Dr Adrian Pittari
Lecturer in Physical Volcanology
Qualifications: BSc(Hons) Melbourne, PhD Monash
Contact Details
| Name | Extn. | Username | Room | Department | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pittari, Dr Adrian | 4191 | apittari | EF.1.04 | Earth and Ocean Sciences |
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- Calling +64 7 838 4466 then enter the extension
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Research Interests
Dr. Adrian Pittari joined the staff in the Department of Earth and Ocean Sciences in September 2007. His research is focused on physical volcanological and related volcaniclastic sedimentation processes in both modern and ancient deposits. Current research interests include: monogenetic volcanoes, caldera dynamics, explosive conduit-vent processes, ignimbrite emplacement processes, kimberlite volcanology, and volcaniclastic deposits in sedimentary successions.
Expertise
Physical volcanology (processes, products and hazards); volcanoes of the Taupo Volcanic Zone, Canary Islands, southeast Australian volcanoes; caldera eruptions; explosive conduit-vent processes; pyroclastic density currents; ignimbrite emplacement processes; kimberlite volcanology; volcaniclastic deposits in sedimentary successions.
Recent Publications
- Lowe, D., Lanigan, K., Esler, W., Pittari, A., Newnham, R. (2011) Using tephrochronology to synchronize and date high-resolution palaeoenvironmental reconstructions derived from tephric loess deposits aged c33 to 13 cal ka in northern New Zealand
Conference - Abstract - 18th INQUA Congress - de Ronde, C., Fornari, D., Ferrini, V., Tontini, F., Walker, S., Scott, B., Leybourne, M., Pittari, A., Keam, R., Lupton, J., Mazot, A., Kukulya, A., Littlefield, R., Immenga, D., Stagpoole, V., Timm, C., Berthelsen, T. (2011) Rediscovery of the 8th Natural Wonder of the world: The Pink and White Terraces' survival of the 1886 Tarawera Rift eruption
Conference - Abstract - AGU Fall Meetings - Lanigan, K., Lowe, D., Esler, W., Pittari, A., Carter, J., Newnham, R. (2011) Are there palaeoclimatic signals in tephric loess deposits aged c. 30 to 15 cal ka near Rotorua, northern New Zealand?
Conference - Abstract - Abstract volume, Geosciences 2011 Conference. Geoscience Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Public - Pittari, A., Cas, R., Nichols, H., Wolff, J., Marti, J. (2010) Diversity within the juvenile component of the Abrigo Ignimbrite, Tenerife: a record of phonolitic magma eruption dynamics during Caldera collapse
Conference - Abstract - Cities on Volcanoes 6th Conference
