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Science 2.5 Describe New Zealand’s geological history

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  • Geological processes include:
    • plate tectonics (subduction and plate spreading)
    • mountain-building events (called orogenies)
    • peneplanation (the geological process of erosion of a more or less level land surface undisturbed by crustal movements).

  • New Zealand’s geological events are limited to:
    • pre-Gondwanaland events
    • breakup of Gondwanaland
    • Tuhua, Rangitata, and Kaikoura orogenies and their associated rock types
    • tertiary peneplanation
    • ice ages.

    A wealth of information about New Zealand’s geological time can be found here.


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