Rapanui Beach (North End)

The geology of the cliffs at Rapanui Beach, North Taranaki, New Zealand. Exposed in the middle of the cliffs is an ancient submarine landslide. Above it sit sandstones that have been eroded by an angular unconformity called the Rapanui Surface. This young 125 thousand year old wave cut surface extends over the entire Taranaki Region, and helps constrain how quickly this part of the coastline is rising due to tectonics, which gives us these fantastic coastal cliff sections to study. Source: Objaverse 1.0 / Sketchfab

新西兰塔拉纳基北部拉帕努伊（Rapanui）海滩的悬崖地质特征。悬崖中段裸露有一处古老海底滑坡，其上覆砂岩因被称为‘拉帕努伊面（Rapanui Surface）’的角度不整合作用而遭侵蚀。这一形成于12.5万年前的年轻海蚀面覆盖整个塔拉纳基地区，既可用于限定该海岸段因构造运动抬升的速率，也为我们提供了优质的海岸悬崖剖面以供研究。数据来源：Objaverse 1.0 / Sketchfab