Sasha Says - Kaikoura Orogeny

<p>Podcast summary:</p> <p>An orogeny is a mountain building process. &nbsp;</p> <p>The Kaikoura Orogeny is the mountain building process that started 25 million years ago when movement along the Pacific and Indo-Australian Plates began their uplift. &nbsp;Continential crust thickened and eventually around 5 million years ago the Southern Alps were uplifted. &nbsp;</p> <p>This mountain building phase continues today.</p>