1 10 4 https://theses.otagogeology.org.nz/files/original/bcc86211f68f5df64d72d77653861412.pdf 3e19dca5727be17910a8076e55d4a61a 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 ((170.219907073549876 -46.133314806568627,170.123785699319996 -46.129148684316121,170.125261993946566 -45.993742105875654,170.231178576826636 -45.933846198107254,170.340455684809314 -45.941504098912986,170.219907073549876 -46.133314806568627)) Author last name Last name of the Author Robinson Project type Is it an MSc, PhD, BSc(Hons) or PGDipSci? MSc Advisers Who supervised/advised this student Odell, N.E. Brown, D.A. Coombs, D.S. Hamilton, D. Abstract The Abstract for this thesis The present work was undertaken ·as a master's thesis at the University of Otago during 1955 and 1956. It may be divided into t w parts. One part deals with the stratigraphy, structure, mineralogy a.nd metaJ!lorphism of the pre-Cretaceous basement rocks of the area. This is the field of primary interest of the author and the reason for:..undertaking the study. Under normal circumstances the author would be hesitant to publish the... Department The department where the student is studying primarily. Geology Named locality Named locality describing the field area location. Taieri Mouth Brighton Thesis description Number of pages, maps, CDs, etc. xi. 171 p., ill, maps in pocket, 27 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 1958Robinson Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Robinson, Peter. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1958 Title A name given to the resource Structural and metamorphic geology of the Brighton - Taieri Mouth area, east Otago, New Zealand Subject The topic of the resource Map Metamorphic geology Structural geology Akatore Fault biotite isograd pumpellyite Titri Fault https://theses.otagogeology.org.nz/files/original/20285a85112b841ed9884b8f4463b27d.pdf 2eebee93b381e36899fcc86cb44f0476 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 Speden Project type Is it an MSc, PhD, BSc(Hons) or PGDipSci? MSc Advisers Who supervised/advised this student Coombs, D.S. Odell, N.E. Hamilton, D. Brown, D.A. Abstract The Abstract for this thesis Introduction This thesis is an account of the geology of approximately 75 square miles on the coast of South-East Otago, about 50 miles south-west of Dunedin. It covers the land between the margin of Owaka Valley in the north and Tahakopa River in the south. The railway-line between Owaka ad Tahakopa is the approximate north-western boundary. The Catlins District is the local name applied to the area mentioned above, and is named after Captain E. Catlin, an early settler of the district. The relative position and communications of the district to main centres of the southern part of the South Island of New Zealand, is shown in Text-fig. 1. Department The department where the student is studying primarily. Geology Named locality Named locality describing the field area location. Catlins Thesis description Number of pages, maps, CDs, etc. 3 v. 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 1956Speden Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Speden, I. G. (Ian Gordon), 1932- Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1956 Title A name given to the resource Geology of the Catlins District, South-east Otago Subject The topic of the resource Paleobotany Paleontology Sedimentary petrology Structural geology albitisation laumontisation Pleuromyae volcanic sandstone https://theses.otagogeology.org.nz/files/original/c403b4f30c1ad469fd2b4b90be0e66a9.pdf 9bf592dd0190373ded9130bbba27cbf6 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 Croxford Project type Is it an MSc, PhD, BSc(Hons) or PGDipSci? MSc Advisers Who supervised/advised this student Odell, N.E. Brown, D.A. Coombs, D.S. Hamilton, D. Abstract The Abstract for this thesis INTRODUCTION The Limits of the Area Prescribed. The area is rectangular, having its eastern margin situated 9 miles west of Timaru city. The south east corner of the rectangle is li miles south east of Mt. Horrible Trig. at (GRSlll/640500~ with the north east corner situated 5~ miles to the north at (GRS111/6406oq • From the eastern boundary, both the north and south edges of the rectangle extend directly westwards for 12i miles to the western boundary, thereby enclosing 70 sq. miles. General Description of the Area •. Topography. The area may be divided into 4 topographical sections which from east to west are, (1) 1. The Timaru Downs. 2. The Craigmore - Cave Hill. '9 - 3· The Pare ora Intermontane Basin. 4. The Hunters Hills. Westwards from Timaru the elevation of the gently undulating topography gradually increases till a height of 1,272 ft. is reac~ed at Mt. Horrible Trig. (;.. This rising upland constitutes the Timaru Downs and is bordered to the south and west by the escarpments of Mt. Horrible, which are up to 700 ft.high. t •• )0 C1 ol 0\ oT I I) 2. (2) Immediately west of Mt. Horrible the Craigmore -Cave broken anticline forms a narrow ridge, traversing the area from north to south. The highest part is (4) at Trig. H on Cave Hill, 1,780 ft. high. The Pareora intermontane basi~ is bounded in I . the east by the Craigmore-Cave Hill, and in the west by the Hunters Hills. It is occupied by long parallel ~ndulating downs which extend towards the west, increasing gently in height as the Hunters Hills are app,r oached. (. ' These Hills rise steeply from the western margin of the 1ntermontane basin and within the area reach ·a height of 3,486 ft. at Trig. Kl. Drainage. The Pareora River has its source in the Hunters Hills. It pa~ses through the deep Upper Pareora Gorge, then out into the Pareora intermontane basin, where it meets the Motu_~aika and White Rock Rivers before passing through the Low·er Pare ora Gorge. All three ri vera drain the Pareora intermontane basin. Below this gorge at the s.w. corner of Mt. Horrible, the Pareora River is joined by Taiko Stream and Pareora River (South Branch) which drain the Taiko and Maungati areas respectively. (S) (~) itnuH 1 m it · :I.i.'I oH '!0 'I Vegetation. The natural flora of the area is tussock, flax and cabbage trees with a little bush confined to stream valleys in the high country. Climate and Agriculture. The climate is inclined to be dry with an average annual rainfall of 23 ins. Sheep farming is extensive in the uplands but also important in the lowlands. Cattle grazing is largely confined to the low country. Cropping is particularly important upon the low lands where topography and climate are suited to such activity. Previous Ge,ological Investigat,ion.s .• As early as 1848, Mantell, during an exploratory journey from Christchurch to Dunedin, noted certain geological ~eatures at Timaru and wrote (18501 p.322) that, "The superficial deposits of Timaru are of the same nature as those of the plains, and are superposed on a vesicular volcanic rock which reaches a height of fifteen feet, and, gradually dipping to the south, disappears in the course of a few miles." Mantell also mentions a seam of coal 10 ft. thick said to occur, 11 on the bank of a stream inland of Timaru." (l850, P~323). According to Gudex (1918, p.244), 11Haast in l865 examined the country between Mt. Horrible and the banks of the Pareora River, with a view to obtaining a V ta t.Sl r..aq ~.riu te .... l olrl !.:>i:Cl d water-supply for Timaru. 11 Gudex also states that, (p.254) "In 1875 Hutton, in his Catalogue of Tertiary Mollusca, &c., introduced the Pareora Formation as one of the four chief divisions of the Tertiary, dividing it into an upper and lower group, but he identified no fossils from Pareora, and was uncertain whether this locality should be referred to the Upper or Lower Group." In 1877, McKay visited the area whilst on a geological traverse between Waipara and North Otago. McKay (1877 pp.49-66) gives an account of the sequence observed. Park (l904, P·530) remarks that, "The sections at the lower and upper ends of the Pareora Gorge are so obscure as to be of no value for the determination of relations existing between the beds containing what has ·been known as the Pareora fauna and the Oamaru Stone." -'He goes on to say that, "At White Rock River, higher up the valley, the Oamaru Stone is absent, but the fossiliferous clays and sandstones exposed there rest upon the basement rock of the district." 4. Evidently Park failed to recognize the limestone which dips westwards from the Craigmore anticline to pass beneath the White Rock River area and reappear along the base of the Hunters Hills. McKay (187~pp.50-51) in a section of the Pareora area presents the White Rock River beds in their correct stratigraphical position. H l :I 'I 6~ I) du ['100 bt. t 'lo d .ad '00 Hardcastle in 1890 (pp.406-414) and in 1891 (pp.311-324) published detailed information concerning respectively the loess and drift deposits of South Canterbury, whilst in 1908 (pp.6-6o) he also published a popularized account of the geology of South Canterbury. In 1914 Gudex studied the Tertiary sequence in the Pareora- district and stated {1918,p.246) that, 11My examination of the district shows that the Tertiary beds of the district are all conformable, and not separable ' into two unconformable groups as McKay supposed; that the upper beds with a 11 Pareora fauna" are above the limestone, and not below as Park supposed; and that there is a similar fauna above and below the limestone, as Thomson suggested. (Thomson , l915, pp.l23-124)." In 1917 Thomson visited the area and examined the limestones occupring at Craigmore {Thomson 1926 p.159). Finally the White Rock River 'fossil locality was visited by Laws who described Hutchinsonian-Awamoan faunas collected throughout South Canterbury. (Laws 1 1933, pp.315 - 319). ---------------------- 5· Department The department where the student is studying primarily. Geology Named locality Named locality describing the field area location. Pareora Thesis description Number of pages, maps, CDs, etc. iii. 159 p., ill.; 27cm. 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 1954Croxford Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Croxford, Norton James William. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1954 Title A name given to the resource Geology of the Pareora district Subject The topic of the resource Map Geomorphology Igneous petrology Paleontology Lithostratigraphy basalt Blue Cliffs Formation Timaru loess https://theses.otagogeology.org.nz/files/original/e00c6c216b1cf1cb55c457cefb68e410.pdf 46b0417bf726cfc02c22beeb106e6040 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 Lauder Project type Is it an MSc, PhD, BSc(Hons) or PGDipSci? MSc Advisers Who supervised/advised this student Odell, N.E. Brown, D.A. Coombs, D.S. Department The department where the student is studying primarily. Geology Named locality Named locality describing the field area location. Acheron Thesis description Number of pages, maps, CDs, etc. 160 p. 27cm. 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 1953Lauder Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Lauder, William Ross. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1953 Title A name given to the resource Geology of the Acheron outlier Subject The topic of the resource Map Geomorphology Igneous petrology Sedimentary petrology augite laccolith picrite sill teschenite