1 10 24 https://theses.otagogeology.org.nz/files/original/760a98fb5df248f77b7f473d90be996f.pdf d2bc6ff55ea2571d3060f496d2c4a649 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Geology theses OU Geology thesis Thesis or dissertation completed by University of Otago Geology students Author last name Last name of the Author Rust Project type Is it an MSc, PhD, BSc(Hons) or PGDipSci? MSc Advisers Who supervised/advised this student Fordyce, R.E. Abstract The Abstract for this thesis Over twenty significant specimens of Late Oligocene- earliest Miocene bony fish (teleost) have been recovered from North Otago and South Canterbury, South Island, New Zealand. The fossils, studied herein, semi-complete skeletons, rather than isolated bone fragments or otoliths. Most of these fossils were prepared manually and using pneumatic tools. These fossils are described and identified as belonging to at least six families of acanthomorph fishes which have not previously been described formally from the New Zealand fossil record. Previously Davis (1888) and Chapman (1918, 1934) described some Cenozoic marine teleosts from New Zealand. Since then fish remains have occasionally been mentioned in the literature, mostly incidental to other works (see Fordyce, 1991). Since 1980, major advances in fossil teleost research in New Zealand have included comprehensive studies of otoliths (e.g Schwarzans, 1984), and the description of a few Cenozoic fresh water galaxiids (McDowall, 1976; McDowall & Pole, 1997) and Cretaceous marine fish (Wiffen, 1989). Some notable Cenozoic marine teleost skeletal specimens have been collected since the 1930's but were not recorded or studied in detail until this work. The Oligocene - Miocene fossil fish reported here come mainly from the Kokoamu Greensand and Otekaike Limestone, which represent the local Duntroonian and Waitakian Stages. These strata include the Globigerina euapertura and Globoquadrina dehiscens planktic foraminiferal zones of Jenkins (1971), equivalent to Late Miocene and earliest Miocene .. The limestone and greensand yield other fossils, including a rich invertebrate macrofauna, penguins, chondrichthyans and cetaceans (e. g. MacKinnon et al. 1993; Beu & Maxwell, 1990; Fordyce, 1991), and have been dated using foraminiferal biostratigraphy (e. g. Hornibrook et al., 1989). The accounts herein of the litho- and biostratigraphy of these units is based mainly on existing work, supplemented by my observations. The remains of a large and relatively complete bony fish (teleost) recovered from Oligocene limestone at Island Cliff, near Tokarahi, North Otago, are described. This fossil (OU 22268) probably represents a new genus of lampridiform related to the extant moonfish or opah (Lampris). OU 22268 is the only known specimen of this genus, and is the first fossil lampridiform recorded from the Southern Hemisphere. It is by far the largest fossil teleost found in New Zealand, and is one of the most complete. OU 22268 resembles Lampris having over 40 vertebrae and a Lampris-like caudal skeleton with a five hypurals, but differs in possessing a larger and more elongate body (estimated total length >4 m). A comparative study of the living southern moonfish Lampris immaculatus helped assess relationships of OU 22268. The specimen was also analysed using a cladistic framework based on Olney et al. (1993). The ii systematics and fossil record of the lampridiform fishes is reviewed, with particular attention on the deep-bodied ("bathysomus") forms: the Lamprididae and Veliferidae. Other Oligocene teleosts described herein are relatives of the swordfish (Xiphidae) and marlin (Istiophoridae ), including the now-extinct families Paleorhynchidae and Xiphiorhynchidae. These fossil billfish are mostly disarticulated vertebrae and caudal elements that cannot be identified beyond family level, although two specimens of the large paleorhynchid Pseudotetrapturus include significant skull material. One -4 m long Pseudotetrapturus specimen (OU 22396) was collected during this project from Haughs Quarry, Hakataramea, South Canterbury, and was prepared by the author. It has a distinctive long, narrow and sharply pointed lower jaw. The ventral' part of. the cranium of this specimen shows large orbits. A second smaller specimen (OU 22317) may represent a juvenile Pseudotetrapturus. All of the fossil billfish are described for the first time from New Zealand, and are among the first to be recorded from the .Southern Hemisphere. Relatives of the billfish, Acanthocybium and Gymnosarda-like "Spanish mackerals" of the family Scombridae are represented by two fossil.hypural plates from North Otago. Cod-like I (gadiform) fishes were also present during the Oligocene, with one disarticulated specimen described but not identifiable to family level. These finds hint at the diverseichthyofauna that existed in shelf waters around New Zealand during the mid-Cenozoic. The fossils are ·important in a global context as few south Pacific fossil fish skeletons are known from this interval. None of the fossils show structures that reveal distinctive particular lifestyles for the species involved, so the paleoecology of the fish is determined using taxonomic uniformitarianism - it is assumed they functioned in a similar way to their living counterparts. Thus most of the fossil fish identified so far· were pelagic predators. The billfish, presumably had thermal preferences like their living counterparts. Their presence as fossils in Otago and Canterbury supports the hypothesis of a relatively warm shallow sea covering much of New Zealand during the Oligocene. Department The department where the student is studying primarily. Geology Named locality Named locality describing the field area location. southern New Zealand Thesis description Number of pages, maps, CDs, etc. ix, 148 leaves, 20 leaves of plates : ill. ; 30 cm. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2000Rust Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Rust, Seabourne, 1975- Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2000 Title A name given to the resource Fossil bony fish (Teleostei) from Oligocene-Miocene marine sediments on southern New Zealand Subject The topic of the resource Paleontology Cenozoic Sedimentology fossil bony fish marine sediments Miocene Oligocene Teleostei https://theses.otagogeology.org.nz/files/original/792a5f44b69795040f696469f3773290.pdf 6b233cf5653364ca7c561e1cf833fd22 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Geology theses OU Geology thesis Thesis or dissertation completed by University of Otago Geology students Author last name Last name of the Author Bearlin Project type Is it an MSc, PhD, BSc(Hons) or PGDipSci? PhD Advisers Who supervised/advised this student Fordyce, R.E. Abstract The Abstract for this thesis Until recently, Neogene mysticete fossils from Australia and New Zealand had received scant attention as only one species "Aglaocetus ? n.sp." Glaessner, was described formally. There now appears to be a small, but taxonomically significant fauna preserved in these countries. Seven skulls - consisting of three cetotheres and four balaenopterids - form the nucleus of this fauna. The cetothere, Aglaocetus ? n.sp. (Early Miocene, South Australia), is probably not congeneric with Aglaocetus Kellogg, but rather, has close affinities with Parietobalaena Kellogg, a genus known previously only from the Early-Middle Miocene of the western North Atlantic and possibly from the eastern North Pacific. Another cetothere (Early Miocene, Victoria) is identified as a new species of Pelocetus Kellogg, a genus known previously only from the North Atlantic Early-Middle Miocene. The third cetothere (Middle Miocene, Victoria) is insufficiently complete to enable detailed comparisons, but appears to differ from all previously described taxa. Two balaenopterids are represented by incomplete skulls. The first (Middle Miocene, Victoria) represents an early global record of the Balaenopteridae. This specimen is apparently the most primitive balaenopterid documented to date, but it is not interpreted as a precursor of all balaenopterid species, nor is the western South Pacific necessarily interpreted as the centre of origin for the Balaenopteridae. The other specimen is of uncertain age (probably Neogene, South Island, . New Zealand) and represents a species of Balaenoptera Lacepede, but is too incomplete to identify its taxonomic relationships in detail. The other balaenopterid skulls are fairly complete. One skull (latest Miocene, Victoria) is a new species of Megaptera Gray and is interpreted as the most primitive megapterine known to date, while the other skull (Early Pliocene, North Island, New Zealand) is identified as a new species of Balaenoptera Lacepede and is interpreted as a structural intermediate between primitive balaenopterines such as Balaenoptera cuvierii (Fischer) and extant species of Balaenoptera Lacepede. Isolated skull fragments and earbones represent at least four balaenid, seven balaenopterid and one cetothere species. These fossils are known from the Early-Middle Miocene Murray Basin, South Australia, as probable remanie from phosphatic nodule beds of Late Miocene age in Victoria and from stata of mid Pliocene age in Tasmania, as well as scattered occurrences throughout the Neogene of New Zealand. Most of these specimens are identifiable to family, although possible conspecifics have been identified between the two countries. Mysticetes form rare, but conspicuous fossils; indeed most fossil species are represented by single incomplete specimens. The paucity of this record restricts interpretations of patterns or rates of evolution, but some broad trends are apparent. Mysticetes probably arose in the Early Oligocene, although the only established toothed mysticete fossils are relicts of Late Oligocene age and post-date cetotheres which arose by the earliest Late Oligocene. Cetotheres are edentulous and probably possessed baleen. Similarities with extant balaenopterids suggest that cetotheres fed by engulfment. Balaenids arose by the earliest Miocene. Extant balaenids and presumably all fossil balaenids possessed a narrow, arched rostrum and elongate baleen which are interpreted as adaptations for browsing. The feeding mechanism of neobalaenids is not documented, but synapomorphies shared with balaenids suggest functional similarities. Indeed, the Neobalaenidae and Balaenidae are interpreted as sister groups, so this implies that neobalaenids also arose by the Early Miocene, although there are no confirmed neobalaenid fossils. The Balaenopteridae and Eschrichtiidae are interpreted as sister groups which presumably arose by the Middle Miocene based on early records of balenopterids, although eschrichtiid fossils are known confidently only from the Late Pleistocene. By the Middle Miocene the Mysticeti possessed an ecological diversity comparable with that present today. The Megapterinae and Balaenopterinae differentiated by the Late Miocene. Balaenopterids differ from cetotheres by possessing abruptly depressed supraorbital processes of the frontals, transversely wider lateral processes of the maxillae, a more elongate rostrum and more widely-bowed mandibles. These differences suggest relative and absolute enlargement of the surface area of the baleen, expansion of the temporal musculature and expansion of the ventral pouch in response to an increase in absolute body size. Comparable details of structural changes in eschrichtiids, neobalaenids and early balaenids are restricted by a poor fossil record. Eschrichtiids are convergent with balaenids and rieobalaenids in the presence of a gently arched rostrum and transversely flattened-mandibles, but eschrichtiids possess the widest range of feeding strategies seen in all mysticetes - engulfing, browsing and grazing. Presumably evolution within the Mysticeti was influenced by external (e.g. paleoceanic or pilleoecological) factors, but these cannot be identified for the Neogene. Similarly, zoogeographic trends below genus level remain uncertain as no species have been identified in either Australia or New Zealand which are known from elsewhere, but genera such as Balaena Linnaeus, Balaenoptera Lacepede, Parietobalaena Kellogg and Peloceteus Kellogg probably possessed transequatorial sister species. Department The department where the student is studying primarily. Geology Named locality Named locality describing the field area location. Australia New Zealand Thesis description Number of pages, maps, CDs, etc. xvi, 212 pages, b+w plates Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1987Bearlin Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Bearlin, Robert Kingston Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1987 Title A name given to the resource The Morphology and Systematics of Neogene Mysticeti from Australia and New Zealand Subject The topic of the resource Paleontology Cenozoic Cetacea fossil Mysticeti whales https://theses.otagogeology.org.nz/files/original/51c351d7b69de2223bce0bf1ea2a3b11.pdf b7f48162fcbff8799b497e331b08f734 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Geology theses OU Geology thesis Thesis or dissertation completed by University of Otago Geology students Location WKT (WGS84) The location stored in WKT (WGS84) format POLYGON ((170.368046588000084 -44.71621092099997,170.34064670500004 -44.689620978999983,170.30036532400004 -44.650475085999972,170.300628977000088 -44.640733886999961,170.300630614000056 -44.640697907999936,170.300672269000074 -44.639159111999959,170.300838945000123 -44.63307145899995,170.300954084000068 -44.628878046999951,170.301838909000026 -44.596324792999951,170.365148093000016 -44.597776648999968,170.366221369000073 -44.597800958999976,170.440564237000103 -44.659687533999943,170.449519987000031 -44.667127494999932,170.450308729000085 -44.667784024999946,170.46495785400009 -44.679952512999932,170.464498431000038 -44.696761459999948,170.464437699000086 -44.698921025999937,170.464435470000012 -44.69904702899999,170.46398608100003 -44.715540982999983,170.463742723000109 -44.724480813999946,170.463640313000042 -44.72827812,170.46349629700012 -44.733564618999935,170.451947496000116 -44.733506613999964,170.414049373000012 -44.733307596999964,170.39913506500011 -44.73322813599998,170.385524676000045 -44.733153446999957,170.371560619000093 -44.7196216899999,170.368046588000084 -44.71621092099997)) Author last name Last name of the Author Turkandi Project type Is it an MSc, PhD, BSc(Hons) or PGDipSci? MSc Advisers Who supervised/advised this student Fordyce, R.E. Abstract The Abstract for this thesis In North Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand, a complete sequence of Cretaceous-Tertiary sediments representing a marine transgression followed by regression are found in the northwest-southeast trending fault angle depression of the Wharekuri Basin. Basement southwest of the Wharekuri Fault (the bounding fault on the southwest side of the basin) consists of weakly schistose quartzo-feldspathic greywacke and phyllite of the Haast Schist Group. The basement in the remainder of the study area consists of massive greywacke or flysch sequences of the Torlesse Supergroup. The stratigraphy and geological map of the study area are shown in figures 1.2 and 1.3 respectively. Age of the sediments is based on observed fossil assemblages or correlation outside the area. Papakaio Formation, at the base of the transgressive sequence, is interpreted to consist of sediments deposited in a meandering river system; the first marine sediments are the inferred estuarine or tidal flat sands and silts of the Awahokomo Formation. A conglomerate facies within the Awahokomo Formation is presumed to be a channel deposit. The overlying fossiliferous Pinegrove Conglomerate (which includes some glauconitic quartz sands) is also inferred to be of beach to shallow marine origin. Members A, B and C of the Wharekuri Greensand are interpreted to have been deposited in shallow marine to lagoonal, barrier island and transitional to offshore environments respectively. The Marshall Paraconformity is found in the Wharekuri Greensand lying between crudely bedded, calcareous, glauconitic siltstone (Globigerina euapertura zone) and the pebbly, concretionary, fine greensand (Globigerina angiporoides zone) represented by a bored fine grained greensand. Increasing carbonate content in the upper part of the Wharekuri Greensand marks a gradation into the inferred shelf deposits of the Otekaike Limestone which has a massive basal member (A) and bedded upper member (B) which grades into the overlying shallow marine Gee Greensand. The Southburn Sand has a similar variety of facies to the Awahokomo Formation i.e. barrier island deposits, subtidal zone sediments, tidal channel deposits, tidal flat sediments and mud-flat zone deposits. The Southburn Sand which has a shallower water nature than the immediately underlying units indicates marine regression. Overlying the Southburn Sand are the complex Waitangi Coal Measures. Inference from stratigraphic relations within the Waitangi Coal Measures and facies analysis have resulted in a picture of deposition in a tectonically subsiding lacustrine environment with two "shallowing" cycles. As well as the lacustrine sediments, the Waitangi Coal Measures include lacustrine delta, meandering river and flood basin deposits. Further tectonic uplift is marked by the incoming of alluvial fan and braided river deposits of the Kurow Group and Quaternary terrace gravels (on seven recognizable levels). Field evidence indicates dip -slip movement on faults as follows: Wharekuri Fault (pre-Tertiary) ...................300 m (NW trending) Dryburgh Fault (Late Oligocene- Early Miocene)....600 m (NW trending) Waitangi Fault (Late Miocene- Early Pliocene).....150 m (NW trending) Deep Creek Fault (Pliocene- Pleistocene)..........120 m (NE trending) Kurow Fault (Pliocene- Pleistocene)............... (NE trending) Little Awakino Fault (Pliocene- Pleistocene) ..... (NE trending) Fern Gully Fault (Pliocene- Pleistocene) ......... (NE trending) The two sets of faults striking northwest and striking northeast to north are clearly recognized as lineaments on landset photographs. Provenance studies based on point counts of detrital mineralogy indicate that the Wharekuri Basin first became open to the sea during deposition of the Awahokomo Formation, as marked by an influx of heavy mineral types indicating a plutonic provenance (probably from the Foveaux Strait area). Volcanic material, probably derived from the nearby Waiareka Volcanics, first appears in the Wharekuri Greensand. With the deposition of the Southburn Sand, the Wharekuri Basin appears to be closed off again from sediment sources outside the immediate area. The heavy concentrate of this unit and overlying sediments consists overwhelmingly of epidote and pumpellyite, presumably derived from the local metamorphic rocks. OURArchive handle The handle from the Otago University Research Archive (OURArchive) <a href="http://hdl.handle.net/10523/3254">http://hdl.handle.net/10523/3254</a> OURArchvive access level Abstract Only Department The department where the student is studying primarily. Geology Named locality Named locality describing the field area location. Wharekuri Thesis description Number of pages, maps, CDs, etc. vii, 336 p., ill., diagr., map (in pocket); 30 cm. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1986Turkandi Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Turkandi, Tisna Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1986 Title A name given to the resource Geology of Wharekuri and the adjoining area, North Otago and South Canterbury Subject The topic of the resource Map Sedimentary petrology Lithostratigraphy Structural geology Cenozoic Mesozoic regression transgression https://theses.otagogeology.org.nz/files/original/2a062b252a8787fbaea05d18d39f53ec.pdf eb515eebc5fe9fd93904f6aacd893525 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Geology theses OU Geology thesis Thesis or dissertation completed by University of Otago Geology students Location WKT (WGS84) The location stored in WKT (WGS84) format POLYGON ((170.643848452000043 -45.413947251999957,170.639710384000068 -45.391879827999958,170.67945902800011 -45.370966593999981,170.702507108000077 -45.384371801999976,170.702704313000027 -45.38455563499997,170.722566569000037 -45.415891804999944,170.722232835000113 -45.424530587999982,170.700959841000099 -45.424058094999964,170.667197709000106 -45.423296621999953,170.645555490000106 -45.423036165999974,170.643848452000043 -45.413947251999957)) Author last name Last name of the Author Mitchell Project type Is it an MSc, PhD, BSc(Hons) or PGDipSci? PGDipSci Advisers Who supervised/advised this student Norris, R.J. Abstract The Abstract for this thesis The mapped area occupies 42 km2 in the Lower Shag Valley adjacent to the town of Dunback. Two basement lithologies occur juxtaposed by the Late Tertiary reversal of the Waihemo Fault Complex; 1. The textural zone 1 - 2B quartzofeldspathic Torlesse Supergroup (redefined) north east of the Waihemo No. 2 Fault including sandstone, siltstone, mudstone and massive recrystallized marble (Blue Mountain Formation). Compressional faulting and minor folding are widespread within the Torlesse locally. 2. The textural zone 3 - 4 quartzofeldspathic Otago Schists, a subgroup of the Haast Schists southwest of the Waihemo No. 2 Fault beneath the Lower Tertiary marine transgressive sediments within the Shag Valley fault angle depression. Cretaceo-Tertiary terrestrial-marine lithofacies resting conformably on the mature low relief Otago Schist erosion surface are subdivided into two formations; 1. The fluvial/marginal marine quartz sandstone-conglomerate of the Herbert Formation (cf. Taratu Formation). 2. The Abbotsford Formation; a deepening marine transgressive sequence divided into four informal members, composed of greensand, siltstone, glauconitic mudstone, fossiliferous calcareous mudstone and a micaceous silty sandstone. Faunal and mineralogic content of the Abbotsford Formation in the Makareao area indicate a non-schist derived source and affinities with the Dunedin and Hampden Beach sections. Quaternary gravel outwash and terrace surfaces are locally well developed, covering a large part of the Tertiary sediments in the Shag Valley. Department The department where the student is studying primarily. Geology Named locality Named locality describing the field area location. Shag Valley Thesis description Number of pages, maps, CDs, etc. v. 63 p. ill. Photos. Map(folded in pocket); 30 cm. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1985Mitchell Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Mitchell, KD Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1985 Title A name given to the resource Makareao Geology, Shag Valley. Subject The topic of the resource Map Metamorphic geology Sedimentary petrology Structural geology Cenozoic Mesozoic limestone Torlesse Supergroup Waihemo Fault https://theses.otagogeology.org.nz/files/original/6857cd10a2335d979dce10678a8701c8.pdf e1df20bf16ed07d70e66f8da2cfa48fa Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Geology theses OU Geology thesis Thesis or dissertation completed by University of Otago Geology students Location WKT (WGS84) The location stored in WKT (WGS84) format POLYGON ((173.518433713491305 -42.414067163873142,173.518220622106099 -42.437002891036855,173.408910896055005 -42.508631583422527,173.366636857463618 -42.507881069880334,173.367349552949293 -42.49209269725079,173.395850516460257 -42.48038159787842,173.39773604199587 -42.46041897251655,173.490311246376649 -42.415978024907737,173.489507324179698 -42.415981460574095,173.518433713491305 -42.414067163873142)) Author last name Last name of the Author Crampton Project type Is it an MSc, PhD, BSc(Hons) or PGDipSci? BSc(Hons) Advisers Who supervised/advised this student Fordyce, R.E. Abstract The Abstract for this thesis The Mesozoic stratigraphy of the Monkey Face area, Marlborough, consists of ?Late Jurassic Torlesse Supergroup rocks overlain unconformably by the terrestrial to shallow marine Arowhanan Stage Bluff Sandstone Member of the Gridiron Formation. Lying with inferred disconformity on this is the shallow marine ?Haumurian Conway Siltstone. Another disconformity marks the base (?Waipawan Stage) of the Amuri Limestone Formation. The top of the Amuri Limestone is not present, and a small block of Altonian siltstone (Waikari Formation) is fault-bounded. The Torlesse Supergroup sandstone is interpreted as having derived largely from recycling of older low-grade Torlesse rocks. Mineralogical and textural maturity of the sediments increases into the Gridiron Formation and Conway Siltstone and indicates continued reworking of this terrane. In addition muscovites in the Conway Siltstone and Waikari Formation document erosion of a schist provenance inferred to be uplifted Torlesse. Folds and faults (reverse, normal, and strike slip) are a consequence of dextural movement on the Hope Fault just to the north of the Monkey Face area. Department The department where the student is studying primarily. Geology Named locality Named locality describing the field area location. Monkey Face Thesis description Number of pages, maps, CDs, etc. v. 61 p. ill. Photos. Map (folded in pocket). 30 cm. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1985Crampton Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Crampton, JS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1985 Title A name given to the resource The Geology of the Monkey Face area, Marlborough, with special reference to the Mesozoic strata. Subject The topic of the resource Map Sedimentary petrology Paleontology Cenozoic Mesozoic Bluff Sandstone Conway Siltstone Gridiron Formation Torlesse Supergroup https://theses.otagogeology.org.nz/files/original/21257ac52e64b6a10f37b3778a439caf.pdf f62b757d598994bbb4c6753167cf5d30 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Geology theses OU Geology thesis Thesis or dissertation completed by University of Otago Geology students Location WKT (WGS84) The location stored in WKT (WGS84) format POLYGON ((170.619479676000083 -44.159858332999931,170.662639257000023 -44.154909099999941,170.6759568330001 -44.181306952999932,170.662246349000043 -44.194059279999976,170.662158592000083 -44.205600501999982,170.665805483000099 -44.208938043999979,170.652225971000121 -44.22515391,170.626892621000025 -44.236742941999978,170.6148966290001 -44.236302729999977,170.616259632000038 -44.205402054999979,170.611456937000071 -44.197149798999931,170.61133007400008 -44.187080629999969,170.619479676000083 -44.159858332999931)) Author last name Last name of the Author Horan Project type Is it an MSc, PhD, BSc(Hons) or PGDipSci? BSc(Hons) Advisers Who supervised/advised this student Landis, C.A. Abstract The Abstract for this thesis An area of approximately 30 square kilometres was mapped containing Permian (?) Torlesse Terrane sediments of the Rollesby and Dalgety Ranges, along with Tertiary and Quaternary sediments in the southern Rollesby Valley, Mackenzie Pass area of South Canterbury. Torlesse sediments of the Dalgety Formation (new name) , consisting. of conspicuous conglomerate, channelised sands and muds, and interbedded sandstone-mudstone beds are described and defined. Conglomerate beds, predominantly of rhyolite, crystal tuff and vein quartz clasts represent redeposited conglomerates deposited in an upper submarine fan environment. Lithostratigraphic mapping based on five lithofacies has been carried out, facies include a conglomerate facies (corresponds to conglomerate beds of the Dalgety Formation), massive sandstone, interbedded sandstone and mudstone, mudstone and chaotic deposits. Lithofacies are consistent with deposition in a mid to upper submarine fan environment. Detrital sandstone mineralogy suggests derivation from a dominantly plutonic source with concurrent input of volcanic detritus. Conglomerate clasts suggest an exclusively volcanic source terrane, however, the predominance of extremely durable clast types may indicate pre-depositional breakdown of less durable clasts, possibly more indicative of the true source terrane. A dominantly plutonic source with concurrent volcanic input is favoured. Metamorphism has been to prehnite-pumpellyite facies in the Dalgety Range and to pumpellyite-actinolite facies in the Rollesby Range. Both facies are juxtaposed up against the post-metamorphic Mackenzie Pass Fault. Deformation also includes two phases of folding and faulting on north-south and east-west trends. Folding includes steeply plunging folds inferred to have formed initially by folding about shallowly plunging fold axes and then tilted by fault movement in their present position. Tertiary limestone and glauconite sandy-siltstones interbedded with calcareous concretionary layers, tentatively correlated to the Craigmore Limestone and Little Pareora Silt respectively are mapped. Quartz arenite sands are also described. A tentative stratigraphy, based on poorly constrained field relationships is suggested and compared to well documented Tertiary sequences described by Eade & Kennett (1962) and Fagan (1971) close to the area mapped. Quaternary sediments include the deformed Single Hill Beds composed of interbedded low grade lignite, carbonaceous mud, green clay and angular greywacke gravels and undeformed loess, river alluvium, colluvium and alluvial fan deposits. Single Hill Beds record deposition of alluvial fan deposits in a swamp environment due to shedding of detritus on rising fault scarps. Subsequent tilting of these late Quaternary deposits indicates significant recent fault movement. Department The department where the student is studying primarily. Geology Named locality Named locality describing the field area location. McKenzie Pass Thesis description Number of pages, maps, CDs, etc. 93 leaves : ill. (some col.), maps ; 30 cm. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1984Horan Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Horan, Simon. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1984 Title A name given to the resource Geology of the eastern MacKenzie Pass area Subject The topic of the resource Map Lithostratigraphy Metamorphic geology Structural geology Quaternary geology Cenozoic Paleozoic Torlesse Supergroup https://theses.otagogeology.org.nz/files/original/9a6c34dd733b2484533fb92a9806fdbe.pdf 0810628e33d84f4cc3e6d6173abd709a Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Geology theses OU Geology thesis Thesis or dissertation completed by University of Otago Geology students Author last name Last name of the Author Pole Project type Is it an MSc, PhD, BSc(Hons) or PGDipSci? BSc(Hons) Advisers Who supervised/advised this student Fordyce, R.E. Abstract The Abstract for this thesis A study of Miocene sediments (Manuherikia Group) at Bannockburn and the banks of the Kawarau River, Central Otago, reveals the existence of at least 18 pollen taxa, 44 plant mcrofossil parataxa and casuarina n. sp. At least 6 floral associations are inferred to have existed - (1) a closed-canopy beech and conifer forest, (2) an open-canopy sclerophyllous forest or woodland including casuarina and possibly Eucalyptus, (3) palmaceous swamp forest, (4) dicotyledonous swamp forest, (5) coniferous swamp forest, and (6) a probable lateral zonation of semi-aquatic plants surrormding lake and bay mrgins which included burr-reeds. Climtic data are inconclusive but indicate temperate rather than tropical conditions. Department The department where the student is studying primarily. Geology Named locality Named locality describing the field area location. Bannockburn Thesis description Number of pages, maps, CDs, etc. 244 leaves. Illus. 30 cm. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1983Pole Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Pole, MS Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1983 Title A name given to the resource Paleoecology and Stratigraphy of Miocene Floras, Bannockburn, Central Otago. Subject The topic of the resource Paleobotany Cenozoic Casuarina palynology Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Geology theses OU Geology thesis Thesis or dissertation completed by University of Otago Geology students Author last name Last name of the Author Turkandi Project type Is it an MSc, PhD, BSc(Hons) or PGDipSci? PGDipSci Named locality Named locality describing the field area location. Milburn Thesis description Number of pages, maps, CDs, etc. 68 leaves : ill., map + 30 cm. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1982Turkandi Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Turkandi, Tisna. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1982 Title A name given to the resource Geology of Milburn. Subject The topic of the resource Map Cenozoic Lithostratigraphy Sedimentary petrology Clarendon Sand Milburn Limestone phosphate origin https://theses.otagogeology.org.nz/files/original/2eade631ac114dbc4df423c9def4cbd9.pdf 4738a5b8edf88395588721ad8ea50836 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Geology theses OU Geology thesis Thesis or dissertation completed by University of Otago Geology students Location WKT (WGS84) The location stored in WKT (WGS84) format POLYGON ((167.923614895558615 -45.491066045746749,167.96291028458748 -45.490904750173264,167.968704795766683 -45.441144618227604,168.005270407048755 -45.440848112458518,168.009430988772266 -45.416736853798263,168.046530675758788 -45.417879489372275,168.051344763889233 -45.393795105786971,168.101820943746958 -45.396452553154504,168.087192121967462 -45.479182852525696,167.968541176791149 -45.534024470415595,167.92242201079705 -45.534360208985554,167.923614895558615 -45.491066045746749)) Author last name Last name of the Author Harrington Project type Is it an MSc, PhD, BSc(Hons) or PGDipSci? BSc(Hons) Advisers Who supervised/advised this student Norris, R.J. Abstract The Abstract for this thesis Geological and geophysical interpretations are presented for a region in Western Southland, in the vicinity of The Haycocks and the southern extent of the Snowdon Forest. Three Tertiary sedimentary units are described and discussed. The Haycocks Formation of Pareora Series age is a steeply dipping, fault-bounded, mainly sandy, lithic flysch, derived from a low-grade metamorphic source from the north-east. Faunal evidence suggests a depth of deposition of approximately 500 metres, and interpretation of diagenetic reactions involving quartz solution, -carbonate solution and replacement, and clays suggests an overall depth of burial of approximately 3500m. Unconformably overlying the Haycocks Formation, are shallowing-upward silts, sands and conglomerates of the mainly Southland Series age Woodburn Formation, which is correlated with an equivalent shallowing shelf sequence in the Upukerora-Whitestone region to the north. These sediments appear more quartzofeldspathic than those of the Haycocks Formation, and an incoming of an additional source area from Fiordland is inferred. A sequence of indurated fluvial gravels and sands, the Prospect Formation, regionally overlies the marine sequence in the Te Anau basin and also the Waiau basin to the south. Clasts are dominantly Caples Terrane derived and paleocurrent interpretation suggests derivation from the north. This formation, along with the others, has been folded into a northward plunging syncline at Dale Creek, which has in turn been compressed and offset by right-lateral fault activity on the Moonlight Fault Zone during Kaikoura Orogeny deformation in the late Tertiary. An extensive cover of Quaternary glacial and fluvial gravels unconformably overly the earlier deposited units. Slight tilting suggests recent tectonic activity. A small hill, correlated with Maitai Group sedimentary units to the north is inferred to have undergone as much as two kilometres or more of right lateral offset along the Mararoa Fault, which, along with the Haycocks Fault (Moonlight Fault, sensu stricto?) passes through the area trendng NNE. Structural features observed and stratigraphic relations suggest a reasonably close accord with plate tectonic predictions for southern New Zealand. Mapping of structural features was assisted by the use of various geophysical methods -magnetic, gravity and seismic. Department The department where the student is studying primarily. Geology Named locality Named locality describing the field area location. Snowdon Forest Thesis description Number of pages, maps, CDs, etc. 120 leaves : ill., maps ; 30 cm. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1982Harrington Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Harrington, William Michael Allen. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1982 Title A name given to the resource Geology of the Haycocks-Snowden Forest region, Western Southland / W.M.A. Harrington. Subject The topic of the resource Map Geophysics Sedimentary petrology Structural geology Cenozoic diagenesis Haycocks Fault Mararoa Fault https://theses.otagogeology.org.nz/files/original/cfc48a48d5a5753501956cf2824a1125.pdf e862df1351770bda855f7c4deb551c1f Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Geology theses OU Geology thesis Thesis or dissertation completed by University of Otago Geology students Location WKT (WGS84) The location stored in WKT (WGS84) format POLYGON ((170.461859496366884 -44.869097956899665,170.658727485433616 -44.697288310132599,171.244447033539814 -44.708989112194644,171.221580930586356 -45.20036367553395,170.436938833089755 -45.164007829224182,170.461859496366884 -44.869097956899665)) Author last name Last name of the Author Lee Project type Is it an MSc, PhD, BSc(Hons) or PGDipSci? PhD Advisers Who supervised/advised this student Campbell, J.D. Abstract The Abstract for this thesis This dissertation reviews the taxonomic status, stratigraphic and geographic distributions of the Cenozoic and Recent rhynchonellide brachiopods of New Zealand and describes their morphological variation and ecology (Part I). This is followed by a general account of the systematics, distribution, and paleoecological and biogeographic significance of the Paleocene-Early Oligocene brachiopod faunas of which the rhynchonellides form an integral part (Part II). A single species of the endemic genus Aetheia, A. gualteri, occurs in a variety of sediments ranging in age from Mid Eocene to Early Miocene. This smooth, trigonal, probably free-living brachiopod inhabited a shallow shelf environment and specimens were often bored by gastropods and sponges, and encrusted by tubeworms and bryozoans. The black ribbed Notosaria nigricans is widely distributed in New Zealand shelf waters especially on rocky or shelly substrates from intertidal depths to about 200 m. A new subspecies, N. n. reinga is recognised from deeper water (80-800 m) off northern New Zealand. N. nigricans has a long, nearly continuous fossil record extending to the Mid Miocene. A close relative, the spinose N. antipoda, formerly placed in the genus Tegulorhynchia, ranged from the Early Oligocene to Early Miocene. N. nigricans forms part of a characteristic hard-bottom community dominated by sessile filter-feeders such as other brachiopods, bivalves, barnacles, bryozoans, sponges, ascidians and tubeworms. Adult brachiopod shells are often asymmetric or deformed due to the crowded mode of life, are extensively covered with epifaunal organisms including conspecific and other brachiopods, and the normal population structure comprises all size ranges from juvenile to adult. The costellate, usually spinose genus, Tegulorhynchia, was represented in New Zealand by the type species T. squamosa (syn. T. depressa and T. masoni) from the Paleocene to Early Miocene-, and by T. sublaevis in the Oligocene. A single species, T. doederleini, lives today in Indo-Pacific waters. Two species, T. aoeZata and T. thomsoni from the Oligocene-Miocene of Australia are described. A further species, T. imbriaata, occurs in the Oligocene of Antarctica. Two rhynchonellide genera new to New Zealand are reported. The semicostate Probozarina ahathamensis n.sp. is widespread in Paleocene-Eocene limestones and calcareous tuffs on the Chatham Islands. A few specimens of a related smooth rhynchonellide with a twisted commissure from a Mid Miocene horizon in Taranaki are placed in the genus Streptaria. Aetheia, Tegulorhynahia and Probolarina are important components of the rich Paleocene-Early Oligocene brachiopod faunas of New Zealand. At least 14 genera and 20 species including several new species, Crania waiareka, Argyrotheca oamarutica and ?TerebrateZla rekohu, are described and figured, many for the first time. A number of mainland genera, notably Lingula, TeguZorhynchia, Argyrotheca and Thecidellina, are recorded from Paleocene-Eocene localities, mostly new, on Chatham and Pitt Islands. The stratigraphic and geographic ranges of virtually all other species, especially those of Late Eocene-Early Oligocene age from the Oamaru region are extended. Most of the brachiopods occur in bioclastic limestones, calcareous tuffs, or greensands, usually in company with large numbers of other sessile filter-feeders which require a hard substrate and relatively shallow clear shelf conditions with little or no terrigenous sedimentation. The brachiopods represent several different life habits - the inarticulate Lingula burrowed in interto subtidal fine sandy sediment; the other inarticulate, Crania, and the minute Thecidellina, were cemented to hard microsubstrates such as cobbles or bryozoan colonies; Aetheia and Stethothyris were probably free-living; Terebratulina may have anchored its pedicle to sediment particles; and the remainder were attached to hard substrates. Many of the brachiopods, especially Lingula, Argyrotheca, Campages and Thecidellina, are indicative of sub-tropical to tropical sea temperatures, and their presence in Paleogene rocks in New Zealand and elsewhere supports the hypothesis of warm global temperatures in the Early Cenozoic. Department The department where the student is studying primarily. Geology Named locality Named locality describing the field area location. North Otago Thesis description Number of pages, maps, CDs, etc. 306 leaves : ill., map ; 30 cm. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1980Lee Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lee, D. E. (Daphne E.) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1980 Title A name given to the resource Cenozoic and recent rhynchonellide brachiopods of New Zealand, with an account of the Eocene and Paleocene brachiopod faunas. Subject The topic of the resource Paleontology Cenozoic Aetheia brachiopod biogeography brachiopod paleoecology Notosaria nigrans Rhynchonellacea Tegulorhynchia