Saturday 19 August 2017

Julius von Haast; Loess in New Zealand





































Sir Johann Franz Julius von Haast KCMG FRS (1822-1887)
1879  Geology of the Provinces of Canterbury & Westland

C.J.Burrows 2005  Julius Haast in the Southern Alps
He named the Franz Joseph glacier after the Emperor
He carried the idea of Loess from Central Europe to the South Island