didyoujustlickme-: The exposure of the boundary between the Pacific (upper) and Australian plates, w
didyoujustlickme-:The exposure of the boundary between the Pacific (upper) and Australian plates, what a cataclastic mess!The green zone between the mylonite/ultramylonite upper plate and (there were some Keas come to investigate the group of students on the mountain, idk what’s on the Australian plate I wasn’t listening whoops!) the lower is from metamorphosed glass and clay, turned chlorite. Gaunt creek, New ZealandThe exposure of the boundary between the Pacific (upper) and Australian plates, what a cataclastic mess!The green zone between the mylonite/ultramylonite upper plate and (there were some Keas come to investigate the group of students on the mountain, idk what’s on the Australian plate I wasn’t listening whoops!) the lower is from metamorphosed glass and clay, turned chlorite.Gaunt creek, New Zealand -- source link
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