Ruapehu: earlier glacial activity (Pleistocene Epoch)

Road section through glacial debris forming a Late Glacial Maximum lateral moraine adjacent to the Bruce Road, just above Whakapaka Village. The poorly sorted nature of the debris is evident, with subrounded boulders indicating contact with the glacier bed. The fawn and brown finer grained horizon on top represents postglacial falls of tephra.

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