MOVIE SCENES

Moeraki Boulders

Huge spherical concretion found in strata of 50 million years ago. Weight is 3.5 ton. It includes a fossil of whale’s head.

KEYWORDS: Spherical concretion / Calcite / Sealing / Applied geoscience

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences

Reference
https://www.sci.nagoya-u.ac.jp/images/kouhou/30.pdf
(Japanese only)

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Department of Earth and Planetary Science