Stratigraphy lesson at Kaikoura Peninsula, New Zealand
by Jean Roger, GNS Science, Lower Hutt, New Zealand
Group of fur seal students having good rest at Point Kean, the easternmost point of Kaikoura Peninsula, after a lesson focusing on the beautiful folded limestone Spyglass Formation (mid to late Oligocene). For more information on this spectacular formation, see Rattenbury et al. (2006).
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2021
Submitted on 8 Jun 2021
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- Exact location (173.7202 E, -42.4234 S)
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