The Jurassic fossil forest of Curio Bay today lies almost at the southern tip of New Zealand’s South Island. In the Jurassic, …
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Gondwana
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Curio Bay - New Zealand's Jurassic Fossil Forest
Deciduous Conifers in New Zealand’s Jurassic Fossil Forest at Curio Bay
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleAs you pull up in the car park above the fossil forest at Curio Bay (Pole 1999, 2001, 2004, 2009), there is …
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Curio Bay - New Zealand's Jurassic Fossil Forest
How Tall were the trees in New Zealand’s Jurassic Fossil Forest at Curio Bay?
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleAt Curio Bay near the southernmost point of New Zealand’’s South Island, you can walk around the remains of a Jurassic fossil …
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New Zealand Geology
New Zealand’s Hawks Crag Breccia – prelude to the drift from Gondwana
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleThe New Zealand road network has some seriously quirky idiosyncrasies – little things we locals take for granted, but can cause some …
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Curio Bay - New Zealand's Jurassic Fossil Forest
The Biggest Tree Stump in the Curio Bay Jurassic Forest
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleBack in the late 1980s I had the pleasure of meeting the English scientist David Bellamy. Bellamy was famous at the time as …
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New Zealand plant fossils
Almost a Holocaust – the latest Triassic, Pollock Road, New Zealand
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleWhat a difference nearly thirty years makes. In 1986 the Prof of Geology at Otago University showed me some recently collected plant …
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New Zealand Geology
Beetroot with your Peanut Butter and Marmite? The basic geological structure of New Zealand
by Mike Poleby Mike PoleNew Zealand must be one of the best places on the planet for geology. We are famous among tourists for having so …
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