Fabrics of climate change

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Atiu Cave Stagamite

A small stalagmite, cut and polished to show the internal laminae. Each lamina likely formed in one year.

Island of Atui, Cook Islands

Island of Atiu, Cook Islands Caves develop in the fossil, uplifted reef

Flowstone Core

The core of stalagmitic flowstone extracted after core-drilling. The white part is pure calcite and the dark, bottom part is mixed with sediment.

GEOS3280: New Zealand photos

Posted on May 4, 2018 by Taylor Whiston

Have a look below at some of the stunning pictures taken in New Zealand on the GEOS3280 field trip, 2017. You can enroll in GEOS3280 for semester 2, 2018.

GEOS3280 Global Change Field Course: Semester 2, 2018

Posted on May 3, 2018 by Taylor Whiston

Want to travel to New Zealand for an 8 day intensive field trip? GEOS3280 has you covered. With Dr Silvia Frisia and her team you will explore New Zealand and gain first hand knowledge on past climate changes, glacial cycles, modern glacier fluctuations and the effects of “geology in action” on the landscape of the last 2 million years. Along with field skills, you will also gain laboratory skills in this course. This course is running in Semester 2, 2018.