pages, illustrations, end papers

Very good condition, name inside, dust jacket has wear

This book depicts New Zealand's geological; development from 570 million years ago to 10,000 years ago, including its separation from Gondwanaland. Progress through 17 successive ages covers much more than tectonics by including the evolution of flora, fauna, climate and geography.

Especially written for the general reader and for students, this comprehensive atlas illustrates in text, maps, and drawings, New Zealand’s development through geological time-how its distinctive geography and rich variety of unusual native plants and animals have evolved.

Paleogeographic maps depict the evolution of New Zealand`s flora and fauna, its climate and geography, and its position in relation to the *continents of the Southern Hemisphere through the ages.

The text discusses these aspects of our prehistory and the recent discoveries that have enabled scientists to take a fresh look at them.

Readers will especially enjoy the artist’s dramatic reconstructions of what ancient environments and life forms may have looked like at different periods of New Zealand’s prehistory.