The mystery of Holocene temperature evolution
Wednesday, 19 May 2021
Fulbright Scholar Nick McKay will discuss the role of Southern Hemisphere paleoclimatology in resolving the “Holocene Conundrum".
Two geo-photographers: Joseph Divis and Lloyd Homer – an illustrated talk by Simon Nathan
Tuesday, 18 May 2021
Arrive 5:30pm for networking, finger food and light refreshments. Talk starts 6:00pm. RSVP to doug.mackenzie@otago.ac.nz
Applications of the magnetotelluric (MT) method: imaging volcanic, geothermal and tectonic processes in the North Island, and power transmission threats in the South Island
Thursday, 22 April 2021
Geoscience Society of New Zealand Branch Talk by Weibke Heise (GNS Science) on the applications of magnetotellurics in New Zealand.
A microstructural view of peridotite evolution beneath Zealandia - a seminar by Yilun Shao
Wednesday, 14 April 2021
Yilun Shao will share the results of his PhD research on the lithospheric mantle beneath the Zealandia continent.
Daunting Dentitions: three new Oligocene dolphins and the oddities of their teeth and morphology
Wednesday, 31 March 2021
Amber Coste will share the results of her PhD research on the fossils of three new species of dolphin from the Waitaki region.
Paleogeographic reconstruction of Zealandia: mid-Cretaceous to present
Thursday, 25 March 2021
Geoscience Society of New Zealand Otago Branch Talk presented by Dominic Strogen - GNS Science.
The MOSAiC Expedition and the Importance of Snow on Sea Ice - a seminar by Ruzica Dadic
Wednesday, 24 March 2021
Join us for this departmental seminar presented by Ruzica Dadic (Te Herenga Waka, Victoria University of Wellington)
AusIMM Careers Roadshow
Thursday, 18 March 2021
AusIMM’s Sustainable Careers Roadshow, next Thursday 18 March at 5pm in the Benson Common Room, Geology Building.
No flippant matter: the story behind form and function of flippers in whales and dolphins from New Zealand
Wednesday, 17 March 2021
A seminar by Moyna Muller – Department of Geology, University of Otago
Characterising the Subtropical Front and associated water masses offshore Otago using seismic oceanography
Wednesday, 10 March 2021
Joanna Cooper, who is currently in Canada, will share the results of her PhD research on seismic oceanography
Zealandia’s deep Earth noble and crucial metal endowment; Au, PGE, Ni, Co, Zn, and Cu in exposed man
Thursday, 18 February 2021
A seminar presented by PhD candidate Stephanie Junior, Department of Geology.
The evolution of deformation mechanisms during the mechanical weakening of polycrystalline ice: a quantitative microstructural study
Monday, 25 January 2021
A talk by Otago Geology PhD candidate Sheng
A(ntarctica) to Z(ealandia): 100 million years in the Southern Hemisphere
Monday, 14 December 2020
University of Otago Fulbright alumni Olivia Truax and Sophie Briggs present their research on the Southern Hemisphere, from the climate records of Antarctica to the tectonic evolution of Zealandia.
Greenhouse rock: How geologists can stop global warming
Thursday, 29 October 2020
Estimating monogenetic volcanoes' eruptive volumes from digital elevation map data
Tuesday, 27 October 2020
Geology seminar by PhD student Rong Zhang
Cold plates, warm room, and a ton of wax – how will this help us learn about fissure eruptions?
Tuesday, 6 October 2020
A volcanology seminar presented by Dr Rosie Cole and Professor James White – Department of Geology
Evolution of the Fault-Valve Model for Fault-Hosted Mineralization
Thursday, 24 September 2020
Otago Geology Seminar by Professor Emeritus Rick Sibson
How (not) to make phonolite
Tuesday, 15 September 2020
An Otago Geology Seminar presented by Dr Marco Brenna.
Postgraduate Virtual Information Evening
Thursday, 10 September 2020
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Tuesday, 8 September 2020
Public lecture by Geoscience Society of New Zealand President - Associate Professor James Scott (University of Otago)
Seabed pockmarks and subsurface fluid migration at multiple scales
Tuesday, 18 August 2020
A Department of Geology Seminar presented by PhD student Jasper Hoffmann
Cenozoic Volcanism in Otago
Tuesday, 11 August 2020
A Department of Geology Seminar presented by Alan Cooper and James Scott
Seismic attenuation in the mantle wedge beneath super-volcanoes of the Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand
Tuesday, 4 August 2020
Geology Department Lunchtime Seminar presented by Donna Eberhart-Phillips, GNS Science, Dunedin
Ancient Forests: New insights into New Zealand's fossil wood flora
Wednesday, 29 July 2020
Seminar by Geology/Botany PhD candidate Mathew Vanner
Sulphate in the environment at Macraes Gold Mine
Tuesday, 28 July 2020
An environmental geology Department Seminar presented by Erin Weightman, Cathy Rufaut, and Gavin Lee.
Hochstetter Lecture presented by Dr Phaedra Upton: How tectonic and surface processes interact to shape the landscape
Wednesday, 22 July 2020
Hochstetter Lecture delivered by Dr Phaedra Upton, GNS Science
Hochstetter Supporting Lecture presented by Phaedra Upton: The Southern Alps of New Zealand – an integrated picture of an evolving plate boundary
Tuesday, 21 July 2020
Hochstetter Supporting Lecture delivered by Dr Phaedra Upton, GNS Science
The Story Behind the Making of the Bathymetric and Tectonic Maps of Te Riu-a-Maui / Zealandia
Tuesday, 14 July 2020
Otago Geology Seminar "The Story Behind the Making of the Bathymetric and Tectonic Maps of Te Riu-a-Maui / Zealandia" presented by Honorary Research Professor Nick Mortimer (GNS Science)
What is Earth's most important mineral?
Tuesday, 7 July 2020
Geology Department Seminar by Dr Mike Palin
Trans-Tasman Quaternary Science “pop-up” e-conference
Wednesday, 1 July 2020
Trans-Tasman Quaternary Science “pop-up” e-conference (1–2 July 2020)
