Associate ProfessorDarren Gravley

Building Planet Earth: Fundamentals of Earth Science

Groundwater and Geothermal Systems, 2023 - present

Pyroxenes in Late Miocene volcanic rocks, Banks Peninsula, New Zealand: Textures and crystal origins to inform magmatic processes

Sediment sources, transport, and deposition in the upper harbour of Whakaraupō

Petrophysical and geophysical analysis of a rhyolitic lava dome for geoenergy and geostorage exploration and monitoring

Field Focused Research Methods

Landscape evolution in ignimbrite terrains: A study of the Mamaku plateau, Taupō Volcanic Zone, New Zealand

The rhyolitic magma systems fuelling an ignimbrite flare-up, Taupō Volcanic Zone, New Zealand

Three-dimensional Architecture and Petrophysical Properties of Buried Volcanic Systems

Planet Earth: An Introduction to Geology

The use of SEM-based techniques on plutonic lithics to understand the plutionic-volcanic connection, Akaroa Volcanic Complex, New Zealand

Impact of magmatism on the evolution of sedimentary basins

Exhumed Fossil Geothermal System Intrusion and Host Rock Characteristics

2014-PhD/DMA/EdD-Garden, Thomas

2013-PhD/DMA/EdD-Borella, Josh

2012-PhD/DMA/EdD-Blackstock, Joshua

Nature of the Tahorakuri Formation at Ngatamariki Geothermal Field

The Huka Group, Wairakei-Tauhara Geothermal Field, Taupo

The influence of alteration and lithology on rock properties and drilling performance at the Ngatamariki Geothermal Field

2011-PhD/DMA/EdD-Siratovich, Paul

Characterisation of magmatic volatiles and their transfer to geothermal systems in the TVZ

Experimental Modelling of Fragmentation Processes within Phreatic and Hydrothermal Eruptions

Looking for Permeability: Mass and Heat Flow Assessment Using High Resolution soil CO2 Flux Surveys within the Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand

Permeability of Geothermal systems- from the reservoir to the surface