Evidence for a landslide origin of New Zealand/'s Waiho Loop moraine

Evidence for a landslide origin of New Zealand/'s Waiho Loop moraine

The Waiho Loop moraine on South Island, New Zealand, has been interpreted as a consequence of Younger Dryas cooling in New Zealand¹, and thus as evidence for inter-hemisphere synchroneity of climate change^{2, 3}. However, recent work has challenged both the timing of the event⁴ and whether strong cooling was necessary to initiate the advance

oh dear it seems the science isn't quite as settled as they think