Geological Mapping Technician
BSc(Hons), DipGrad, PhD(Otago)
Office Geology 1n17 (Mon, Tue, Wed)
Email stephen.read@otago.ac.nz
ORCID orcid.org/0000-0003-0423-6750
Google Scholar Stephen E Read
Responsibilities
Mapping equipment and software
- GPS
- UAV / drone
- ArcGIS, QGIS
Imagery equipment and software
- macro- and micro- photography
- scanning
- large format printing
Illustration software
- Photoshop, Illustrator etc
- poster advice / creation
3D visualization, modelling and analysis
- ArcGIS Pro
- Photogrammetry (Agisoft Metashape)
Online presence co-ordination
Student supervision
- Charlie Cox (third year, 2022) – Otago coastal landslides: geomorphology and hazard analysis
- Sanjeshni Singh (third year, in progress) – Investigating coastal change in Otago using LiDAR datasets
Publications
Vaux, F., Fraser, C. I., Craw, D., Read, S., & Waters, J. M. (2023). Integrating kelp genomic analyses and geological data to reveal ancient earthquake impacts. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 20, 20230105. doi: 10.1098/rsif.2023.0105
Craw, D., Rufaut, C., Pillai, D., & Read, S. (2022). Physical controls on the formation of halophytic saline substrates near Alexandra, Central Otago, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology & Geophysics, 65(3), 439-456. doi: 10.1080/00288306.2021.1936575
Stevenson, T., Brenna, M., & Read, S. (2021). A synthesis of shield volcano evolution based on a 3D lithological reconstruction of Heyward Promontory, Dunedin, NZ. In A. V. Zernack & J. Palmer (Eds.), Geoscience Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Publication. 158, (pp. 269). Wellington, New Zealand: Geoscience Society of New Zealand. [Abstract]
Scott, J. M., Pearson, D. G., Liu, J., Auer, A., Cooper, A. F., Li, D., Palmer, M. C., Read, S. E., Reid, M. R., & Woodland, S. J. (2021). Osmium isotopes in peridotite xenoliths reveal major mid-Proterozoic lithosphere formation under the Transantarctic Mountains. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 312, 25-43. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2021.08.009
Craw, D., Parvizi, E., Read, S., Fraser, C. I., & Waters, J. M. (2021). Late Holocene uplift of a coastal terrace near the Akatore Fault, southern New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology & Geophysics, 64(4), 542-557. doi: 10.1080/00288306.2020.1828940
Vaux, F., Fraser, C. I., Craw, D., Read, S., & Waters, J. M. (2023). Integrating kelp genomic analyses and geological data to reveal ancient earthquake impacts. Journal of the Royal Society Interface, 20, 20230105. doi: 10.1098/rsif.2023.0105
Journal - Research Article
Craw, D., Rufaut, C., Pillai, D., & Read, S. (2022). Physical controls on the formation of halophytic saline substrates near Alexandra, Central Otago, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology & Geophysics, 65(3), 439-456. doi: 10.1080/00288306.2021.1936575
Journal - Research Article
Craw, D., Parvizi, E., Read, S., Fraser, C. I., & Waters, J. M. (2021). Late Holocene uplift of a coastal terrace near the Akatore Fault, southern New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology & Geophysics, 64(4), 542-557. doi: 10.1080/00288306.2020.1828940
Journal - Research Article
Scott, J. M., Pearson, D. G., Liu, J., Auer, A., Cooper, A. F., Li, D., Palmer, M. C., Read, S. E., Reid, M. R., & Woodland, S. J. (2021). Osmium isotopes in peridotite xenoliths reveal major mid-Proterozoic lithosphere formation under the Transantarctic Mountains. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 312, 25-43. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2021.08.009
Journal - Research Article
Wood, J. R., Worthy, T. H., Rawlence, N. J., Jones, S. M., & Read, S. E. (2008). A deposition mechanism for Holocene miring bone deposits, South Island, New Zealand. Journal of Taphonomy, 6(1), 1-20.
Journal - Research Article
Veevers, J. J., Belousova, E. A., Saeed, A., Sircombe, K., Cooper, A. F., & Read, S. E. (2006). Pan-Gondwanaland detrital zircons from Australia analysed for Hf-isotopes and trace elements reflect an ice-covered Antarctic provenance of 700-500 Ma age, TDM of 2.0-1.0 Ga, and alkaline affinity. Earth-Science Reviews, 76, 135-174.
Journal - Research Article
Read, S. E., Cooper, A. F., & Walker, N. (2002). Geochemistry and U-Pb geochronology of the Neoproterozoic-Cambrian Koettlitz Glacier Alkaline Province, Royal Society Range, Transantarctic Mountains, Antarctica. In J. A. Gamble, D. N. B. Skinner & S. Henrys (Eds.), Antarctica at the close of a millennium. (pp. 143-151). Wellington, New Zealand: Royal Society of New Zealand. [Full Paper]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Full paper
Stevenson, T., Brenna, M., & Read, S. (2021). A synthesis of shield volcano evolution based on a 3D lithological reconstruction of Heyward Promontory, Dunedin, NZ. In A. V. Zernack & J. Palmer (Eds.), Geoscience Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Publication. 158, (pp. 269). Wellington, New Zealand: Geoscience Society of New Zealand. [Abstract]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Scott, J., Read, S., & White, J. (2020). Lessons learned in building virtual fieldtrip for undergraduate Geology students. In K. N. Bassett, A. R. L. Nichols & C. H. Fenton (Eds.), Geoscience Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Publication. 157A, (pp. 255). Wellington, New Zealand: Geoscience Society of New Zealand. [Abstract]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Norris, R. J., Cooper, A. F., Toy, V., Read, S., & Easterbrook, L. (2012). Three-dimensional structure of the Alpine Fault zone in the region around the Waitangi-taona and Whataroa rivers. In A. Pittari & R. J. Hansen (Eds.), Geoscience Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Publication. 134A, (pp. 70). Wellington, New Zealand: GSNZ. [Abstract]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
Simpson, A. L., Read, S. E., Cottle, J. M., & Cooper, A. F. (2002). Adakitic magma generation in southern Victoria Land, Antarctica. American Geophysical Union Western Pacific Meeting Abstracts. 83(22), (pp. SE22B-05). [Abstract]
Conference Contribution - Published proceedings: Abstract
