Ice and tectonics
The oblique bedding of the schist indicates the still active tectonic uplift and tilting of the Southern Alps in New Zealand. The small glacier at the peak does, however, indicate that erosion by glaciers and other processes interact and create a fascinating mountain landscape.
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- Oceania (227)
- Australia and New Zealand (214)
- New Zealand (125)
- Exact location (170.2714 E, -43.4560 S)
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Canon EOS 350D DIGITAL
Taken on 1
March
2007
Submitted on 23 February 2016
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Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported (CC BY-NC-ND 3.0)
Credit
Stefan Winkler (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
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