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Michael RosenbergScientist - Volcanology
Biography
Michael Rosenberg is a geologist studying volcanoes and geothermal systems. He studies the history and physical characteristics of eruption and sedimentary products of rhyolitic and basaltic volcanism in New Zealand. He has extensive consultancy project experience of volcanic successions in Taupo Volcanic Zone geothermal systems, including the Wairakei and Tauhara, Rotokawa, Mokai, Kawerau, and Ohaaki fields. Michael is also a Duty Volcanologist monitoring and responding to volcanic unrest and eruption.
Qualifications
- PhD, Geology
- BSc, Earth Sciences
- MSc, Earth Sciences
Areas of expertise
- Geology: Sedimentology
- Geology: Volcanology
- Geology: Volcano surveillance
- Geology: Field studies
- Geology: Field mapping
- Geology: Geothermal
- Geology: Tephrastratigraphy
- Geology: Stratigraphy
- Geology: Drillcore logging
- Geochronology: Zircon chronology
Major Publications
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- Shallow geophysical tools to investigate the potential extent of subsidence anomalies associated with hydrothermally altered and compressible clays, Proceedings 44th New Zealand Geothermal Workshop, 23-25 November 2022, Auckland, New Zealand : paper 041. paper 041
- Structure and evolution of the WairakeiTauhara geothermal system (Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand) revisited with a new zircon geochronology, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 390: p.. DOI: 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2019.106705. p.
- The 1800a Taupo eruption : "Ill wind" blows the ultraplinian type event down to Plinian, Geology 42(5): p. 459-461. DOI: 10.1130/G35400.1. p. 459-461
- Evolution of the intra-arc Taupo-Reporoa Basin within the Taupo Volcanic Zone of New Zealand, Geosphere 10(1): p. 185-206. DOI: 10.1130/GES00965.1. p. 185-206
- Recent ground subsidence at Crown Road, Tauhara and its probable causes, Geothermics 38(1): p. 181-191. DOI: 10.1016/j.geothermics.2008.11.008. p. 181-191
- The geological framework of the Wairakei-Tauhara geothermal system, New Zealand, Geothermics 38(1): p. 72-84. DOI: 10.1016/j.geothermics.2009.01.001. p. 72-84
- The nature and age of Ohakuri Formation and Ohakuri Group rocks in surface exposures and geothermal drillhole sequences in the central Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 49(3): p. 305-308. DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2006.9515169. p. 305-308
- Basement structure, lithology and permeability at Kawerau and Ohaaki geothermal fields, New Zealand, Geothermics 30(4): p. 461-481. Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences contribution 2266 p. 461-481
- Mixed deposits of complex magmatic and phreatomagmatic volcanism : an example from Crater Hill, Auckland, New Zealand, Bulletin of Volcanology 58: p. 59-66. [s.l.]: [s.n.]. Institute of Geological & Nuclear Sciences contribution 1116 p. 59-66