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James Scott

Professor
Otago Teaching Excellence Award (2021)
Division of Sciences Early Career Teacher of the Year (2017)
University of Otago Early Career Award for Distinction in Research (2017)
Otago University Top 12 Post-graduate Supervisor (2014)
Otago University Division of Science Post-graduate Supervisor of the Year (2014)

Office – Gn5
Tel +64 3 479 7520
Email james.scott@otago.ac.nz
Google Scholar: James M. Scott
ORCID orcid.org/0000-0001-5185-6261

Mt Irene, the prominent peak in the distance, is composed of a metasedimentary upper plate separated from a meta-igneous lower plate by the extensional Mt Irene Shear Zone. Murchison Mountains, Fiordland.1. Mt Irene, the prominent peak in the distance, is composed of a metasedimentary upper plate separated from a meta-igneous lower plate by the extensional Mt Irene Shear Zone. Murchison Mountains, Fiordland.A rare fine-weather day in Port Ross in the Sub-Antarctic Auckland Islands.2. A rare fine-weather day in Port Ross in the Sub-Antarctic Auckland Islands. Postdoctoral Fellow Matt Tarling and undergraduate students traversing Haast Schist on the shores of Lake Hawea3. Postdoctoral Fellow Matt Tarling and undergraduate students traversing Haast Schist on the shores of Lake Hawea. Red Mountain in the Southern Alps is a slice of accreted oceanic lithospheric mantle4. Red Mountain in the Southern Alps is a slice of accreted oceanic lithospheric mantle

Teaching

Research interests

  • Meteorites, solar nebula and planetary geology
  • Earth's mantle composition, history, melting
  • Metamorphism, mineralisation and fluid flow
  • Subduction zones and element redistribution
  • Environmental geochemistry
  • Zealandia's tectonics

Visit the Structure, Environment, Reaction, Petrology (SERP) group research page for more information

Postgraduate students

Postgraduate student opportunities with James Scott

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Publications

Scott, J. M., Cooper, A. F., Craw, D., le Roux, P. J., Dalton, H. B., & Palmer, M. C. (2023). Basanite cobbles in Pleistocene sediments in Central Otago and their implications for intraplate volcanism and Clutha River paleo-drainage. New Zealand Journal of Geology & Geophysics. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/00288306.2023.2224579
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Bonnington, S. J., Scott, J. M., Palmer, M. C., Cooper, N. P., Reid, M. R., & Stirling, C. H. (2023). Composition and Miocene deformation of the lithospheric mantle adjacent to the Marlborough Fault System in North Canterbury. New Zealand Journal of Geology & Geophysics. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/00288306.2023.2218101
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Palmer, M. C., Scott, J. M., Smith, S. A. F., le Roux, P. J., Harris, C., Negrini, M., & Tarling, M. S. (2023). Sr isotopes in metasomatized fault rocks constrain the age of juxtaposition of oceanic and continental lithosphere (Dun Mountain Ophiolite, New Zealand). Earth & Planetary Science Letters, 614, 118188. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118188
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Wang, T., Zheng, J., Scott, J. M., Xiong, Q., & Ping, X. (2023). Zircon-bearing metasomatized peridotite from early Paleozoic Tongbai Orogen sub-arc mantle trapped between the North China and Yangtze cratons. Contributions to Mineralogy & Petrology, 178, 24. doi: 10.1007/s00410-023-02006-y
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Delpech, G., Scott, J. M., Grégoire, M., Moine, B. N., Li, D., Liu, J., … Giret, A. (2023). The subantarctic lithospheric mantle. In A. P. Martin & W. van der Wal (Eds.), The geochemistry and geophysics of the Antarctic mantle: Geological Society Memoir (Vol. 56). (pp. 115-132). Bath, UK: Geological Society of London. doi: 10.1144/M56-2020-13
Chapter in Book - Research
Delpech, G., Scott, J. M., Grégoire, M., Moine, B. N., Li, D., Liu, J., … Giret, A. (2023). The subantarctic lithospheric mantle. In A. P. Martin & W. van der Wal (Eds.), The geochemistry and geophysics of the Antarctic mantle: Geological Society Memoir (Vol. 56). (pp. 115-132). Bath, UK: Geological Society of London. doi: 10.1144/M56-2020-13
Chapter in Book - Research
Bonnington, S. J., Scott, J. M., Palmer, M. C., Cooper, N. P., Reid, M. R., & Stirling, C. H. (2023). Composition and Miocene deformation of the lithospheric mantle adjacent to the Marlborough Fault System in North Canterbury. New Zealand Journal of Geology & Geophysics. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/00288306.2023.2218101
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Cudby, J., Scott, J. M., Craw, D., Hesson, M., & Rufaut, C. (2023). Surficial redistribution of gold and arsenic from the Rise and Shine Shear Zone, Otago, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology & Geophysics, 66(1), 12-26. doi: 10.1080/00288306.2021.1996402
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Palmer, M. C., Scott, J. M., Smith, S. A. F., le Roux, P. J., Harris, C., Negrini, M., & Tarling, M. S. (2023). Sr isotopes in metasomatized fault rocks constrain the age of juxtaposition of oceanic and continental lithosphere (Dun Mountain Ophiolite, New Zealand). Earth & Planetary Science Letters, 614, 118188. doi: 10.1016/j.epsl.2023.118188
Journal - Research Article
Scott, J. M., Cooper, A. F., Craw, D., le Roux, P. J., Dalton, H. B., & Palmer, M. C. (2023). Basanite cobbles in Pleistocene sediments in Central Otago and their implications for intraplate volcanism and Clutha River paleo-drainage. New Zealand Journal of Geology & Geophysics. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/00288306.2023.2224579
Journal - Research Article
Scott, J. M., Negrini, M., Faure, K., Palmer, M. C., Knaack, D. R., & Leybourne, M. I. (2023). Multi-zone fusion crust formation and classification of the 2004 Auckland meteorite (L6, S5, and W0). Meteoritics & Planetary Science. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1111/maps.13955
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Wang, T., Zheng, J., Scott, J. M., Xiong, Q., & Ping, X. (2023). Zircon-bearing metasomatized peridotite from early Paleozoic Tongbai Orogen sub-arc mantle trapped between the North China and Yangtze cratons. Contributions to Mineralogy & Petrology, 178, 24. doi: 10.1007/s00410-023-02006-y
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Burgin, D. L., Scott, J. M., le Roux, P. J., Howarth, G., Palmer, M. C., Czertowicz, T. A., Negrini, M., Reid, M. R., & Stirling, C. H. (2022). Rapid characterisation of Mars' mantle reservoirs by in situ laser ablation 87Sr/86Sr analysis of shocked feldspar (maskelynite). Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2022.11.011
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Chang, Z., Dong, G., & Scott, J. M. (2022). Early Cretaceous basalts record the modification of the North China Craton lithospheric mantle: Implications for lithospheric thinning. International Geology Review, 64(9), 1330-1346. doi: 10.1080/00206814.2021.1931968
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Elongo, V., Falcke, H., Rasmussen, K. L., Robbins, L. J., Creaser, R. A., Luo, Y., … Palmer, M. C., Scott, J. M., … Lecumberri-sanchez, P. (2022). Ancient roots of tungsten in western North America. Geology, 50(7), 791-795. doi: 10.1130/G49801.1
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He, Q., Lang, X., Wang, X., Deng, Y., Xie, F., Scott, J. M., & Lou, Y. (2022). Volcanic and sedimentary rocks reveal the Paleozoic tectonic evolution of the Lhasa Terrane, Tibet. International Geology Review. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1080/00206814.2022.2132302
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Li, D., Ionov, D. A., Xu, Y., Scott, J. M., & Liu, J. (2022). Subduction-related mantle accretion and makeover revealed by mantle xenoliths at the Pacific margin of NE Eurasia. Lithos, 434-435, 106943. doi: 10.1016/j.lithos.2022.106943
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Li, J., Liu, J., Scott, J. M., Wu, C., Zhu, D.-C., & Zhang, L. (2022). Early Permian magmatism above a slab window in Inner Mongolia, North China: Implications for the Paleo-Asian Ocean subduction processes and accretionary crustal growth. Solid Earth Sciences. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.sesci.2022.02.001
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Lilley, H. C., Scott, J. M., Schwartz, J. J., Turnbull, R. E., & Tulloch, A. J. (2022). Cretaceous tungsten-tin mineralisation in the Tin Range, Stewart Island, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology & Geophysics, 65(2), 283-298. doi: 10.1080/00288306.2020.1855216
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Palmer, M. C., Scanlan, E. J., Scott, J. M., Farmer, L., Pickering, D., Wilson, V. J., … Craw, D., … Reid, M. R., & Stirling, C. H. (2022). Distinct scheelite REE geochemistry and 87Sr/86Sr isotopes in proximally- and distally-sourced metamorphogenic hydrothermal systems, Otago Schist, New Zealand. Ore Geology Reviews. Advance online publication. doi: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2022.104800
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Rufaut, C., Weightman, E., Craw, D., Pillai, D., Kerr, G., & Scott, J. (2022). Potential for pastoral irrigation using sulphate-rich waters at Macraes Gold Mine, southern New Zealand. Water, Air & Soil Pollution, 233, 391. doi: 10.1007/s11270-022-05838-9
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Shao, Y., Prior, D. J., Scott, J. M., Kidder, S. B., & Negrini, M. (2022). Alpine fault-related microstructures and anisotropy of the mantle beneath the Southern Alps, New Zealand. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 127(11), e2022JB024950. doi: 10.1029/2022JB024950
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Wang, T. T., Zheng, J., Scott, J. M., Ping, X., Ma, Q., Xiong, Q., & Zhang, S. (2022). Coronitic and symplectitic textures in meta-troctolite reveal the transition from magmatism to granulite-facies metamorphism in the Early Paleozoic Tongbai Orogen, Central China. Journal of Petrology, 63(7), egac060. doi: 10.1093/petrology/egac060
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Palmer, M. C., Scott, J. M., Luo, Y., Sakar, C., & Pearson, D. G. (2021). In-situ scheelite LASS-ICPMS reconnaissance Sm-Nd isotope characterisation and prospects for dating. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 224, 106760. doi: 10.1016/j.gexplo.2021.106760
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Pontesilli, A., Brenna, M., Ubide, T., Mollo, S., Masotta, M., Caulfield, J., … Scott, J. M., & Scarlato, P. (2021). Intraplate basalt alkalinity modulated by a lithospheric mantle filter at the Dunedin Volcano (New Zealand). Journal of Petrology, 62(10), egab062. doi: 10.1093/petrology/egab062
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Radclyffe, C. J. T., Summerhayes, G. R., Scott, J. M., & Walter, R. (2021). Pottery production and exchange in the last millennium in the western Solomon Islands: A ceramic sequence for Choiseul. Journal of Pacific Archaeology, 12(1), 25-46. Retrieved from https://pacificarchaeology.org/
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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
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Shao, Y., Prior, D. J., Scott, J. M., & Negrini, M. (2021). Pre-Alpine Fault fabrics in mantle xenoliths from East Otago, South Island, New Zealand. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 126, e2020JB020196. doi: 10.1029/2020JB020196
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Shao, Y., Prior, D. J., Toy, V. G., Negrini, M., & Scott, J. M. (2021). Does second phase content control the evolution of olivine CPO type and deformation mechanisms? A case study of paired harzburgite and dunite bands in the Red Hills Massif, Dun Mountain Ophiolite. Lithos, 406-407, 106532. doi: 10.1016/j.lithos.2021.106532
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Tay, S. L., Scott, J. M., & Craw, D. (2021). Natural rehabilitation of arsenic-rich historical tailings at the Alexander mine, Reefton, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology & Geophysics, 64(4), 558-569. doi: 10.1080/00288306.2020.1840402
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