REMAINS OF A PREHISTORIC FOREST REVEALED BELOW THE SPILLWAY AT ARAPUNI. A striking near view of the stumps in the new channel on the flat. The root level has now been reached and some of the . stumps are falling, as the picture shows, Their height is about 40ft., and as their tops were covered by at least 6ft. of pumice and soil, the extent of the erosion may be gauged. Scientists believe that several thousand years have elapsed since these trees were partly submerged, yet on numbers of them the bark still adheres. The preservative has been swamp water.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19859, 1 February 1928, Page 13
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99REMAINS OF A PREHISTORIC FOREST REVEALED BELOW THE SPILLWAY AT ARAPUNI. A striking near view of the stumps in the new channel on the flat. The root level has now been reached and some of the .stumps are falling, as the picture shows, Their height is about 40ft., and as their tops were covered by at least 6ft. of pumice and soil, the extent of the erosion may be gauged. Scientists believe that several thousand years have elapsed since these trees were partly submerged, yet on numbers of them the bark still adheres. The preservative has been swamp water. New Zealand Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19859, 1 February 1928, Page 13
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