TWO BURIED FORESTS
FORMER LAND SURFACES
Besides tapping a supply of pure water for Normantoy equal to 1000 gallons an hour, a well bored within the town board district has disclosed that the land surface in the vicinity was once 105. U. lower than it is now. That was many thousands of years ago, however, for two forests grew •md were buried in the meantime. Two distinct former land surfaces were disclosed by the sinking of the well. The first was 40ft. down and the 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 pre served, its texture being tough and stringy without any signs of softness or decay.
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Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19821, 24 December 1938, Page 6
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129TWO BURIED FORESTS Poverty Bay Herald, Volume LXV, Issue 19821, 24 December 1938, Page 6
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