A Geoscience Digital Image Library
A Geoscience Digital Image Library
| Title | Mud pools of Te Whakarewarewatangaoteopetauaawahiao Geothermal Valley, (New Zealand Maori Arts and Crafts Institute), Rotorua, New Zealand |
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| Description | Ngapuna Tokotoru mud pool consists of white kaolin and silca resulting from steam and acid gases decomposing the ground. Sulfur compounds color the pool in varying shades of gray and may occasionally form black oily slicks on the surface. |
| Chronostratigraphy | Recent |
| Location | New Zealand ▹ North Island ▹ Rotorua. Near Hamilton. New Zealand Maori Arts and Crafts Institute. |
| Photographer | Joseph Hartman Jr.. 1998. |
| Collection | Joseph Hartman. |
| Key words | geothermal energy, mud pool, New Zealand |
| Tech details | 170 KB. Outcrop. Scanned from print in TIFF format. |
| GeoDIL number | 1871 |
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