Seminars 2010
Departmental seminars are held on Mondays (or sometimes on Wednesdays) in Rm 210 Geology on the dates and times list below.
Please contact Dr David Nobes for further details. All are welcome to attend.
| October 11 12-1pm |
Dr Kerry Swanson Geological Sciences UC | "A View of Life." A new science outreach initiative exploring the art-science borderlands |
| October 4 12-1pm |
Dr David Nobes Geological Sciences UC | "Water, salt and dirt: Oddities and pitfalls in geophysical imaging" |
| September 27 12-1pm |
Tom Brookman PhD Candidate Geological Sciences, UC, | "One ring to rule them all and in the lab confound them; a sinister tale of the dark path to annual resolution dendrobiogeochemical-climatic records." |
| September 20 12-1pm |
Elke Hanenkamp PhD Candidate Geological Sciences, UC, | "Block-and-ash flows deposits associated with the Kaharoa eruptive episode, Tarawera Volcano, New Zealand." |
| August16 12-1pm |
Eric Bilderbeck PhD Candidate UC | "The role of deep-seated landslides in the evolution of the Waipaoa sedimentary system." |
| August 2 12-1pm |
Dr Stefan Winkler Geological Sciences UoC |
"Recent glacier dynamics and geomorphological processes at the outlets of Jostedalsbreen, West Norway." |
| July 26 12-1pm |
Assoc. Prof. Richard Duke Director – Geospatial Research Centre | "The Geospatial Research Centre: capabilities and academic collaborations." |
| July 19 12-1pm |
Dr Catherine Reid Geological Sciences UC |
"A Palaeontology Double Feature: Life on the seafloor for a Palaezoic bryozoan - and - Carbonate from kelp in the Recent." |
July 13 |
Dr Jan Lindsay, (University of Auckland) | “Volcanoes in the big smoke: hazard and risk in the Auckland Volcanic Field” |
| June 28 12-1pm |
Roddie Muir (Midland Valley Exploration Ltd., Glasgow) | "Structural Geology in the 21st Century – new tools for teaching and research." |
| May 24 12-1pm |
Natalya Reznichenko PhD-candisate UoC | "The effect of rock avalanches on glaciers: laboratory experiments and GPR surveys in the Southern Alps, NZ." |
| May 17 12-1pm |
Dr Travis Horton Geological Sciences UoC | "Empirical patterns of magnetic orientation in Leatherback Turtle, Great White Shark, and Humpback Whale migration tracks." |
| May 10 12-1pm |
Sam McColl PhD-candisate UoC | "Investigating landslides in Kyrgyzstan and New Zealand." |
| May 3 12-1pm |
Dr James White Otago University | "Hiss, Crackle or Bang: hot basalt, cool water, and varying terms of engagement." |
| April 26 12-1pm |
Dr Michael O’NealUniversity of Delaware | The response of glaciers to intrinsic climate variability: observations and models of late Holocene variations in the Pacific Northwes. |
| March 22 12-1pm |
Kate Pedley (Geological Sciences) | Modelling Submarine Landscape Evolution in Response to Subduction Processes, Northern Hikurangi Margin, New Zealand |
| March 5 3–4pm |
Prof Uwe Ring DoGS | Postgraduate Student Orientation |
| March 1 12-1pm |
Prof Richard Holdaway | “Moa necks and droughts: implications of “when” and “where” – and maybe “why” – of moa deposition in Pyramid Valley” |
| Feb 26 12-1pm |
Dr Achim Kopf | “Subduction mega-earthquakes and other geohazards: IODP NanTroSEIZE as a type example for complex scientific drilling” |
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