ClassesESCI343: Volcanic Field Geology
ESCI 343 is concerned with giving the students an understanding of how volcanoes work and how they can be studied from the products of past eruptions, as well as from present-day information, using field outcrops. This course runs from Whakapapa in the Taupo Volcanic Zone (TVZ) of the central North Island. It examines the products of andesite and basalt eruptions from the Tongariro National Park volcanoes and some rhyolitic products of Taupo volcano. Link to course page here ESCI414: Physics and Chemistry of Volcanoes ESCI414 is an advanced course covering why and how volcanoes form and the eruption styles that characterize magmas produced at different plate tectonic settings (subduction zone, mid-ocean ridges and oceanic and intraplate settings); quantitative geochemical methods for containing processes and rates of melt generation, storage in magma chambers and eruption; geochemical and geophysical techniques for monitoring volcanic activity and assisting in eruption prediction. Link to course page here ESCI451: Active Earth ESCI 451 investigates the chemical and physical phenomena governing tectonism, magmatism, and active margin processes in general interact on a wide variety of timescales. This course explores the observations on which modern understanding of active earth processes are based, the interaction between those processes, and the implications they have for hazard. Using global and New Zealand examples, this course explores how we make and evaluate geoscientific observations and effectively communicate our findings. The topics addressed include theoretical and empirical models of plate boundary processes, including subduction, magmatism, faulting, and fluid migration. Link to course page here |
Teaching in the ESCI 343 / 441 class, Tongariro National Park
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Current Postgraduate Students
Current
Alex Mattin (PhD student, Victoria University of Wellington):
"Climatic and environmental impacts of the youngest supereruption on Earth"
Jacqueline Grech Licari (PhD student, Victoria University of Wellington):
"Eruptive histories of New Zealand’s nearshore volcanoes: Insights from marine cores around Tūhua and Whakaari volcanoes"
Stephen Piva (PhD student, Victoria University of Wellington):
"Environmental and climatic responses to large explosive volcanic eruptions using case studies from the Taupo Volcanic Zone"
Kerstin Gruender (PhD student, Victoria University of Wellington):
"Crystal-Specific Insights into the Deep Magmatic Source Driving Young Eruptions from Tongariro Volcano"
Kate Mauriohooho (PhD student, Victoria University of Wellington):
"A window into magmatic time (340 – 25 ka): How magma systems reorganised between super-eruptions in North and West Taupō"
Completed
Hannah Elms (completed PhD student 2022, Victoria University of Wellington):
"Micro-analytical Insights into the Pre- and Syn-Eruptive Timescales and Geochemistry of Recent Rhyolite Eruptions from Taupō and Okataina Volcanic Centres, New Zealand"
Link to thesis
Kristian Hansen (completed MSc student 2022, Victoria University of Wellington):
The visualization of geological data in a 3D virtual reality environment as a multipurpose research, monitoring and outreach tool"
Link to thesis
Max Sharpe: (completed MSc student 2021, Victoria University of Wellington):
"Crystal-specific insights from rhyolite eruptive deposits into volatile element transfer in the magmatic system below Taupō volcano"
Link to thesis
Alex Mattin (PhD student, Victoria University of Wellington):
"Climatic and environmental impacts of the youngest supereruption on Earth"
Jacqueline Grech Licari (PhD student, Victoria University of Wellington):
"Eruptive histories of New Zealand’s nearshore volcanoes: Insights from marine cores around Tūhua and Whakaari volcanoes"
Stephen Piva (PhD student, Victoria University of Wellington):
"Environmental and climatic responses to large explosive volcanic eruptions using case studies from the Taupo Volcanic Zone"
Kerstin Gruender (PhD student, Victoria University of Wellington):
"Crystal-Specific Insights into the Deep Magmatic Source Driving Young Eruptions from Tongariro Volcano"
Kate Mauriohooho (PhD student, Victoria University of Wellington):
"A window into magmatic time (340 – 25 ka): How magma systems reorganised between super-eruptions in North and West Taupō"
Completed
Hannah Elms (completed PhD student 2022, Victoria University of Wellington):
"Micro-analytical Insights into the Pre- and Syn-Eruptive Timescales and Geochemistry of Recent Rhyolite Eruptions from Taupō and Okataina Volcanic Centres, New Zealand"
Link to thesis
Kristian Hansen (completed MSc student 2022, Victoria University of Wellington):
The visualization of geological data in a 3D virtual reality environment as a multipurpose research, monitoring and outreach tool"
Link to thesis
Max Sharpe: (completed MSc student 2021, Victoria University of Wellington):
"Crystal-specific insights from rhyolite eruptive deposits into volatile element transfer in the magmatic system below Taupō volcano"
Link to thesis