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    15:10 Ngatangiia weathered reef-terrace startInitial stop at the Rarotonga 5e/Holocene reference locality found a weathered low-tide flat with banged-up 30-40 cm coral blocks, uncertain growth position, and strong need for photo/elevation checks.

    Raw transcript

    Stopped at the 5e record slash Holocene record on Rartanga. Nothing really surprising. The corals look pretty banged up like the Gishler paper said. Slow tide so we can get out and walk on the flat. Not seeing anything in gross position or in situ. It's really hard to tell the surfaces very weather. Not some great coral, maybe 30cm, 40cm size blocks. Not sure if they're in situ, they're probably rubble.

    Whisper fixes

    Stopped at the 5e record slash Holocene record on Removed: Rartanga. Added: Rarotonga. Nothing really surprising. The corals look pretty banged up like the Removed: Gishler Added: Gischler paper said. Slow tide so we can get out and walk on the flat. Not seeing anything in Removed: gross Added: growth position or in situ. It's really hard to tell the surfaces very weather. Not some great coral, maybe 30cm, 40cm size blocks. Not sure if they're in situ, they're probably rubble.

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  2. 02
    15:13 Ngatangiia lower bench large coralsNgatangiia: low tide on the exposed reef flat offers close looks at the oragnisms calling this place home.

    Raw transcript

    Very large corals in the tidal range. They get hard to imagine this as entirely rubble. They could be early Holocene. Again, no clear in situ corals. Took a few photos of the organisms sort of on the surface of the probably vermated constructional terrace but the flat low low tide mark.

    Whisper fixes

    Very large corals in the tidal range. They get hard to imagine this as entirely rubble. They could be early Holocene. Again, no clear in situ corals. Took a few photos of the organisms sort of on the surface of the probably Removed: vermated Added: vermetid constructional terrace but the flat low low tide mark.

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    15:12 Olympus TG-5
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  3. 03
    15:14 Ngatangiia modern notch at low tideThe prominent notch appeared modern because the team seemed to be there near low tide, making tide timing essential before using it as a Holocene marker.

    Raw transcript

    There is a prominent notch, it's probably the modern notch, not even a Holocene one. It really seems like we're here right at low tide.

    Whisper fixes

    There is a prominent notch, it's probably the modern notch, not even a Holocene one. It really seems like we're here right at low tide.

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    Transcript: raw_field/google_recorder/021_20260531_1514_may_31_at_3-14_pm_7227582e.txt

  4. 04
    15:15 Ngatangiia cupping weathered formsNgatangiia cupping weathered forms: Jacky stood above upward-cupping weathered forms that could be growth-position corals

    Raw transcript

    Photographs of Jacky standing above some upward cupping forms that maybe growth position corals hard to tell but certainly something interesting about the way the rock is weather.

    Whisper fixes

    Photographs of Jacky standing above some upward cupping forms that maybe growth position corals hard to tell but certainly something interesting about the way the rock is weather.

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    Transcript: raw_field/google_recorder/020_20260531_1515_may_31_at_3-15_pm_66f11b5b.txt

    15:14 Olympus TG-5
  5. 05
    15:19 Ngatangiia algae and anemone photosNgatangiia: these anenomes have closed up shop until the tide comes back.

    Raw transcript

    A bunch of photographs of the green algae, how they made a type and a finer one. Some circular organisms that I think are probably some kind of an enemy, they're just in the closed up state. And then out towards where the waves crashed, sort of orange, brown color is some kind of plant or algae. The utility had brought a piece from a topocu landing. We looked at before it and this seems to be the organism that lives in the edge of the foreground here in the Mississippi.

    Whisper fixes

    A bunch of photographs of the green algae, how they made a type and a finer one. Some circular organisms that I think are probably some kind of an Removed: enemy, Added: anemone, they're just in the closed up state. And then out towards where the waves crashed, sort of orange, brown color is some kind of plant or algae. The utility had brought a piece from a Removed: topocu Added: Tarapaku landing. We looked at before it and this seems to be the organism that lives in the edge of the foreground here in the Mississippi.

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    Transcript: raw_field/google_recorder/019_20260531_1519_may_31_at_3-19_pm_069c91d6.txt

    15:17 Olympus TG-5
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  6. 06
    15:20 Ngatangiia possible upward coral branchNgatangiia: A conspicuous upward branching coral colony.

    Raw transcript

    A conspicuous upward branch in coral is that one of our suggests of a big insub.

    Whisper fixes

    A conspicuous upward branch in coral is that one of our suggests of a big Removed: insub. Added: in situ.

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    15:20 Olympus TG-5
  7. 07
    15:22 Ngatangiia low-tide encrusting coralNgatangiia: An encrusting coral was exposed at low tide, showing that modern reef organisms here tolerate some aerial exposure.

    Raw transcript

    photograph of an encrusting coral exposed at low tide today which probably isn't even lowest tide of the year. It's sort of remarkable that these organisms can sustain themselves in these varieties.

    Whisper fixes

    photograph of an encrusting coral exposed at low tide today which probably isn't even lowest tide of the year. It's sort of remarkable that these organisms can sustain themselves in these varieties.

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    Transcript: raw_field/google_recorder/017_20260531_1522_may_31_at_3-22_pm_b880881c.txt

    15:21 Olympus TG-5
  8. 08
    15:23 Ngatangiia wave-drainage channelsNgatangiia: Water draining off the flat as waves receded. How much energy is needed to carve deep grooves?

    Raw transcript

    Photograph of water draining off of the? Anyways, I took some photos of the. Water running off as waves, similar to what we've seen in India. So, it makes me wonder that. If this was a stormier environment which you have essentially deeper channels here?

    Whisper fixes

    Photograph of water draining off of the? Anyways, I took some photos of the. Water running off as waves, similar to what we've seen in India. So, it makes me wonder that. If this was a stormier environment which you have essentially deeper channels here?

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    Transcript: raw_field/google_recorder/016_20260531_1523_may_31_at_3-23_pm_8114fb44.txt

    15:22 Olympus TG-5
  9. 09
    15:24 Ngatangiia exposed modern coral habitatNgatangiia: A living coral colony that is sometimes exposed, useful as a modern analogue for low-accommodation reef-flat.

    Raw transcript

    A few more photographs of corals that I have decided to make their home here in this sometimes exposed and never buried the environment.

    Whisper fixes

    A few more photographs of corals that I have decided to make their home here in this sometimes exposed and never buried the environment.

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    Transcript: raw_field/google_recorder/015_20260531_1524_may_31_at_3-24_pm_e71bea70.txt

    15:24 Olympus TG-5
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  10. 10
    15:25 Ngatangiia storm boulder on flatNgatangiia: Was this perched boulder emplaced by a storm, or left in place as the cliff receded?

    Raw transcript

    There's a boulder perched on this flat. I wonder what kind of storm I brought back.

    Whisper fixes

    There's a boulder perched on this flat. I wonder what kind of storm I brought back.

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    Transcript: raw_field/google_recorder/014_20260531_1525_may_31_at_3-25_pm_f8f030f0.txt

    15:25 Olympus TG-5
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    15:31 Ngatangiia in-situ reef/hardground fabricNgatangiia: The number of upward-branching corals makes the unit look less like simple rubble and more like an in-situ reef.

    Raw transcript

    It really seems like there's just too many upward branching corals in this unit for it not to be some kind of in-situ reef slash reef hardground system.

    Whisper fixes

    It really seems like there's just too many upward branching corals in this unit for it not to be some kind of in-situ reef slash reef hardground system.

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    Transcript: raw_field/google_recorder/013_20260531_1531_may_31_at_3-31_pm_18bd0feb.txt

    15:29 Olympus TG-5
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    15:32 Ngatangiia vermetid or worm tubesNgatangiia: Worm tubes near the bottom of the tidal notch, matching the expectation of vermetids in shallow high-energy environments.

    Raw transcript

    A bunch of photographs of worm tubes, sort of at the bottom of the tidal launch. Likely some kind of vermitude.

    Whisper fixes

    A bunch of photographs of worm tubes, sort of at the bottom of the tidal launch. Likely some kind of Removed: vermitude. Added: vermetid.

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    15:31 Olympus TG-5
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  13. 13
    15:32 Ngatangiia tidal-notch chitonsSmaller, cone-shaped chitons occur higher in the tidal notch and help mark the modern biological zonation of the exposed reef edge.

    Raw transcript

    A little higher up in that tidal notch, there are some kind of chitons smaller and a bit more cone-shaped than the ones we see in the Caribbean.

    Whisper fixes

    A little higher up in that tidal notch, there are some kind of chitons smaller and a bit more cone-shaped than the ones we see in the Caribbean.

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    Transcript: raw_field/google_recorder/012_20260531_1532_may_31_at_3-32_pm_aae5d58f.txt

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    15:33 Ngatangiia scalloped tidal-zone bandingNgatangiia: Chitons also inhabit the tidal notch.

    Raw transcript

    I can't quite make out exactly what I'm looking at, but when you step back from the tidal notch, there's this sort of light and dark banding. Makes these scalloped or circular shapes. The white up close is clearly some kind of cement or fine calcium carbonate. The dark, you can sort of see the grain texture of the underlying rock. Maybe these are some kind of feeding traces or something else that I should have with the organos that live here in the tidal zone. I don't see it any higher.

    Whisper fixes

    I can't quite make out exactly what I'm looking at, but when you step back from the tidal notch, there's this sort of light and dark banding. Makes these scalloped or circular shapes. The white up close is clearly some kind of cement or fine calcium carbonate. The dark, you can sort of see the grain texture of the underlying rock. Maybe these are some kind of feeding traces or something else that I should have with the organos that live here in the tidal zone. I don't see it any higher.

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    Transcript: raw_field/google_recorder/010_20260531_1533_may_31_at_3-33_pm_582dcea3.txt

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  15. 15
    15:37 Ngatangiia brain corals and encruster platesThe head of this sea cucumber is certainly strange.

    Raw transcript

    Photographs show some large brain corals. Unsure if they're in growth position or in situ. Associated with the coral sort of around the outcrop here there are a lot of these. I don't know like tabular and a flat maybe four or five centimeters thick plates. It's not exactly clear what they are. The carbonate doesn't weather very nicely and I don't have the hammer but they are at least reminiscent of some of the encrusters. The things that we've been calling encrusters in other locations.

    Whisper fixes

    Photographs show some large brain corals. Unsure if they're in growth position or in situ. Associated with the coral sort of around the outcrop here there are a lot of these. I don't know like tabular and a flat maybe four or five centimeters thick plates. It's not exactly clear what they are. The carbonate doesn't weather very nicely and I don't have the hammer but they are at least reminiscent of some of the encrusters. The things that we've been calling encrusters in other locations.

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    Transcript: raw_field/google_recorder/009_20260531_1537_may_31_at_3-37_pm_24dfd5d4.txt

    15:36 Olympus TG-5
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    15:39 Ngatangiia corallite-bearing blockClose-up photos of tabular blocks show corallites, confirming reefal material even where weathering makes fabric hard to read.

    Raw transcript

    Close-up photograph of one of these tabular blocks does show that there are corallites.

    Whisper fixes

    Close-up photograph of one of these tabular blocks does show that there are corallites.

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    Transcript: raw_field/google_recorder/008_20260531_1539_may_31_at_3-39_pm_637e4e8f.txt

    15:39 Olympus TG-5
  17. 17
    15:40 Roger on Ngatangiia tidal benchRoger stands on the tidal bench while evaluating the outcrop as a potential MIS 5e

    Raw transcript

    Roger Creel stands on the title bench looking at potential MIS-5E outcrop here on the road.

    Whisper fixes

    Roger Creel stands on the Removed: title Added: tidal bench looking at potential MIS-5E outcrop here on the road.

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    15:40 Olympus TG-5
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  18. 18
    15:45 Ngatangiia shallow MIS 5e candidateNgatangiia outcrop: Sparse sand, small corals, and encrusters suggest a shallow paleo-environment; its elevation makes it more plausibly an older Pleistocene or MIS 5e candidate than early Holocene.

    Raw transcript

    Hard to tell without a hammer and looking really closely with a hamlands, but it really doesn't seem like this outcrop has much sand suggesting that we're likely closer to the wave break. The corals are small enough that it doesn't feel like something we'd be seeing off the edge of the shelf, like the lower parts on Etchu, where we have really large corals, which is probably deeper water. This feels like a really shallow outcrop in encrusters and sparse corals that are probably in the position that they grew in. It's too high to be early-holicing. It really feels like it has to be a 5-e.

    Whisper fixes

    Hard to tell without a hammer and looking really closely with a Removed: hamlands, Added: hand lens, but it really doesn't seem like this outcrop has much sand suggesting that we're likely closer to the wave break. The corals are small enough that it doesn't feel like something we'd be seeing off the edge of the shelf, like the lower parts on Removed: Etchu, Added: Atiu, where we have really large corals, which is probably deeper water. This feels like a really shallow outcrop in encrusters and sparse corals that are probably in the position that they grew in. It's too high to be Removed: early-holicing. Added: early Holocene. It really feels like it has to be a Removed: 5-e. Added: MIS 5e.

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    Transcript: raw_field/google_recorder/006_20260531_1545_may_31_at_3-45_pm_dcedea82.txt

    15:43 Olympus TG-5
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    15:47 Ngatangiia delicate-organism searchNgatangiia outcrop: A careful search found few delicate coral, algal, or other in-situ organisms at this spot, with mostly broken pieces visible in the weathered surface.

    Raw transcript

    been looking pretty hard for coral and algae or other sort of delicate coral organisms and I just don't see it maybe broken up bits of it but nothing that seems in situ.

    Whisper fixes

    been looking pretty hard for Removed: coral and Added: coralline algae or other sort of delicate coral organisms and I just don't see it maybe broken up bits of it but nothing that seems in situ.

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    Transcript: raw_field/google_recorder/005_20260531_1547_may_31_at_3-47_pm_d00ec17f.txt

    15:47 Olympus TG-5
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    15:48 Ngatangiia upward-branching coralsNgatangiia: Upward-branching corals appear abundant through the outcrop and are a key target for testing whether the unit is a reef or a rubble field.

    Raw transcript

    Upward branching corals seemingly in gross position are abundant throughout the outgrow.

    Whisper fixes

    Upward branching corals seemingly in Removed: gross Added: growth position are abundant throughout the Removed: outgrow. Added: outcrop.

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    Transcript: raw_field/google_recorder/004_20260531_1548_may_31_at_3-48_pm_efc5c763.txt

    15:48 Olympus TG-5
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    15:54 Ngatangiia crossbedded sand capNgatangiia: Crossbedded sand indicates that there is at least some sand in this system.

    Raw transcript

    There's definitely some sand in the system. Just took a photograph of clear crossbedding up above the title zone. Roger points out that this is quite reminiscent of Cook's Landing and I agree with that. The paleo environment. Sand here and there, a few crossbeds, but probably at any point in time this was a pretty hard surface. You could walk on without sand moving around. The corals and the acrusters are just doing whatever they can with the tiny bit of accommodation space they have.

    Whisper fixes

    There's definitely some sand in the system. Just took a photograph of clear crossbedding up above the Removed: title Added: tidal zone. Roger points out that this is quite reminiscent of Cook's Landing and I agree with that. The paleo environment. Sand here and there, a few crossbeds, but probably at any point in time this was a pretty hard surface. You could walk on without sand moving around. The corals and the Removed: acrusters Added: encrusters are just doing whatever they can with the tiny bit of accommodation space they have.

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    Transcript: raw_field/google_recorder/003_20260531_1554_may_31_at_3-54_pm_072f47c0.txt

    15:54 Olympus TG-5
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    16:06 Ngatangiia lower-bench age discussionBilly and Roger discussed whether the lower bench could be early Holocene, while the higher outcrop's MIS 5e interpretation remains based mainly on elevation, context, and weathered preservation.

    Raw transcript

    Worth noting, discussion with Billy and Roger about the origins of the lower bench. We seem to quite like the idea that maybe that actually is the early Holocene. It could be in the right spot. That would support the idea that the Alcropper's 5E. But Billy challenged me on why I think it's 5E and other than elevation and context, which is, you know, guesses at best. I said, well, because it looks like shit. So maybe that's not the best conclusion, the best observation.

    Whisper fixes

    Worth noting, discussion with Billy and Roger about the origins of the lower bench. We seem to quite like the idea that maybe that actually is the early Holocene. It could be in the right spot. That would support the idea that the Removed: Alcropper's 5E. Added: outcrop is MIS 5e. But Billy challenged me on why I think it's 5E and other than elevation and context, which is, you know, guesses at best. I said, well, because it looks like shit. So maybe that's not the best conclusion, the best observation.

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    Transcript: raw_field/google_recorder/002_20260531_1606_may_31_at_4-06_pm_43cf2df5.txt

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    16:08 Ngatangiia tide and notch checkFinal stop note flags tide timing as the control on interpretation: if the team was at low tide, the notch may be modern; if not, it may be a Holocene notch cut into the older reef-terrace outcrop.

    Raw transcript

    Double check the timing of the tide. If we're actually standing here at low tide then this notch could be modern but if we're standing near a mid to high tide it's very likely this is the Holocene notch sitting in a 5v outcrop.

    Whisper fixes

    Double check the timing of the tide. If we're actually standing here at low tide then this notch could be modern but if we're standing near a mid to high tide it's very likely this is the Holocene notch sitting in a Removed: 5v Added: MIS 5e outcrop.

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    Transcript: raw_field/google_recorder/001_20260531_1608_may_31_at_4-08_pm_40c26d03.txt

Local tide gauge 15:10

No record
Tide record unavailable