TWO BURIED FORESTS
FORMER LAND SURFACES [BY TELEGRAPH —OWN CORRESPONDENT] NEW PLYMOUTH, Thursday Besides tapping a supply of pure water for'Normanby equal to 1000 gallons an hour, a well bored within the town board district has disclosed that the land surface in tho vicinity was once 105 ft. lower than it is now. That was many thousands of years ago, however, for two forests grew and were buried in tho meantime. Two distinct former land surfaces were disclosed bv the sinking of tho well. The first was 40ft. down and tho second at 105 ft. At each level there was a buried forest, much mixed with volcanic rock, scoria and pumice, evidence of two eruptions. The timber was remarkably well preserved, its texture being tough and stringy without any signs of softness or decay.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXXV, Issue 23228, 23 December 1938, Page 12
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