The major physiographic units in the Kaikoura area are the Peninsula Block, Beach Ridges and Raised Beaches, Hard Rock Areas and the Alluvial Fans. Erosion of the Seaward Kaikoura Mountains and the transfer of the debris to the sea by fan streams have contributed to coastline pro gradation so that a former offshore island, now called the Kaikoura Peninsula, has been joined to the mainland. On the piedmont alluvial plain between the mountains and the sea Otiran Glacial Stage and Holocene fan deposits have covered up older fan surfaces. Stillstands during the tectonic uplift of the Peninsula Block when marine processes cut shore platforms and also higher stands of interglacial sea levels in the Late Pleistocene have contributed to the development of erosion surfaces. Along the coast beach ridges and raised beaches have developed during post-glacial times

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The Kaikoura Area comprises 64 square miles of low-lying land on the north-east coast of South Island, New Zealand.
The major physiographic units are the Peninsula Block, Beach Ridges and Raised Beaches, Hard Rock Areas and the Alluvial
Fans. The upper two erosion surfaces on the Peninsula Block
are the result of stillstands during the tectonic uplift with
marine processes effectively cutting shore platforms. These
events took place before the penultimate interglacial. The
third and fourth erosion surfaces have correlative subsurface
deposits of Terangian and Oturian Interglacial Stages. On
the piedmont alluvial plain large areas of Otiran Stage fan
surfaces are present but Holocene sedimentation has destroyed
much of the original topography. The strandlines south of
the Kaikoura Peninsula are the result of falling sealevel after
the post-glacial high. Areas of post-glacial marine
aggradation backed by post-glacial cliffs are present around
the Kaikoura Peninsula. Cliffing by marine processes of the
Hapuku delta-fan edge was initiated with the onset of rising
sealevel after the last glaciation. Material delivered to the beach had a net longshore transportion southwards
leading to the formation of a barrier spit. On a regional scale the most significant geoomorphic change in terms of dimensions from Pre-Late Pleistocene to present day has been the progradation of coastline from the Seaward Kaikoura Mountain Front to its present position

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Geomorphology of the Kaikoura area.

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