News & Events
2012
1 Feb: 'Trip of a lifetime' to the Antarctic (ODT article)
17 Jan: City urged against complacency over quakes (ODT article)
17 Jan: Quake talk at 'Hands-on-Science' (ODT article)
17 Jan: Field trip students get down and dirty in St Kilda (ODT article)
2011
Deep Fault Drilling Project > DFDP-1 (updated 28 Jan, 2011)
12 Oct: Finds prove there's life in maars (ODT article)
6 Oct: Geologist hails $915,000 grant (ODT article)
5 Sep: Sediments prove CO2 revelation (ODT article)
6 Aug: Extracting the most from life (ODT article)
07 Jul: James Hector and the Geological Map of Otago (hocken library)
02 Jul: Vanished World marking 10 years (ODT article). See the Vanished World website.
25 Apr: Canadian researcher joins Chch seismic team (ODT article)
23 Mar: Finding Faults (TVNZ:Close up segment)
24 Feb: Magnitude 6.3 Christchurch Earthquake (Links to information)
27 Jan: Geologists drill for answers (TVNZ:Close up segment).
23 Jan: Alpine Fault cored at 7pm on 23rd January 2011 at 90.88m depth in borehole DFDP1a.
15 Jan: Geologists from Otago head for the West Coast to begin preparations for two projects underway there: Drilling at Gaunt Creek and a seismic survey in the Whataroa River Valley (ODT article).
2010
26 Dec: Penguin evolution revisited (ODT article).
18 Nov: Volcanologist Mick May believes it is highly unlikely that the Pink and White Terraces survived the 1886 eruption that engulfed them (ODT article).
22 Oct: In the annual teaching excellence poll organised by OUSA, students voted Professor Alan Cooper as Top Ten Teacher for 2010
6 Sept: Find out more about the magnitude 7.0-7.1 "Darfield Earthquake"(Near Christchurch) (updated 8-9-2010: 10:45 am)
2 Sept: Geology Department seeks Scientific Officer for one-year fixed term position (update: position filled)
9 Aug: Geology Department seeks two new lecturers (update: applications closed 1 November)
29 July: Scientists plan to drill deep into Alpine Fault
23 July: News about the sudden death of Andrew Grebneff
29 June: Nathalie Lefebvre has been awarded the Eloise Gerry Fellowship, from the Graduate Women in Science for her study of eruptive processes at maar-diatreme volcanoes in Arizona, USA.
16 June: Carolyn Gorny has been awarded a Postgraduate Research Grant by the International Association of Sedimentologists for her study of subglacial volcaniclastic deposits in Iceland.
16 June: Nathalie Lefebvre has been awarded a Student Research Grant by the Society of Economic Geologists for her study of eruptive processes at maar-diatreme volcanoes in Arizona, USA.
2 June: 2010 Wollaston Medal of the Geological Society of London awarded to Prof. Rick Sibson
2 June: Midland Valley announces the 2010 Student Structural Prize competition is now open for entries (Closing date:12th December). Find out more at http://www.mve.com/Academic/2010-prize.html
28 May: New "home" of the Geology Department's seismology and marine geology groups
21 May: Short course by Prof Robert Bodnar on "Fluids in Magmatic-Hydrothermal Systems
2009
15 Dec: 2010 Wollaston Medal of the Geological Society of London - Prof. Rick Sibson
15 Dec: G B O'Malley Medal - Jennie Stein
10 Dec: Sponsorship offer to attend AusIMM NL conference.
09 Dec: Geosciences ’09 Meeting a resounding success!
01 Dec: Dr Iain Pitcairn, Society of Economic Geologists’ 2009 Waldemar Lindgren Award
23 Nov: Job - CRL Energy, Greymouth
9 Nov: New 3-year grant of Seismic Micro-Technology KINGDOM software
14 Oct: Geology Department 2009 Photo
13 Oct: Geology Exam dates for Semester 2
9 Oct: Marsden Grant to Andrew Gorman for seismic oceanography (PhD Opportunity)
9 Oct: Fast-start Marsden Grant to Virginia Toy (PhD Opportunity)
29 Sep: Rio Tinto - Mine Geologist Vacancies
23 Sep: Topo50 map series released - Win a Garmin GPS unit
29 Aug: Crunch Zone - The world is watching our Alpine Fault
13 Aug: Junior Geologist Vacancy
7 Aug: Domestic fee status for French and German postgrads
22.Jul: Searchable Database-Publications/Outputs 2006-2008
11 Jul: Otago's graduates searching for gold
08 Jul: AusIMM Scholarship closing 31st July
02 Jul: Marcia Bjornerud
19 Jun: Campbell-White Scholarship winner - Callum Bruce
10 Jun: Foulden Maar project Radio NZ
01 Jun: GEOL344 - Important Notice
09 May: Autumn Graduation
26 May: Job Vacancy: Professor of Geology
2008
01 Jan: Seismic Micro-Technology donates KINGDOM software