How New Zealand's Massive Mountain Range Formed

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Discover the captivating geological story of the New Zealand Alps, also known as the Southern Alps, in our latest video. This majestic mountain range, a product of millions of years of Earth's dynamic processes, offers a glimpse into the powerful forces of plate tectonics and erosion.

Formed primarily through the collision of the Pacific and Indo-Australian tectonic plates, the Southern Alps showcase the dramatic results of continental uplift. The Alpine Fault, a significant geological feature, plays a central role in this process, contributing to the rapid rise of the range with an uplift rate of about 7-10 mm per year.

Throughout their history, the Southern Alps have been sculpted by the forces of glaciation and erosion. The glaciers, particularly active during past ice ages, carved out deep valleys and fjords, shaping the rugged landscape we see today.

Our video delves into the complex geological composition of the Alps,

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[citylimits]

I’ve been reading about the area south of the South Island including the Puysegur Trench, Macquarie Island, and the Hjort Trench lately because some geologists are theorizing that these geological features may be the first signs of a subduction zone that is just starting to form (a process called subduction initiation). Whereas the Tonga-Kermadec-North Island zone has the Pacific Plate subducting under the Indo-Australian Plate, the exact opposite may be happening in this theorized new subduction zone. Perhaps this would be a good topic for OzGeographics to explore in a future video!

[sueokada]

The landscape of those mountains just makes my heart ache. They’re so beautiful.

[norsehall]

G'day, l have family in the South island of New Zealand and l visit about every two years and where they live is at the base of the Southern Alps, and l have ask many times when visiting are those mountain's getting bigger and l get a strange look, now l can go back with factual information that they are, cheers mate, Neil 🤠.

[slaterdomain]

I'd like to request you do a video on the sea of okhotsk, I once saw someone's holiday photos and in one of them was the same geology as the giants causeway in Ireland.

[awesomefacepalm]

I just left NZ after spending a month vacation there.
Truly a fantastic country

Literally writing this comment at the airport lol

[carlbichat]

Could make a videos about New Caledonia formation, as a part of australia with an exptremly rich deposit of nickel chrome cobalt but no gold..

[tonywybrow]

What deposited the fill in the valley in the foreground of the last shot? It looks like Dingle Burn Station on Lake Hawea. I worked there years ago.

[ducthman]

Climate always changes. Under retreating glaciers tree roots are found in situ. So there was a tree living on that spot until the advancing glacier killed it. During large periods of time in the interglacial we live in temperatures were higher than today and trees could grow much closer to the poles and much higher up the mountain.

[andrewdillon]

The "Alps" developed after an Euler (Oiler) pole developed in the Pacific plate, The bottom 3rd of the pacific plate it rotating with Antartica, and faster than the rest, ,This pushes the Austro-India plate, (causing orogenesis in aus ), but also causing the different plate structures in New Zealand, Interestingly, you can drill through both plates with a verticle hole, ,LOL, Americans came to sth Island to do that, drilled a hole lowered "stuff" into hole BUT!!!!, they (well americans) didnt do the knot up tight and the whole lot fell a km to the bottom, ,meh they might come back, , with a better rope maybe (their wages was more than they spent on rope tying lessons)

[andrewdillon]

Hey hows yer gold mining goin ?, Did you get enough for the crusher, ,(call it Beverly if you get it )i maybe can send more, ,but xmas..meh..