Moeraki Boulders (IMAGE)

Nagoya University

Moeraki Boulders

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Gigantic concretions formed in mudstone on New Zealand's Moeraki coast; about 50 million years old. The present research shows that even concretions of this size formed very rapidly, within several decades.

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Hidekazu Yoshida

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