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    • Modern carbonate sediment locations map of New Zealand.
    Rights: The University of Waikato Te Whare Wānanga o Waikato Published 9 October 2012 Size: 55 KB Referencing Hub media

    The locations to the north and south of New Zealand of thick sedimentary material consisting of fragmented carbonate skeletons. Over time, these sediments will be changed to limestone.

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      New Zealand limestone origins

      Most of New Zealand’s limestone deposits were formed in the Oligocene epoch some 23–34 million years ago. The properties of these limestones led New Zealand geologists to propose that their ...

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