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A postgraduate research opportunity at the University of Otago.

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Academic background
Sciences
Host campus
Dunedin
Qualification
Postgraduate Diploma, Master's, PhD, Honours
Department
Geology
Supervisor
Associate Professor James Scott

Overview

What is the composition and age of the lower crust under the South and North Islands? Using xenoliths in volcanic rocks, the project would attempt to characterize the composition and evolution of the lower crust under Zealandia.

Goals would be to determine when granulite facies metamorphism occurred by U-Pb isotopes, assess the P and T of metamorphism, establish how metamorphism tectonically fits into the history of Zealandia, and how the crust has played a role in the surface tectonics of Zealandia.

Contact

James Scott
Emailjames.scott@otago.ac.nz

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