The late quaternary geomorphic history of the Kaugel Valley, Papua New Guinea

Description:

The attention of geomorphologists has, for many decades, been focused on the more temperate areas of the earth's surface. This orientation, understandable as it is, has resulted in relative neglect of those zones which experience climatic extremes. The humid tropics, and especially their mountainous parts, are particularly under-represented in geomorphic literature, despite the efforts of some early workers. Papers presented to a conference on climatic geomorphology in 1927 (Thorlecke, 1927a) included some on the tropics (e.g. Thorbe...

Display date:

2017

Location:

Papua New Guinea

Format:

thesis(phd)

Collections:

Australian National University Library

Content partner:

Australian National University Library

Availability:

Online