PreambleI first heard about the Moine Thrust (northwest Scotland) during my undergraduate studies at Auckland
Preamble A collection of late 19th century lantern slides made by Arthur Whinfield, a native
A chance encounter of a different kind. The 9th century Book of Kells is exhibited
[I had the opportunity to browse some of Ussher’s notes and scribblings during a visit
My early geological education was very much New Zealand centered; the gamut of sedimentary, igneous
Analogies are the stuff of science. In geology, we frequently employ modern analogies of physical,
Our blue Earth, rising above the lunar horizon, is an abiding image of our watery
Christmas morning in New Zealand is synonymous with mid-summer barbecues at the beach, deservedly lazy
In the opening scenes of Stanley Kubrick’s 2001 Space Odyssey (1968), Neanderthal-like folk are scrounging for
Photosynthesis, a process that had its beginnings about 2.5 billion years ago, has an awesome
