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David BarrellEngineering Geologist / Geomorphologist

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Department

Geological Mapping & Stratigraphy

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Qualifications

  • BSc, Geology
  • MSc, Engineering Geology

Areas of expertise

  • Geology: Paleoclimatology
  • Geology: Stratigraphy
  • Geology: Regional Geology
  • Geology: Landslides
  • Geology: Hazard Assessment
  • Geology: Paleogeography
  • Geology: Soil Geomorphic relationships
  • Geology: Field mapping & compilation
  • Geology: Engineering Geology
  • Geology: Quaternary geology
  • Geology: Geomorphic Hazards
  • Geology: Engineering Geomorphology
  • Geology: Earthquake Geology
  • Groundwater: Drilling
  • Geology: Land use planning for hazards
  • Geomorphology: Landscape evolution
  • Geomorphology: Aerial photograph interpretation
  • Geomorphology: Geological and geomorphological mapping
  • Groundwater: Groundwater Geology

Major Publications

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  • Denton, G.H.; Putnam, A.E.; Russell, J.L.; Barrell, D.J.A.; Schaefer, J.M.; Kaplan, M.R.; Strand, P.D. 2021. The Zealandia switch : ice age climate shifts viewed from Southern Hemisphere moraines, Quaternary Science Reviews 257: article 106771. DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2020.106771. article 106771
  • Barrell, D.J.A.; Putnam, A.E.; Denton, G.H. 2019. Reconciling the onset of deglaciation in the upper Rangitata valley, Southern Alps, New Zealand, Quaternary Science Reviews 203: p. 141-150. DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2018.11.003. p. 141-150
  • Litchfield, N.J.; Villamor, P.; Van Dissen, R.J.; Nicol, A.; Barnes, P.M.; Barrell, D.J.A.; Pettinga, J.R.; Langridge, R.M.; Little, T.A.; Mountjoy, J.J.; Ries, W.F.; Rowland, J.; Fenton, C.; Stirling, M.W.; Kearse, J.; Berryman, K.R.; Cochran, U.A.; Clar 2018. Surface rupture of multiple crustal faults in the 2016 MW 7.8 Kaikoura, New Zealand, earthquake, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 108(3B): p. 1496-1520. DOI: 10.1785/0120170300. p. 1496-1520
  • Williams, J.N.; Barrell, D.J.A.; Stirling, M.W.; Sauer, K.M.; Duke, G.C.; Hao, K.X. 2018. Surface rupture of the Hundalee fault during the 2016 Mw 7.8 Kaikoura earthquake, Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 108(3B): p. 1540-1555. DOI: 10.1785/0120170291. p. 1540-1555
  • Begg, J.G.; Jones, K.E.; Barrell, D.J.A. (compilers) 2015. Geology and geomorphology of urban Christchurch and eastern Canterbury Lower Hutt, N.Z.: GNS Science. GNS Science geological map 3 1 DVD-ROM
  • Doughty, A.M.; Schaefer, J.M.; Putnam, A.E.; Denton, G.H.; Kaplan, M.R.; Barrell, D.J.A.; Andersen, B.G.; Kelley, S.E.; Finkel, R.C.; Schwartz, R. 2015. Mismatch of glacier extent and summer insolation in Southern Hemisphere mid-latitudes, Geology 43(5): p. 407-410. DOI: 10.1130/G36477.1. p. 407-410
  • Barrell, D.J.A.; Almond, P.C.; Vandergoes, M.J.; Lowe, D.J.; Newnham, R.M. 2013. A composite pollen-based stratotype for inter-regional evaluation of climatic events in New Zealand over the past 30,000 years (NZ-INTIMATE project), Quaternary Science Reviews 74: p. 4-20. DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2013.04.002. p. 4-20
  • Putnam, A.E.; Schaefer, J. M.; Denton, G.H.; Barrell ,D.J.A.; Andersen, B.G.; Koffman, T.N.B.; Rowan, A.V.; Finkel, R.C.; Rood, D.H.; Schwartz, R.; Vandergoes, M.J.; Plummer, M.A.; Brocklehurst, S.H.; Kelley, S.E.; Ladig, K.L. 2013. Warming and glacier recession in the Rakaia valley, Southern Alps of New Zealand, during Heinrich Stadial 1, Earth and Planetary Science Letters 382: p. 98-110. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2013.09.005. p. 98-110
  • Putnam, A.E.; Schaefer, J.M.; Denton, G.H.; Barrell, D.J.A.; Finkel, R.C.; Andersen, B.G.; Schwartz, R.; Chinn, T.J.H.; Doughty, A.M. 2012. Regional climate control of glaciers in New Zealand and Europe during the pre-industrial Holocene, Nature Geoscience 5(9): p. 627-630. DOI: 10.1038/NGEO1548. p. 627-630
  • Barrell, D.J.A. 2011. Quaternary glaciers of New Zealand, Quaternary glaciations, extent and chronology : a closer look : p. 1047-1064 (chapter 75). DOI: 10.1016/B978-0-444-53447-7.00075-1. p. 1047-1064 (chapter 75)
  • Barrell, D.J.A.; Litchfield, N.J.; Townsend, D.B.; Quigley, M.; Van Dissen, R.J.; Cosgrove, R.; Cox, S.C.; Furlong, K.; Villamor, P.; Begg, J.G.; Hemmings-Sykes, S.; Jongens, R.; Mackenzie, H.; Noble, D.; Stahl, T.; Bilderback, E.; Duffy, B.; Henham, H.; 2011. Strike-slip ground-surface rupture (Greendale Fault) associated with the 4 September 2010 Darfield Earthquake, Canterbury, New Zealand, Quarterly journal of engineering geology and hydrogeology 44(3): p. 283-291. DOI: 10.1144/1470-9236/11-034. p. 283-291
  • Barrell, D.J.A.; Andersen, B.G.; Denton, G.H. 2011. Glacial geomorphology of the central South Island, New Zealand Lower Hutt: GNS Science. GNS Science monograph 27 81 p. + map (5 sheets) + legend (1 sheet)
  • Putnam, A.E.; Schaefer, J.M.; Barrell, D.J.A.; Vandergoes, M.J.; Denton, G.H.; Kaplan, M.R.; Finkel, R.C.; Schwartz, R.; Goehring, B.M.; Kelley, S.E. 2010. In situ cosmogenic 10Be production-rate calibration from the Southern Alps, New Zealand, Quaternary Geochronology 5(4): p. 392-409. DOI: 10.1016/j.quageo.2009.12.001. p. 392-409
  • Putnam, A.E.; Denton, G.H.; Schaefer, J.M.; Barrell, D.J.A.; Andersen, B.G.; Finkel, R.C.; Schwartz, R.; Doughty, A.M.; Kaplan, M.R.; Schluechter, C. 2010. Glacier advance in southern middle-latitudes during the Antarctic Cold Reversal, Nature Geoscience 3(10): p. 700-704. DOI: 10.1038/NGEO962. p. 700-704
  • Kaplan, M.R.; Schaefer, J.M.; Denton, G.H.; Barrell, D.J.A.; Chinn, T.J.H.; Putnam, A.E.; Andersen, B.G.; Finkel, R.C.; Schwartz, R.; Doughty, A.M. 2010. Glacier retreat in New Zealand during the Younger Dryas stadial, Nature 467(7312): p. 194-197. DOI: 10.1038/nature09313. p. 194-197
  • Schaefer, J.M.; Denton, G.H.; Kaplan, M.; Putnam, A.; Finkel, R.C.; Barrell, D.J.A.; Andersen, B.G.; Schwartz, R.; Mackintosh, A.; Chinn, T.; Schluechter, C. 2009. High-frequency Holocene glacier fluctuations in New Zealand differ from the northern signature, Science 324(5927): p. 622-625. DOI: 10.1126/science.1169312. p. 622-625
  • Forsyth, P.J.; Barrell, D.J.A.; Jongens, R. (comps) 2008. Geology of the Christchurch area : scale 1:250,000 Lower Hutt: GNS Science. Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences 1:250,000 geological map 16 67 p. + 1 folded map
  • Cox, S.C.; Barrell, D.J.A. (comps) 2007. Geology of the Aoraki area : scale 1:250,000 Lower Hutt: GNS Science. Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences 1:250,000 geological map 15 71 p. + 1 folded map
  • Alloway, B.V.; Lowe, D.J.; Barrell, D.J.A.; Newnham, R.M.; Almond, P.C.; Augustinus, P.C.; Bertler, N.A.N.; Carter, L.; Litchfield, N.J.; McGlone, M.S.; Shulmeister, J.; Vandergoes, M.J.; Williams, P.W.; NZ-INTIMATE members 2007. Towards a climate event stratigraphy for New Zealand over the past 30,000 years (NZ-INTIMATE project), Journal of Quaternary Science 22(1): p. 9-35. p. 9-35
  • Schaefer, J.M.; Denton, G.H.; Barrell, D.J.A.; Ivy-Ochs, S.; Kubik, P.W.; Andersen, B.G.; Phillips, F.M.; Lowell, T.V.; Schluechter, C. 2006. Near-synchronous interhemispheric termination of the last glacial maximum in mid-latitudes, Science 312(5779): p. 1510-1513. p. 1510-1513

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