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Archives: Geoheritage Sites

Maruia Falls

At Maruia Falls, water cascades over grey sandstone eroding gravel deposits downstream. The boundary between sandstone and gravel may be an older earthquake fault plain. In the area the Alpine Fault coming from the south connects to the Malborough Fault System.

Mer de Glace

Mer de Glace, with Mont Blanc summit in the background. The supraglacial debris now completely covers the last two kilometers (Photo: J.-F. Hagenmuller).

Esmark Moraine and Otto Tank’s Moraine

1940s aerial view of the Esmark's moraine a few years before the moraine was covered by a pine forest, and the sandur plain, in the foreground. (Widerøe/Hestmark/Djuv).

The Parallel Roads of Glen Roy

Classic view of the Parallel Roads of Glen Roy looking northwards from the Viewpoint area. The shorelines are at altitudes of 260m, 325m and 350m. (Photo: CC by 3.0 - Richard Crowest https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Parallel_Roads.JPG).

The Mesoproterozoic Belt-Purcell Supergroup

Majestic view of expansive slopes of Mesoproterozoic sedimentary rock carved by glacial processes still active throughout Waterton-Glacier International Peace Park.

The Ordovician section of the Hällekis Quarry

View to the north of the Hällekis Quarry. The succession is approximately 35 meters thick. (Photo: Henrik Theodorsson).

The Ordovician glacial pavements of the Tassili n’Ajjer

A glacial pavement emerging from the Saharan sands, close to the Algeria-Libya border. It exhibits parallel striae and grooves (ice flowed away from the observer).

Carboniferous evolution of The Burren and Cliffs of Moher

The karst landscape of the Mississippian limestone of the Burren.

Permian reef complex of the Guadalupe Mountains

The Western Escarpment of the El Capitan (on the right) and Guadalupe Peak (highest in the image), part of the Guadalupe Mountains where a unique stratigraphic profile of the Permian Reef is shown.

Latemar Triassic carbonate platform

The well layered platform interior facies of the Latemar platform (Cimon del Latemar, 2846 m a.s.l.).
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