Mark kindly provided petrographic images of Oligocene and Plio-Pleistocene cool-water carbonates from New Zealand
Senior Geologist, Geological and Nuclear Sciences (GNS)
1980: BSc, Earth Science; 1983: MSc (Second Class Honours), Earth Science & Geochemistry; 1990: PhD, Geology, Canterbury University New Zealand.
Areas of expertise Geochemist-petrography using Cathodoluminescence, Stable Isotope and Trace Element geohemistry; basin analysis, sedimentology, stratigraphy and ichnology, use of borehole imaging tools, exploration geology and CO2 sequestration, and technical expertise in Atomic absorbtion spectrometry(AA), Electron microscopy(TEM and SEM), XRF and XRD