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Nature Geoscience 1, 493 - 494 (2008)
doi:10.1038/ngeo255

Subject Category: Geomorphology

Geomorphology: Avalanches and moraines

David J. A. Evans1

  1. David J. A. Evans is in the Department of Geography, Durham University, South Road, Durham DH1 3LE, UK.
    e-mail: d.j.a.evans@durham.ac.uk


The Waiho Loop moraine in New Zealand's southern Alps had long been viewed as a southern icon of a recent glacier response to cooling climate, possibly the Younger Dryas cold event. But a closer look has implicated a landslide in this particular glacial advance.

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