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Kōrero: Sea floor geology

Ripples in seafloor sediment

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Ripples in seafloor sediment

At a depth of 129 metres on Nicholson Bank in Cook Strait, ripples on the sea floor indicate that the water is moving fast enough to rework seabed sediments.

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NIWA – National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research

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Keith Lewis, Scott D. Nodder rāua ko Lionel Carter, Sea floor geology – How sediment forms, Te Ara – the Encyclopedia of New Zealand, https://teara.govt.nz/mi/photograph/9969/ripples-in-seafloor-sediment (accessed 4 June 2026).

He kōrero nā Keith Lewis, Scott D. Nodder rāua ko Lionel Carter, i tāngia i te 2 March 2009.