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5. Staff

5.1 Staff in the Department of Earth Sciences

ProfessorsP.J.J. Kamp BSc MSc PhD WaikatoC.S. Nelson BSc (Hons) Wellington PhD Auckland FRSNZ

Port of Tauranga Ltd Research Professor in Coastal Environmental SciencesT.R. Healy BSc MSc Auckland PhD Monash FIPENZ

Associate ProfessorsR.M. Briggs BSc MSc PhD Auckland FAusIMM D.J. Lowe BSc MSc PhD Waikato MRSNZ

Associate Professor andMeridian Energy Senior Research Fellow in Applied Hydrology

W.E. Bardsley BSc (Hons) MSc PhD Otago

Senior LecturersM.R. Balks BSc (Hons) Massey PhD Waikato (Chairperson)D.I. Campbell BSc (Hons) PhD OtagoW.P. de Lange BSc MSc DPhil Waikato MRSNZV.G. Moon BSc MSc PhD Waikato

LecturersK. R.Bryan BSc (Hons) Toronto PhD DalhousieG.T. Palmer BSc (Hons) PhD Aberdeen DBA GiamorganR.T. Smith BSc (Hons) PhD Canterbury

Post Doctoral Research FellowsB.J. Hobden BSc(Hons) PhD CanterburyS.D. Hood BSc MSc PhD WaikatoP.J. Cooke BSc MSc PhD Waikato

Research AssociatesA.B. Challinor BSc DSc Waikato

T. M. Leach BSc Ott MSc Auck

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TutorsN. Kuruppu BTech Maquarie MEEM UTSB.R. Lynch-Blosse MSc WaikatoD. Stokes BA (Hons) La Trobe

Emeritus ProfessorsJ.D. McCraw MBE MSc (New Zealand) DSc Wellington FNZSSS 1988M.J. Selby BA(Hons) MA DipEd DSc Oxf DPhil Waikato 2002

Administrative StaffS.M. Wright

Technical StaffE.A. Brodie CBC Computer Support for Earth Sciences

A. Burgess BSc(Tech) Waikato Technical Officer, Soils

S. Cooke BSc Waikato Technical Officer, Mass Spectrometer

D.K. Immenga Vor diplom in Geology Kiel Advanced Technical Officer, Marine

R. Radosinsky BSocSci Waikato BMn Kosice Technical Officer, XRD, Geomechanics

Mine Mngt.Cert. Banska Stiavnica,

A. Rodgers MSc Waikato Technical Officer, Coordinator

X. Ganqing MSc Northeast China PhD Waikato Advanced Technician, FT Lab

4-Wheel Drive vehicles used for field research by EarthSciences staff


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5.2 Staff research profiles

Dr Megan BalksChairperson

Senior Lecturer

[email protected]

Soil and environmental science, especially pedology andapplied soil physics; Antarctic soils and permafrost; impactsof human activities on the Antarctic terrestrial environment;land treatment and disposal of effluent; irrigation, soilsalinity.

Selected publications

Balks, M.R.; R.F. Paetzold, J.M. Kimble, J. Aislabie, I.B. Campbell 2002: Effects of hydrocarbon spillson the temperature and moisture regimes of Cryosols in the Ross Sea region, Antarctica.�Antarctic Science 14(4)319-326.

Campbell, I.B.; M.R. Balks et al. 2001: 4. Soils and ice-free areas. In E. Waterhouse editor: Ross SeaRegion 2001. A State of the Environment Report for the Ross Sea Region of Antarctica. NewZealand Antarctic Institute, Christchurch, New Zealand 4.16-35.

Balks, M.R. 2000: Field investigations of Soil Properties. Appendix 2. In H. Wang and M. Tomer eds.The New Zealand Guidelines for Utilisation of Sewage Effluent on Land: Part 2: Issues forDesign and Management: 160-166.

Campbell, I.B.; G.G.C. Claridge; D.I. Campbell; M.R. Balks 1998: The soil environment of theMcMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. In J. Priscu Editor: Ecosystem dynamics in a polar desert:The McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Antarctic Research Series Volume 72 AmericanGeophysical Union: 297-322.

Claridge, G.G.C.; I.B. Campbell; M.R. Balks 1999: Movement of salts in Antarctic Soils: Experimentsusing Lithium Chloride. Permafrost and Periglacial Processes 10: 223-233.

Aislabie, J.; M.R. Balks; N. Astori; G. Stevenson; R. Symons 1999: Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbonsin fuel-oil contaminated soils, Antarctica. Chemosphere 39: 2201-2207.

Balks, M.R.; W. Bond; C. Smith 1998: Effects of sodium accumulation on soil physical propertiesunder an effluent-irrigated plantation. Australian Journal of Soil Research 36: 821-30.

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Associate Professor Earl Bardsley

Meridian Energy Senior Research Fellow inApplied Hydrology

[email protected]

Applied hydrology including groundwater resourceevaluation and optimal operation of water systems;quantitative analysis; stochastic flood theory; optimizationapplications, catchment modelling and hydrological andclimatological trend analysis.


Brown, E.J.; Bardsley, W.E. 2002: A model-based evaluation of horizontal wells for improving thefunctionality of an urban reservoir system. Natural Resources Research, (in press).

Bardsley, W. E.; Campbell, D. I. 2000: Natural geological weighing lysimeters: calibration tools forsatellite and ground surface gravity monitoring of subsurface water mass change? NaturalResources Research, 9: 147-156.

Bardsley, W.E.; Choudhry, S. 2000; An approach to estimating hydro power system income gain fromcomputerized water scheduling. Natural Resources Research .9: p.215-222.

Bardsley, W. E.; Jorgensen, M. A.; Alpert, P.; Ben-Gai, T. 1999: A significance test for empty cornersin scatter diagrams. Journal of Hydrology 219: 1-6.

Bardsley, W. E.; Pearson, C. P.1999: An experiment in subjective graphical quantile estimation appliedto the generalized extreme value distribution. Hydrological Sciences Journal 44: 399-405.

Bardsley, W. E.; Campbell, D. I. 1999: Confined aquifers can serve as giant weighing lysimeters. Water99 Joint Congress. 25th Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium and 2nd InternationalConference on Water Resources and Environment Research Proceedings, Brisbane: 884-889.

Brown, E. J.; Bardsley, W. E. 1999; Recording rainfall stratigraphy: a modified storage gauge formeasuring rainfall events. Journal of Hydrology 216: 137-144.


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Associate Professor Dr Roger Briggs

[email protected]

Petrology, geochemistry and mineralogy of volcanic rocksin South Auckland, Coromandel and Taupo volcanic zones;stratigraphy and petrology of ignimbrites; trace element andisotope geochemistry; magmatic processes.


Bowyer, D.A.; Briggs, R.M.; Maas, R. 2001: Spatial and temporal evolution of rhyolitic lavas from theHaroharo volcanic complex, Okataina Volcanic Centre. Geol. Soc. of NZ. Annual Conference,Hamilton. Geol. Soc. of N.Z. Misc. Publication 110A:12.

Cook, R.C.; Briggs, R.M.; Maas, R.; Smith, I.E.M. 2001: Characterisation of mantle sources for theSouth Auckland Basalts, North Island, New Zealand. Geol. Soc. of NZ annual Conference,Hamilton. Geol. Soc. of NZ Misc. Publication 110A: 25.

Krippner, S.J.P.; Briggs, R.M. 1999: Epithermal alteration and mineralisation at the Kapowai calderacomplex, Coromandel Peninsula. Proceedings of the Australasian Institute of Mining andMetallurgy, New Zealand Branch Conference, Waitangi: 23-30.

Briggs, R.M.; Rogers, J.; Adams, J.C., Bardebes, P.A.; Price, R.C.; Maas, R. 1998: Rhyolitic volcanicsof the Whitianga volcanic centre, a late Miocene caldera complex, eastern Coromandel. Geol. Soc.of NZ Annual Conference, Christchurch. Geol. Soc. of NZ Misc. Publication 101A: 54.

Krippner, S.J.P.; Briggs, R.M.; Wilson, C.J.N.; Cole, J.W. 1998: Petrography and geochemistry oflithic fragments in ignimbrites from the Mangakino Volcanic Centre: implications for thecomposition of the subvolcanic crust in western Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand. New ZealandJournal of Geology and Geophysics 41: 187-199.

Briggs, R.M.; Rosenberg, M.D.; de Lange, P.J.; Itaya, T.; King, P.R.; Price, R.C. 1997: Geology andgeochemistry of Gannet (Karewa) Island, Tasman Sea: a rift-related nephelinitic tuff ring. NewZealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 40: 261-271.

Graham, I.J.; Cole, J.W.; Briggs, R.M.; Gamble, J.A.; Smith, I.E.M. 1995: Petrology and petrogenesisof volcanic rocks from Taupo Volcanic Zone: a review. Journal of Volcanology and GeothermalResearch 68: 1-28.

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Dr Karin Bryan

Lecturer

[email protected]

Coastal oceanography and sediment transport. In particular:wave properties, sediment-wave interactions, surf-zonecurrents, turbulence induced by breaking waves, monitoringmorphological change on beaches using sub-aerial video,physical controls on biological processes and sedimentation

p a t t e r n s o n thecontinental shelf and in estuaries.


Gorman, R.M., K.R. Bryan and A.K. Laing 2003. A wave hindcast for the New Zealand region - deepwater wave climate. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research, 37, 589–612.

Gorman, R.M., K.R. Bryan and A.K. Laing 2003. A wave hindcast for the New Zealand Region —Nearshore validation and coastal wave climate, New Zealand Journal of Marine and FreshwaterResearch, 37, 567–588.

Aagaard, T., and K.R. Bryan. 2003. Observations of infragravity wave frequency selection, ContinentalShelf Research, 23, 1019–1034.

Bryan, K.R., K.P. Black and R. M. Gorman. 2003. Spectral estimation dissipation rate within andaround the surf-zone, Journal of Physical Oceanography, 33(5), 979–993.

Black, K.P, R.M. Gorman and K R. Bryan.2002. Bars formed by horizontal diffusion of suspendedsediment, Coastal Engineering, 47, 53–75.

Pilditch, C.A., J. Grant and K.R. Bryan 2001. Seston supply to sea scallops (Placopecten magellanicus)in suspended culture, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 58: 241–253.

Bogle, J.A.; K.R. Bryan; K.P. Black; T.M. Hume; T.R. Healy, 2001: Video Observations of RipFormation and Evolution, Journal of Coastal Research Special Issue 34: 117–127.

Pilditch, C.A.; J. Grant; K.R. Bryan 2001: Seston supply to sea scallops (Placopecten magellanicus) insuspended culture, Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 58: 241–253.

Bryan, K.R.; A.J. Bowen 1998: Bar-trapped edge waves and longshore currents. Journal ofGeophysical Research 103(C12): 27867–27884.


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Dr David Campbell

Senior Lecturer

[email protected]

Surface-atmosphere processes in hydrology, includingCO2 and water vapour fluxes; hydrology and ecology ofNew Zealand wetlands; soil moisture; water balancestudies; instrumental techniques in hydrology andmicroclimate.


Campbell, D.I.; Laybourne C.E.; Blair, I.J. 2002: Measuring peat moisture content using the dual-probeheat pulse technique. Australian Journal of Soil Research 40: 177-190.

Thompson, M.A.; Campbell, D.I.; Spronken-Smith, R.A. 1999: Evaporation from natural and modifiedraised peat bogs in New Zealand. Agricultural and Forest Meteorology 95: 85–98.

Campbell, I.B.; Claridge, G.G.C.; Campbell, D.I.; Balks, M.R. 1998: Permafrost properties in theMcMurdo Sound–Dry Valley region of Antarctica. In Lewkowicz, A.G., Allard, M. (Eds),Proceedings of the Seventh International Conference on Permafrost. Yellowknife, N.W.T., Canada,23–27 June: 121–126.

Campbell, I.B.; Claridge, G.G.C.; Campbell, D.I.; Balks, M.R. 1998: The soil environment of theMcMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. In Priscu, J.C. (Editor), Ecosystem Dynamics in a PolarDesert: The McMurdo Dry Valleys, Antarctica. Antarctic Research Series 72, AmericanGeophysical Union: 297–322.

Campbell, D.I.; MacCulloch, R.J.L.; Campbell, I.B. 1997: Thermal regimes of some soils in theMcMurdo Sound region, Antarctica. In Lyons, W.B., C. Howard-Williams and I. Hawes (Eds),Ecosystem processes in Antarctic ice-free landscapes, Balkema, Netherlands: 45–55.

Campbell, D.I.; Williamson, J.L. 1997: Evaporation from a raised peat bog. Journal of Hydrology,193: 142–160.

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Dr Brian Challinor

Research Associate

[email protected]

Belemnites, paleontology and Mesozoic stratigraphy. Researchproject areas include New Zealand, Indonesia, Papua NewGuinea and New Caledonia.


Challinor, A.B. 2003. Synonymy and stratigraphic ranges of Belemnopsis in the Heterian and OhauanStages (Callovian-Tithonian),southwest Auckland, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal ofGeology and Geophysics 46: 79-94.

Challinor, A.B. 2001.Stratigraphy of Tithonian (Ohauan-Puaroan) marine beds near Port Waikato, NewZealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 44: 219-242.

Challinor, A.B. 2000. Jurassic Paleobiology of Australasia in (eds.) A.J. Wright et al., Memoir 23 ofthe Association of Australasian Palaeontologists, 323-326.

Challinor, A.B. 1999: Belemnite biostratigraphy of the New Zealand late Jurassic Mangaoran (EarlyPuaroan) Substage and the Puaroan Stage revisited. New Zealand Journal of Geology andGeophysics 42: 369-393.

Challinor, A.B. 1996: Atractites guards from the Early Jurassic of New Zealand. Journal of the RoyalSociety of New Zealand, 26: 395-400.

Challinor, A.B. 1996: Belemnites from the Upper Ohauan Stage at Kawhia Harbour, New Zealand.New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 39: 211-223.

Challinor, A.B. 1991: Revision of the belemnites of Misool and a review of the belemnites ofIndonesia. Palaeontographica A218: 87-164.

Challinor, A.B. 1991: Belemnite successions and faunal provinces in the southwest Pacific and thebelemnites of Gondwana. BMR Journal of Australian Geology and Geophysics 12: 301-325.

Challinor, A.B. 1990: A belemnite biozonation of the Jurassic-Cretaceous of Papua New Guinea and afaunal comparison with Eastern Indonesia. BMR Journal of Australian Geology and Geophysics11: 429-447.


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Dr Penelope Cooke

Comer Foundation Post DoctoralResearch Fellow in Abrupt ClimateChange

[email protected]

Late Miocene stable isotope and textural stratigraphy ofDSDP site 593, Tasman Sea: and paleoceanographicimplications for the southern Tasman Sea, NZ.


Cooke, P. J., Nelson, C.S., Crundwell, M.P., and Spiegler, D. 2002: Bolboforma as monitors ofCenozoic palaeoceanographic changes in the Southern Ocean, Pasalaeogeography,Palaeoclimatology, and Palaeoecology 188: 73-100.

Cooke, P.J.; Nelson, C.S. 1999: Stable isotope signatures through the Late Miocene plankticforaminiferal ‘Tukemokihi Coiling Zone’ at DSDP Site 593, southern Tasman Sea, GeologicalSociety of New Zealand Annual Conference, Palmerston North. Geological Society of NewZealand Miscellaneous Publication 107A: .33.

Nelson, C.S.; Cooke, P.J. 1999: History of oceanic front development in the New Zealand sector of theSouthern Ocean over the past 60 million years. 8th International Symposium on Antarctic EarthSciences, Wellington, New Zealand: 224.

Cooke, P.J.; Nelson, C.S. 1997: Palaeoceanographic implications of textural cycles in the LateMiocene record at DSDP Site 593, southern Tasman Sea. Geological Society of New ZealandAnnual Conference, Wellington. Geological Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Publication95A: 40.

Crundwell, M.P.; Cooke, P.J.; Nelson, C.S. 1997: Bolboformids: enigmatic microfossils in NewZealand Late Miocene sediments. Geological Society of New Zealand Annual Conference,Wellington. Geological Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Publication 95A: 46.

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Dr Willem de Lange

Senior Lecturer

[email protected]

Oceanography, coastal processes and climatic hazards;tsunami and storm surge prediction and mitigation; wave-induced sediment transport on the continental shelf and withinestuaries; dispersal of materials in the coastal zone; numericalmodelling.


Bell, R.G.; Goring, D.G.; de Lange, W.P. 2000: Sea-level change and storm surges in the context ofclimate change. IPENZ Transactions 27: 1-10.

de Lange, W.P.; Gibb, J.G., 2000: Seasonal, interannual and decadal variability of storm surges atTauranga, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 34: 419-434.

de Lange, W.P. 2000: The last wave - tsunami. In: Hicks, G., Campbell, H., (ed.), Awesome forces: thenatural hazards that threaten New Zealand, 2nd ed., Wellington: Te Papa Press: pp. 98-123.

Lowe, D.J.; de Lange, W.P. 2000: Volcano-meteorological tsunamis, the c. AD 200 Taupo eruption(New Zealand) and the possibility of a global tsunami. The Holocene 10: 401-407.

Prasetya, G.S.; de Lange, W.P., Healy, T.R. 2001: The Makassar Strait tsunamigenic region, Indonesia.In: Bobrowsky, P., (ed.), Geoenvironmental mapping, The Netherlands: A.A. Balkema: pp. 151-158.

Kawata, Y.; Benson, B.C.; Borrero, J.C.; Borrero, J.L.; Davies, H.L.; de Lange, W.P.; Imamura, F.; Letz,H.; Nott, J., Synolakis, C.E. 1999: Tsunami in Papua New Guinea was as intense as first thought.EOS 80: 104-105.

Chick, L., de Lange, W.P., 1999. Tsunami hazard and inundation modelling for the Firth of Thames.Tephra 17: 51-55.

de Lange, W.P.; Fraser, R. 1999: Overview of tsunami hazard in New Zealand. Tephra 17: 3-9.


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Professor Terry Healy

Port of Tauranga Ltd Research Professor inCoastal Environmental Sciences

[email protected]

Coastal erosion, inlet and inner shelf sedimentation processesenvironmental issues of planning, development andmonitoring of port and marina dredging and spoil disposal.More recently focus has been on muddy sedimentationprocesses and dredging issues for port and marinadevelopment planning.


Healy, T.R, Ying Wang; J-A. Healy (Editors) 2002: Muddy Coasts of the World: Processes, Deposits andFunction Elsevier Science, Amsterdam: 542 p.

Healy, T.R. (Editor) 2001: Challenges for the 21st Century in Coastal Science, Engineering andEnvironment. Journal of Coastal Research Special Issue 3. 687 p.

Healy, T.R, J. Mathew; K.P. Black 2001: Integrated Coastal management for Sustainable Development –Concepts Applicable to the Ashtamudi Estuary, Kerala, India. Ashtamudi Management Plan, ASRLtd and Centre for Earth Science Studies: 160 –209.

Healy, T.R. 2002: Muddy coasts of mid-latitude oceanic islands on an active plate margin – New Zealand,In T. Healy, Y. Wang and J-A Healy (Editors) Muddy Coasts of the World: Processes, Deposits andFunction, Elsevier Science, Amsterdam: 347 - 374.

Healy, T.R. 2002: Enhancing coastal function by sensible setback for open duned coasts. In L. Ewing andL Wallendorf (Editors) Solutions to Coastal Disasters ’02, American Society of Civil Engineers:794 – 807.

Lomb, C.A.M.; T.R. Healy, 2001: Muddy sedimentation in a sheltered estuarine marina, Auckland, NewZealand. Journal of Coastal Research Special Issue 34: 357 – 369.

Beamsley, B.J.; T.R. Healy; K.P. Black 2001. Textural parameters and in situ shear strength of bedsediments within an oceanic embayment. Coasts and Ports 2001: 15th Australasian Conference onCoastal and Ocean Engineering: 1 – 6.

Healy, T.R; Hull, J.; Hume, T., 2001: Dispersal of muddy dredged material on broad inter-tidal flats in afetch-limited environment Shore and Beach 69: 15-22.

Healy, T.R.; R.G. Dean 2000: Methodology for delineation of coastal hazard zone and developmentsetback for open duned coasts, chapter 19 in J.B. Herbich (editor) Handbook of CoastalEngineering. McGraw-Hill: 19.1-19.30.

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Selected Publications

Dr Barbara Hobden

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

[email protected]

Petrology, geochemistry, and physical volcanology ofTongariro Volcanic Centre andesites; fingerprinting magmadifferentiation pathways through mineral Sr isotopesystematics; U-Th-Ra isotopes and timescales of magmaticprocesses at Ngauruhoe and Ruapehu; image analysis ofpumice vesicularity textures.

Hobden, B.J., Houghton B.F., Nairn, I.A. 2002: Growth of a young, frequently active composite cone:Ngauruhoe volcano, New Zealand. Bull Volcanol 64: 392-409

Hobden, B.J.. Price, R.C... Gamble, J.A... Stewart, R.B. 2001: Growth and magmatic evolution ofTongariro and Ruapehu volcanoes, New Zealand [Field Trip FT7]. In: Smith, R.T. (Editor), FieldtripGuides, Geological Society of New Zealand Annual Conference 2001, Waikato University,Hamilton. Geol. Soc. NZ. Misc. Publ. 110B: 40 pp.

Hobden, B.J., Hora, J.M., Davidson, J.P., Hawkesworth, C.J., and Thomas, L.E. 2001: Trackingmagmatic differentiation through time: constraints from isotopic and chemical disequilibria in wholerocks, crystals and groundmass of historical Ngauruhoe lavas. (Abst) Geol. Soc. N.Z Misc. Publ.110A: 66.

Hobden, B.J., Houghton; B.F.; Cashman, K.V.; Hammer, J.E.; Wilson, C.J.N. 2000: Processes ofbubble nucleation, growth and collapse in two caldera-forming eruptions at Taupo and Mayor Island,New Zealand. (Abst) Exploring Volcanoes: Utilization of their resources and mitigation of theirhazards - IAVCEI General Assembly 2000, Bali, Indonesia: 238.

Hobden, B.J., Houghton, B.F., Davidson J.P; Weaver, S.D. 2000: Rapid growth and non-systematicmagmatic evolution of an active andesite cone: Ngauruhoe Volcano, New Zealand. In: Smith, I.E.M.,Davidson, J.P., Gamble J.A., Price R.C. (eds) State of the Arc 2000: Processes and timescales.Extended abstracts: 109-112.

Hobden, B.J., Houghton, B.F., Davidson J.P. Weaver, S.D. 1999: Small and short-lived magma batchesat composite volcanoes: Time windows at Tongariro volcano, New Zealand. ‘Special’, Journal of theGeological Society, London 156: 865-868.


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Dr Steven Hood

Post-Doctoral Research Fellow

[email protected]

Carbonate sedimentology with a particular focus onNew Zealand Cenozoic cool-water carbonates;especially their diagenesis, geochemistry, and ability toact as hydrocarbon reservoirs; petrogeneticimplications for hydrocarbon production in thecarbonate fracture reservoir – the Mid-TertiaryTikorangi Formation, Taranaki Basin, New Zealand.


Hood, S.D.; Nelson,; Kamp, P.J.J. 2002: Petrogenesis of the Tikorangi Formation fracture reservoir,Waihapa-Ngaere field, Taranaki Basin. In: 2002 New Zealand petroleum Conference Proceedings.Ministry of Economic Development, Wellington: 48.

Hood, S.D.; Nelson, C.S.; Kamp, P.J.J. 2001: Diagenetic evolution of the Tikorangi Formation,Waihapa-Ngaere Field, Taranaki Basin: a cool-water carbonate fracture reservoir. In: 2001Geological Society of New Zealand Annual Conference, Wellington. Geol. Soc. N.Z.Miscellaneous Publication 110A: 69.

Hood, S. D.; Nelson, C. S. 1998: High-resolution lithostratigraphy of the Oligocene-Miocene TikorangiFormation reservoir, Taranaki Basin: an interpretation based on geophysical logs. GeologicalSociety of New Zealand Annual Conference, Wellington, Geol. Soc. N.Z. MiscellaneousPublication 101A: 122.

Hood, S. D.; Nelson, C. S. 1996: Cementation scenarios for New Zealand Cenozoic non-tropicallimestones. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 39: 109-122.

Hood, S. D.; Nelson, C. S. 1995: Overview of cementation environments and pathways for NewZealand temperate-latitude limestones. Cool and Cool-water Carbonate Conference, Geelong,Australia. Sedimentology Studies Group, Geological Society of Australia: 40-42.

Hayton, S.D.; Nelson, C. S.; Hood, S. D. 1995: A skeletal assemblage classification system for non-tropical carbonate deposits based on New Zealand Cenozoic limestones. Sedimentary Geology 100:123-141.

Hood, S. D.and Nelson, C. S. 1994: Diagenetic pathways for New Zealand Cenozoic non-tropicallimestones. Geological Society of New Zealand Annual Conference, New Plymouth. G.S.N.Z.Miscellaneous Publication 80A: 91.

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Professor Peter Kamp

[email protected]

Sedimentary geology; sequence stratigraphy applied to N.Z.Cenozoic basins (Taranaki, Wanganui, East Coast); tectonicdevelopment of New Zealand; fission trackthermochronology and U-Th/He thermochronometry appliedto uplift/denudation history of New Zealand and thermalhistory of sedimentary basins.


Armstrong, P.A., Ehlers, T.A Chapman, D.S.,., Farley, K.A. and Kamp, P.J.J., 2003: Exhumation of theCentral Wasatch Mountains, Utah: 1 Patterns and timing of exhumation from low temperaturethermochronology data. Journal of Geophysical Research 108 Iss B3, art. No. 2172.

House, M.A., Gurnis, M., Kamp, P.J.J. and R. Sutherland., 2002: Uplift in the Fiordland region, NewZealand: Implications for incipient subduction. Science, 297, 2038-2041.

Garver, J.I. and Kamp, P.J.J., 2002: Integration of zircon colour and zircon fission track zonationpatterns in orogenic belts: Applications in the Southern Alps, New Zealand, using detrital zircon.Tectonophysics, 349, 203-219.

Crowhurst, P.V., Green, P.F. and Kamp, P.J.J., 2002: Appraisal of (U-Th/He thermochronology as athermal history tool for hydrocarbon exploration: an example from the Taranaki Basin, NewZealand. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, 86, 1801-1819.

Kamp, P.J.J. 2001: Possible Jurassic age for part of Rakaia Terrane: Implications fortectonic development of the Torlesse accretionary prism. New Zealand Journal of Geology andGeophysics 44: 185-203.

Kamp, P.J.J. 2000: Thermochronology of the Torlesse accretionary complex, Wellington, New Zealand.Journal of Geophysical Research 105: 19253-19272.

Xu, G.; Kamp, P.J.J. 2000: Tectonics and Denudation adjacent to the Xianshuihe Fault, eastern TibetanPlateau: Constraints from fission track analysis. Journal of Geophysical Research 105: 19231-19251.

Kamp, P.J.J.; Liddell, I.J., 2000: Thermochronology of northern Murihiku Terrane, New Zealandderived from apatite FT analysis. Journal of the Geological Society, London 157: 345-354.


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Natasha Kuruppu

Assistant Lecturer

[email protected]

Environmental Management and Environmental ImpactAssessment, water quality and wastewater treatment,sustainability and sustainable development.

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Terry Leach

Research Associate

[email protected]

Development of alteration and mineralisation models forthe Carlin-type gold deposits of northern Nevada, USA, asa guide to exploration strategies; petrology of the highsulphidation gold-copper deposits in Chile and Argentina,including the El Indio and Pascua-Lama; the role of fluidmixing in the formation of epithermal gold-silver deposits.


Leach T.M.; Geiger, M. 2001: Porphyry copper-gold mineralisation in Central Kalimantan, Indonesia.Proceedings 30th Indonesian Geological Conference, Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Sept. 2001.

Leach T.M. 2001: Alteration and mineralisation at Busang, East Kalimantan. Proceedings IndonesianMining Association Congress, Jakarata, Nov. 2001.

Leach, T.M.; 1999: Evolution of selected porphyry copper-gold systems in the Southwest Pacificregion. Pacific Rim 99 Congress Proceedings: 211-226.

Corbett, G.J.; Leach, T.M. 1998: Southwest Pacific Rim Gold-Copper Systems : Structure, Alterationand Mineralisation. Special Publications Number 6, Society of Economic Geologists: 236p.

Leach, T.M.; Corbett, G.J.; Magner, P.; MacKenzie, M. 1997: A geological model for goldmineralisation at Reefton, New Zealand, 1997 New Zealand Minerals and Mining ConferenceProceedings, Auckland, Publicity Unit, Crown Minerals, Ministry of Commerce: 159-166.

Grieve, P.; Corbett, G.J.; Leach, T.M., 1997: A conceptual model for gold-silver mineralisation atPuhipuhi, Northland, New Zealand :1997 New Zealand Minerals and Mining ConferenceProceedings, Auckland, Publicity Unit, Crown Minerals, Ministry of Commerce: 133-139.

Corbett, G.J.; Leach, T.M.; Stewart, R.; Fulton, B. 1995: The Porgera gold deposit: Structure, alterationand mineralisation, In Pacific Rim Congress 95, 19-22 November 1995, Auckland, New Zealand,proceedings : Carlton South, The Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy: 151-156.

Degling, P.R.; Corbett, G.J.; Leach, T.M.1995: The Peak Hill high sulphidation gold deposit, N.S.W.,In Pacific Rim Congress 95, 19-22 November 1995, Auckland, New Zealand, proceedings :Carlton South, The Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy: 175-180.


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Associate Professor David Lowe

[email protected]

Tephrochronology (correlation of tephra deposits and theirapplication to dating geological, palaeoecological orarchaeological deposits/events); pedology (origin, distributionand classification of soils); palaeopedology; and Quaternaryscience (palaeoenvironmental reconstruction).


Buck, C.E.; Highham, T.F.G.; Lowe, D.J. 2003. Bayesian tools for tephrochronology. The Holocene13, 639-647.

Newnham, R.M.; Eden, D.N.; Lowe, D.J.; Hendy, C.H. 2003. Rerewhakaaitu Tephra, a land-sea markerfor the Last Termination�in New Zealand, with implications for global climate change. QuaternaryScience Reviews 22, 289-308.

Hogg, A.G.; Higham, T.F.G.; Lowe, D.J.; Palmer, J.G.; Reimer, P.J.; Newnham, R.M. 2003. A wiggle-match date for Polynesian settlement of New Zealand. Antiquity 7 7 , 116-125.

Lowe, D.J.; Newnham, R.M.; McCraw, J.D. 2002. Volcanism and early Maori society in New Zealand.Chapter 8 in: R. Torrence & J. Grattan (eds) “Natural Disasters and Cultural Change”,Routledge, London, 126-161.

Lowe, D.J.; Hunt, J.B. 2001: A summary of terminology used in tephra-related studies. Les Dossiersde l’Archéo-Logis 1: 17-22.

Lowe, D.J.; Tippett, J.M.; Kamp, P.J.J.; Liddell, I.J.; Briggs, R.M.; Horrocks, J.L. 2001: Ages onweathered Plio-Pleistocene tephra sequences, western North Island, New Zealand. Les Dossiers del’Archeo-Logis 1: 45-60.

Lowe, D.J.; Newnham, R.M.; McFadgen, B.G.; Higham, T.F.G. 2000: Tephras and New Zealandarchaeology. Journal of Archaeological Science 27: 859-870.

Lowe, D.J. 2000: Upbuilding pedogenesis in multisequal tephra-derived soils in the Waikato region.Proceedings Australian & New Zealand 2n d Joint Soils Conference, Lincoln University 2: 183-184.

Lowe, D.J.; de Lange, W.P. 2000: Volcano-meteorological tsunamis, the c. 200 AD Taupo eruption(New Zealand) and the possibility of a global tsunami. The Holocene 10: 401-407.

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Emeritus Professor John McCraw,MBE

Quaternary geology; parent materials of soils and using soilpatterns to elucidate geomorphic history; Maori legendsexplaining landforms; gold mining history and public lectureson Earth sciences. Involved early in his career with soil surveysthroughout New Zealand as well as Australia, U.S.A. andEurope. Led the first Soil Bureau Antarctic Expedition in 1959.


McCraw, J.D. 2000: Mountain water and river gold. Square One Press, Dunedin: 316.

McCraw, J.D. 1999: Waikato – How it all began. In Our Story, Waikato Times: 1p

McCraw, J.D. 1997: Soils and topography of the Hamilton Basin. In Belonging to the Land: TheGeoffrey Burridge Memorial Volume, Ed. Evelyn Stokes and Margaret Begg, Waikato BranchNZ Geographical Society, Hamilton: 52-59.

McCraw, J.D. 1995: Report of Consultative Committee on Sewage Treatment and Disposal, HamiltonCity Council: 31pp. plus Appendices.

McCraw, J.D. 1995: The wandering river. N.Z. Map Society Journal 9: 3-10.

McCraw, J.D. 1994: Maori legends as an aid in teaching Earth sciences Pt 4. Legends aboutMountains. N.Z. Science Teacher 76: 23-28

McCraw, J.D. 1993: Maori legends as an aid in teaching Earth sciences Pt 2. Legends about theorigins of rivers. N.Z. Science Teacher 73: 14-17.

McCraw, J.D. 1993: Maori legends as an aid in teaching Earth sciences Pt 3. Legends about theorigins of lakes. N.Z. Science Teacher 73: 15-18.

McCraw, J.D. 1990: Maori legends as an aid in teaching Earth sciences Pt 1. N.Z. Science Teacher 65:45-47.

McCraw, J.D. 1990: Maori Legends as an aid in teaching Earth sciences Pt 5. Concepts of erosion andvolcanic activity. N.Z. Science Teacher 77: 52-56.


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Dr Vicki Moon

Senior Lecturer

[email protected]

Geomechanics and engineering geology, particularly softrocks; volcanic and pyroclastic materials; weathering; masswasting of weathered and altered rocks; soil erosion fromdevelopment sites.


Moon, V.G., Russell, G.; Stewart, M. 2001: The value of rock mass classification systems for weakrock masses: a case example from Huntly, New Zealand. Engineering Geology 61: 553-57.

Moon, V.G.; Simpson, C.J. 2002: Large-scale mass wasting in ancient volcanic materials, EngineeringGeology 64: 41-64.

Moon, V.G.; Morton, D. 1998: Prediction of sediment erosion during earthworks. New ZealandGeomechanics News No. 55,: 37-44.

Simpson, C J..; Moon, V.G. 1998: Landslide susceptibility mapping for Thames and the KauerangaValley. Programme and Abstracts of the Geological Society of New Zealand Annual Conference,30 November - 3 December 1998. Christchurch, New Zealand: 205.

Winter, E.R.; Balks, M.R.; Moon, V.G., 1998: Sediment yield during earthworks and efficiency of asediment retention pond. New Zealand Society of Soil Science Conference, 16-19 November,Gisborne, New Zealand: 93-94.

Moon, V.G.; Beattie, A. G. 1995: Textural and microstructural influences on the durability of WaikatoCoal Measures mudrocks. Quarterly Journal of Engineering Geology 28: 303-312

Moon, V.G.; de Lange, W.P.; Warren, S K.; Healy, T. R. 1994: Post-disposal behaviour of sandydredged material at an open-water, inner shelf disposal site. Journal of Coastal Research 10: 651-662.

Moon, V.G.; Healy, T.R. 1994: Mechanisms of coastal cliff retreat and hazard zone delineation in softflysch deposits. Journal of Coastal Research 10: 663-680.

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Professor Cam Nelson

[email protected]

Sedimentary and marine geology, especially thesedimentology and diagenesis of non-tropical shelfcarbonate deposits, and the application of stableisotopes in paleoceanography and paleoclimatology.Basin analysis of Cenozoic sedimentary basins inNorth Island, New Zealand.

Nelson, C.S.; Cooke, P.J. 2001: History of oceanic front development in the New Zealand sectorof the Southern Ocean during the Cenozoic – a synthesis. New Zealand Journal of Geologyand Geophysics 44: 537-555.

Hayton, S.; Nelson, C.S; Ricketts, B.D.; Cooke, S.; Wedd, M.W. 2001: Effect of mica onparticle-size analysis using the laser diffraction technique. Journal of SedimentaryResearch 71: 507-509.

Nelson, C.S.; James, N.P. 2000: Marine cements in mid-Tertiary cool-water shelf limestones ofNew Zealand and southern Australia. Sedimentology 47: 609-629.

Nelson, C.S., Hendy, I.L., Neil, H.L., Hendy, C.H.; Weaver, P.P.E. 2000: Last glacial jetting ofcold waters through the Subtropical Convergence zone in the Southwest Pacific off easternNew Zealand, and some geological implications. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology,Palaeoecology 156: 103-121.

Anastas, A.S.; James, N.P.; Nelson, C.S.; Dalrymple, R.W. 1998: Deposition and texturalevolution of cool-water limestones: outcrop analog for reservoir potential in cross-beddedcalcitic reservoirs. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 82: 160-180.

Dodd, J.R.; Nelson, C.S. 1998: Diagenetic comparisons between non-tropical Cenozoiclimestones of New Zealand and tropical Mississippian limestones from Indiana, USA: Is thenon-tropical model better than the tropical model? Sedimentary Geology 121: 1-21.

Gillespie, J.P.; Nelson, C.S.; Nodder, S.D. 1998: Post-glacial sea-level control and sequencestratigraphy of carbonate-terrigenous sediments, Wanganui shelf, New Zealand.Sedimentary Geology 122: 245-266.

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Dr Gabi Palmer

Lecturer

[email protected]

Ecotoxicological assessment of contaminated sites; pesticideresidue assessment, pharmaceuticals in the terrestrialenvironment and ecological impacts of land applied wastes.Soil health indicators and sustainable forestry; using novelbiotechnology to enhance on-site remediation; environmentaldiagnostics; nutrient fate and availability in pollutedecosystems, groundwater contamination and environmentalrisk assessment.


Blake, W.H. Walsh, R.P.D., Barnsley, M.J., Palmer, G, Dyrynda, P.J. and James, J.G. 2003. In Pressonline available www3. interscience.wiley.com. April 2003. Accepted August 20202.Hydrological Processes. Heavy metal concentrations during storm events in a rehabilitatedindustrialized catchment.

Gaw, S.J., Palmer, G., Kim, N.D., and Wilkins, A.L. 2002. Preliminary evidence that copper inhibits thedegradation of DDT to DDE in pip and stonefruit orchard soils in the Auckland region.Environmental Pollution, 122, 57-62.

R.P.D. Walsh; G.J.P. Thornton; Boulton, M.A.; Ellis, A.C and G.T. Palmer;. 2000: Changes in heavymetal pollution levels and dynamics in the River Tawe catchment area since 1970, withredevelopment of the Lower Swansea Valley. British Hydrological Society Special SupplementNumber 11: 331-338.

Palmer, G.; McFadzean, R.; Sinclair, A.; Killham, K.; Paton, G.I. 1998: Use of lux-based biosensors forthe rapid diagnosis of pollutants in soils. Chemosphere 36, 12: 2683-2696.

Paton, G.I.; Palmer, G.; Burton, M.; Rattray, E.A.S.; McGrath, S.P.; Glover, L.A.; Killham, K. 1997:Development of an acute and chronic assay using lux-marked Rhizobium leguminosraum biovartrifolii. Letters in Applied Microbiology 24: 296-300.

Paton, G.I.; Palmer, G.; Kindness, A.; Campbell, C.; Glover, L.A.; Killham, K. 1995: Use ofluminescence-marked bacteria to assess copper bioavailability in malt whisky distillery effluent.Chemosphere 31: 3217-3224.

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Emeritus Professor Michael Selby

[email protected]

Rock and soil mechanics, engineering geology and archeologicalscience; strength of rock and soils, and especially the application ofstrength studies to the stability of mountain slopes. Field workincludes studies in Antarctica, the Sahara, southern Africa, theAndes and Himalayas as well as in New Zealand.


Selby, M.J. 1993: Hillslope Materials and Processes, 2n d ed, Press Oxford University Press 451p.

Soons, J.M. and Selby M.J. 1992: (eds) Soons, J.M. and Selby M.J. Landforms of New Zealand 2n d

ed. Longman Paul. Auckland: 531p.

Selby, M.J. 1985: Earth’s Changing Surface, Clarendon Press Oxford: 607p.


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Dr Richard Smith

Lecturer

[email protected]

Physical volcanology, shallow magmatic processes, physicalsedimentology, and risk mitigation of natural hazards. Thebroad aim of my research is to improve understanding ofhow volcanoes and their associated magmatic systemsoperate; the eruptive and depositional mechanisms of the 181AD Taupo eruption, investigations into the nature anddynamics of cone-building Tongariro eruptions, andapplication of SRIMP zircon dating to quantifying thetimescales of silicic magma systems in the Taupo VolcanicZone.


Becker, J.S.; Smith, R.T.; Johnston, D.M.; Munro, A. 2000: Effects of the 1995-1996 Ruapehueruptions on central North Island communities, New Zealand. Australasian Journal of Disasterand Trauma Studies 2001-. http://www.massey.ac.nz/%7Etrauma/issues/2001-1/becker.htm

Brown, S.J.A.; Smith, R.T.; Fletcher; J.W. Cole 2001: Ion probe dating and CL imaging of zirconsfrom large volume Quaternary ignimbrites in the Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand:Implications for large silicic magma systems, Extended abstract, GSA Penrose Conference,Longevity and dynamics of rhyolitic magma systems, Mammoth, California, June 6-12, 2001.

De Ronde, C.E.J; Davy, B.W.; Smith, R.T.; Immenga, D.K.H.; Baxter, J.A. 2001: Detailed swathmapping survey of a submarine geothermal system, Lake Taupo, New Zealand. Proceedings, 10th

Internat. Symposium on Rock-Water-Interaction, Villasimius, June 2001.

Smith, R.T.; Houghton, B.F. 2000: Grain Size Variations in Phreatoplinian deposits: Tephra Dispersalduring large ‘Wet’ eruptions. IAVCEI General Assembly 2000, Bali: 251.

Houghton, B.F.; Wilson, C.J.N.; Smith, R.T.; Gilbert, J.S. 1999: Phreatoplinian Eruptions. InSigurdsson, H. (Ed) Encyclopedia of Volcanoes. Academic Press, San Diego: 513-525.

Smith, R.T; Houghton, B.F. 1998: Heterogeneous and episodic large-scale phreatomagmaticvolcanism: Unit 4 (Rotongaio Ash) of the Taupo eruption. Geological Society Misc. Publ. 101A:p. 208.

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Debra Stokes

Assistant Lecturer

[email protected]

Research Interests:� tidal creek/salt marsh systems,coastal geomorphology, tsunami deposits of NZ�

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