Wednesday, 8 February 2023
A seminar presented by Dr Catriona Menzies, Durham University. Geological processes at subduction zone margins control seismicity, plutonism/ volcanism, and geochemical cycling between the oceans, crust, and mantle.
Tuesday, 7 February 2023
A seminar presented by Charlotte Gordon, University of Cambridge
Tuesday, 31 January 2023
A talk by Dr Alex Burton-Johnson, British Antarctic Survey.
Friday, 11 November 2022
A talk by Otago Geology alumnus Taliesen Partridge
Tuesday, 4 October 2022
Department of Geology Seminar presented by Ery Hughes (GNS Science)
Thursday, 29 September 2022
An Otago Geology seminar by Dr Katie Dawson, University of Huddersfield.
Tuesday, 27 September 2022
Otago alumna Dr Jess Hillman from GNS Science will speak about submarine landslides, seafloor depressions and mega-landslides.
Wednesday, 14 September 2022
Otago Geology PhD student Olivia Truax will present the results of her research into Antarctic climate change
Monday, 12 September 2022
Otago Geology's Anna Kowal will present the results of her PhD research on ground motion (earthquake hazard) simulations for Dunedin and Mosgiel
Friday, 9 September 2022
Otago Geology's Grace Duke will present her PhD research on using diatom and geochemical proxies to investigate the Plio-Pleistocene climate of East Antarctica
Tuesday, 6 September 2022
Dr Terry Isson (University of Waikato) will present his research on ancient global biogeochemical cycles.
Wednesday, 24 August 2022
2022 Hochstetter Lecturer Professor David Prior will showcase the lateral thinking of using geophysical and geological methods to study the physics of ice, which is relevant to our society as it informs ice sheet modelling and predictions for a warmer world
Tuesday, 23 August 2022
A seminar presented by Carlos Santa Cruz of Massey University
Tuesday, 16 August 2022
Geoscience Society of New Zealand President Kat Holt of Massey University will present the 2022 President's Lecture
Tuesday, 16 August 2022
A lunch time seminar presented by Geoscience Society of New Zealand President Kat Holt of Massey University.
Tuesday, 2 August 2022
Hannu Seebeck from GNS Science will speak about the New Zealand Community Fault Model
Monday, 4 July 2022
Vladislav Zakharovskyi, Massey University, will speak about geodiversity assessment
Thursday, 9 June 2022
Govinda Niroula, an Otago Geology PhD candidate, will talk about his work on earthquake rupture simulations for New Zealand
Thursday, 2 June 2022
A seminar by Ian Geary (Department of Geology, University of Otago) sharing aspects of his recently completed PhD thesis.
Wednesday, 1 June 2022
A seminar by Dr Michele Bannister, University of Canterbury. At the Otago Geology Department in Dunedin. Also available via Zoom
Wednesday, 25 May 2022
Two short talks both broadly related to gold exploration and working in the minerals industry. First Samantha Muir and Graham Gibson (OceanaGold) then Nick Cook (Mawson Gold).
Wednesday, 18 May 2022
A talk by Markus Dengg of the Department of Geology, who recently submitted his geochemistry PhD.
Wednesday, 11 May 2022
A seminar by Otago Geology alumna Dr Carolyn Boulton – Te Herenga Waka - Victoria University of Wellington
Wednesday, 27 April 2022
Sönke Stern (University of Auckland) will be presenting their PhD research on the Kuwae submarine caldera, Vanatau
Wednesday, 30 March 2022
A seminar about Antarctic fieldwork presented by Associate Professor Andrew Gorman, Head of the Department of Geology, University of Otago
Wednesday, 23 March 2022
Dr Nick Mortimer, GNS Science Dunedin and Otago Geology, will discuss recent airborne geophysics surveys and isotopic dating
Wednesday, 16 March 2022
Dr Brian McGlynn (e3Scientific, Arrowtown) will present empirical observations of the hydrologic connectivity dynamics that drive runoff across landscapes and model-based visualizations of catchment water storage patterns.
Wednesday, 9 March 2022
Dr Jack Williams from the Department of Geology at the University of Otago, will focus on how metamorphic fabrics can influence strain distribution, fault growth, and fault orientation in amagmatic continental rifts.
Wednesday, 2 March 2022
A seminar about Hunga Volcano in Tonga presented by Dr Marco Brenna, a volcanologist in the Department of Geology.
