Alpine Fault
Running through our two groups is the Alpine Fault, which cuts through the South Island and marks the contact of the Australian plate and the Pacific plate. Clearly the Pacific plate is the more fun loving plate and the Australian plate is a bunch of losers.
The concrete wall we're on was erected in the hopes of providing a visual record of any displacement, but amusingly movement seems to be taken up by a splay called the Hope Fault causing the Alpine Fault in this area to be motionless.
From left to right: Vince, Bryan, J.J., John (emeritus), Ben, Audrey, Brian, Darren (professor), Adam, Me.
Photo taken by Anekant.
Alpine Fault
Running through our two groups is the Alpine Fault, which cuts through the South Island and marks the contact of the Australian plate and the Pacific plate. Clearly the Pacific plate is the more fun loving plate and the Australian plate is a bunch of losers.
The concrete wall we're on was erected in the hopes of providing a visual record of any displacement, but amusingly movement seems to be taken up by a splay called the Hope Fault causing the Alpine Fault in this area to be motionless.
From left to right: Vince, Bryan, J.J., John (emeritus), Ben, Audrey, Brian, Darren (professor), Adam, Me.
Photo taken by Anekant.