This Guide brings together some important research resources for Geology, including:
These different types of resources are available via the navigation bar, to the left. Please contact the subject librarian for Geology (contact details to the left) with any questions about finding resources that you need.
A fund has been established to honour the life and work of the late Professor R. Ewan Fordyce.
The passing of Emeritus Professor Ewan Fordyce FRSNZ in November 2023 affords the Department an opportunity to celebrate the work and legacy of this internatlonally renowned paleontologist who worked in the Department of Geology for over forty years.
Funds raised will be used to facilitate paleontological research, teaching and outreach that makes use of the University's paleontology collections.
For more information: https://www.otago.ac.nz/geology/about/fordyce-fund
To donate: https://alumni.otago.ac.nz/donate/research
This ebook was written by staff in the Geology Department:
Tens of thousands of fossils are housed in the collections of the Geology Museum. This books offers a close look at some or the most special treasures.
The following eBook is currently used as the primary textbook in GEOL112:
With a strong emphasis on examples from western Canada, Physical Geology is a comprehensive introductory text on the physical aspects of geology, including rocks and minerals, plate tectonics, earthquakes, volcanoes, mass wasting, climate change, planetary geology and much more.
The University of Otago Geology Museum holds more than 60,000 catalogued fossils in three main collections: vertebrates, invertebrates and plants. These fossils have been carefully logged into hand-written catalogue books for more than 100 years. Now, these catalogue books are being digitised into three searchable databases for all to access.
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