Eroded rocks in New Zealand
by Patricia Hofmeester
Title
Eroded rocks in New Zealand
Artist
Patricia Hofmeester
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Rocks on the Southern Island of New Zealand at Pancake rocks
The pancake rocks in Punakaiki at Dolomite Point are the most visited natural attraction on the West Coast in New Zealand. They are a heavily eroded limestone area where the sea bursts through several vertical blowholes.
The foundations of the Pancake Rocks were formed 30 million years ago when minute fragments of dead marine creatures and plants landed on the seabed about 2 km below the surface.
Gradually seismic action lifted the limestone above the seabed where water, wind and salt spray eroded the softer layers leaving a "pancake" like stack of harder limestone.
Immense water pressure caused them to solidify into layers of more resistant limestone and softer, thin, mud-rich layers.
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September 1st, 2015
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