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Figure 5A. Type 3 MTC exposed in the middle portion of the photo, Patangata Island, Tongaporutu (labeled i). The bed labeled (i) comprises a 2-m-thick slumped interval stratigraphically bounded by thick-bedded basin-floor fan sandstones, Mount Messenger Formation.

Figure 5B. Detail of Type 3 MTC bed (i) at Patangata Island, Tongaporutu. The bed displays fluidized load structures and water escape features and overlies another more sand-rich MTC bed (ii) at the base of the outcrop. Scale bar in center of photo near (ii) is 1 m long.