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Professor Richard J Norris

Richard J Norris

MA DPhil(Oxon) FGS FRSNZ

 

Office - 1N15

Tel 64 3 479 7520
Email richard.norris@otago.ac.nz

Teaching

100-level

400-level

Research Interests

  • structural geology & tectonics
  • neotectonics, paleoseismology, Alpine Fault structure
  • N.Z. Cenozoic tectonics & basin evolution
  • deformation in the Haast Schists

Selected Recent Publications

  • Cooper, A. F., & Norris, R. J. (2011). Inverted metamorphic sequences in Alpine fault mylonites produced by oblique shear within a plate boundary fault zone, New Zealand. Geology, 39(11), 1023-1026. doi: 10.1130/G32273.1
  • Toy, V. G., Craw, D., Cooper, A. F., & Norris, R. J. (2010). Thermal regime in the central Alpine Fault zone, New Zealand: Constraints from microstructures, biotite chemistry and fluid inclusion data. Tectonophysics,485, 178-192. doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2009.12.013
  • Craw, D., Burridge, C., Norris, R., & Waters, J. (2008). Genetic ages for Quaternary topographic evolution: A new dating tool. Geology, 36(1), 19-22.doi: 10.1130/G24126A.1
  • Toy, V. G., Prior, D. J., & Norris, R. J. (2008). Quartz fabrics in the Alpine Fault mylonites: Influence of pre-existing preferred orientations on fabric development during progressive uplift. Journal of Structural Geology, 30(5), 602-621. doi: 10.1016/j.jsg.2008.01.001
  • Craw, D., MacKenzie, D. J., Pitcairn, I. K., Teagle, D. A. H., & Norris, R. J. (2007). Geochemical signatures of mesothermal Au-mineralized late-metamorphic deformation zones, Otago Schist, New Zealand. Geochemistry: Exploration, Environment, Analysis, 7, 225-232.
  • Jones, P., Craw, D., & Norris, R. J. (2007). Golden Bar gold deposit as an extension of the Hyde-Macraes Shear Zone, east Otago, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 50(3), 271-281. doi: 10.1080/00288300709509837
  • Waters, J. M., Rowe, D. L., Apte, S., King, T. M., Wallis, G. P., Anderson, L., Norris, R. J., Craw, D., Burridge, C. P. (2007). Geological dates and molecular rates: Rapid divergence of rivers and their biotas. Systematic Biology, 56(2), 271-282.
  • Norris, R. J., & Cooper, A. F. (2007). The Alpine Fault, New Zealand: Surface geology and field relationships. In D. Okaya, T. Stern, & F. Davey (Eds.), A continental plate boundary: Tectonics at South Island, New Zealand (pp. 157-175). Washington, DC: American Geophysical Union.
  • Bennett, E., Youngson, J., Jackson, J., Norris, R., Raisbeck, G., & Yiou, F. (2006). Combining geomorphic observations with in situ cosmogenic isotope measurements to study anticline growth and fault propagation in Central Otago, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 49(2), 217-231. doi: 10.1080/00288306.2006.9515161
  • Cox, L., MacKenzie, D. J., Craw, D., Norris, R. J., & Frew, R. (2006). Structure and geochemistry of the Rise & Shine Shear Zone mesothermal gold system, Otago Schist, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics,49(4), 429-442. doi: 10.1080/00288306.2006.9515179
  • Sutherland, R., Berryman, K., & Norris, R. (2006). Quaternary slip rate and geomorphology of the Alpine fault: Implications for kinematics and seismic hazard in southwest New Zealand. GSA Bulletin, 118(3/4), 464-474.
  • Carter, R. M., & Norris, R. J. (2005). The geology of the Blackmount District, Te Anau and Waiau Basins, Western Southland. Lower Hutt, New Zealand: Science Report 23, Institute of Geological and Nuclear Sciences Limited, 123p.

Also See Publications

Postgraduate Student Supervision

Current

  • Nicolas Barth -  Comparative fault mechanics in quartzofeldspathic, mafic and ultramafic protoliths: a study of the Alpine Fault Zone in South Westland (PhD)
  • Marco Billia - The effects of fluids on the deformational behaviour of the mid-crustal coupling zone: Insights from the Alpine Fault, NZ. (PhD)
  • Vivienne Bryner -  Communicating the science of earthquake-related disaster risk reduction: stories surrounding the Canterbury Earthquakes (PhD)
  • Claudine Curran - Structure and Evolution of the Waihemo Fault System, North Otago. (PhD)
  • Jeremy Kilner -Seismic imaging of eastern Otago active fault structures. (MSc on hold)
  • Adrienn Kovacs -  Geophysical characterisation of the Alpine Fault throughout and beneath Whataroa Valley, Haast River and Turnbull River, Westland, New Zealand (PhD)
  • Jamie Howarth - Reconstructing the landscape response to high magnitude disturbance in active mountain belts (PhD)

Recent

  • Hamish Blakemore - Slope stability in the upper Taieri Gorge (MSc)
  • Heather Campbell - The Alpine Fault at Jackson River, South Westland. (PhD)
  • Luke Easterbrook-Clarke (2011)- The Alpine Fault zone along the Waitangi-taona River, West Coast, New Zealand. (MSc)
  • Marian Hanson - The Waihemo Fault System, North Otago (MSc)
  • Dushan Jugum (2010)- The structural geology of the Dun Mountain Belt in West Otago. (PhD)
  • Nicola Litchfield - Quaternary coastal deformation in East Otago (PhD)
  • Michelle Markley - Blackstone Hill - Structure and Neotectonics (MSc)
  • Colin Patchell - Western Southland Geology (MSc)
  • Virginia Toy - Mylonites and pseudotachylytes found adjacent to the central Alpine Fault. (PhD)
  • Mark Walrond - Alpine Fault Structure. (PhD)
  • Stephen White - Kinematics and displacement history of the Moonlight - Haast River fault, NW Otago and brittle fault deformation of schist. (PhD)
  • Craig Wright - Alpine Fault Geology (MSc)
  • Trevor Wright - Paleoseismicity of the Alpine Fault South of Haast (MSc)
  • Christoph Zink - Middle Eocene to Middle Miocene evolution of the Te Anau Basin, Western Southland, New Zealand. (PhD)