PAGES New Zealand

Victoria University of Wellington

Quaternary research is carried out within the School of Geography, Environment and Earth Sciences http://www.geo.vuw.ac.nz/.

Current research is focused on understanding:

The Quaternary glacial history of East Antarctica (Framnes Mountains) and New Zealand (Southern Alps and North Island volcanoes), including numerical modelling studies and the application of cosmogenic dating methods (contact Andrew.Mackintosh@vuw.ac.nz).

Luminescence dating, both the development of the technique and applications to understanding the timing of Quaternary events in New Zealand (contact Uwe.Rieser@vuw.ac.nz).

Late Holocene climatic changes along the Victoria Land Coast, Antarctica as revealed by ice core studies. This includes the New Zealand Office of the International Trans-Antarctic Scientific Expedition (contact Nancy.Bertler@vuw.ac.nz and see http://www.ume.maine.edu/itase/nationals/newzealand.html).

The Quaternary history of the Ross Ice Shelf (contact Peter.Barrett@vuw.ac.nz).

Holocene coral reef evolution in the Tasman Sea and Holocene estuarine development in NZ (Contact David.Kennedy@vuw.ac.nz).

Palaeomagnetism: polarity reversal stratigraphy, palaeo-secular variation and environmental magnetism of (mainly lacustrine) sedimentary sequences. (contact Gillian.Turner@vuw.ac.nz).

Diatom remains in lacustrine and other sediments mainly from New Zealand (contact Margaret.Harper@vuw.ac.nz).

Palynology and the late Quaternary vegetation history of NZ (contact Bill.McLea@vuw.ac.nz).

Phytolith Analysis and studies of occluded Carbon in late Quaternary sediments (contact John.Carter@vuw.ac.nz).