Story: Active faults
Offset of the ground surface will indicate the location of an active fault, but detailed three-dimensional information can only be obtained by digging a trench. Geologist Russ van Dissen is shown recording the geology across the Ōhariu Fault, in the Wellington region.
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Reference: CN16937/39
Photograph by Lloyd Homer
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