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SURFACE FEATURES
The outcrop at Stormy Point. The
hard sandstones at the bottom of the Helsby formation
outcrop at Stormy Point and form the abrupt edge.
(Left) A recent fault. This aerial picture taken in New Zealand shows a modern fault cutting across a road and producing a step in the landscape some 1 to 2 metres high. The Engine Vein Fault has moved about 7 metres and the main Edge Fault 46 metres.
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