Bedding in Oligocene-age limestone and Tasman Sea at Punakaiki, New Zealand --Pancake Rocks.


Enhanced bedding expression in limestone--probably an effect of subaerial weathering as well as compaction-related dissolution. Oligocene age limestone at Punakaiki, New Zealand, the "Pancake Rocks". Headland in background. (180205-27)


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