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Professor Peter J. J. Kamp

Role: Professor Qualifications: MSc PhD Email: p.kamp@waikato.ac.nz Location: F.2.01 Contact: [+64] (7) 838 4876

Research Interests:

Sedimentary and petroleum geology; tectonic development of New Zealand through the Cretaceous and Cenozoic by application of basin analysis (including sequence stratigraphy), low temperature thermochronology (fission track and(U-Th)/He methods applied to apatite and zircon), and geochronology (U-Pb dating via LA-ICPMS on zircon). I also have collaborative research projects in China (Tibet Plateau and eastern margin) involving thermochronology and geochronology.

Selected Publications:

Kamp, P.J.J. 2000: Thermochronology of the Torlesse accretionary complex, Wellington region, New Zealand. Journal of Geophysical Research, 105: 19,253-19,272.

Xu Ganqing and Kamp, P.J.J. 2000: Tectonics and denudation adjacent to the Xianshuihe Fault, eastern Tibetan Plateau: Constraints from fission track thermochronology: Journal of Geophysical Research, 105: 19,231-19251.

Kamp, P.J.J. and Liddell, I. J. 2000: Thermochronology of northern Murihiku Terrane, New Zealand, derived from apatite FT analysis. Journal of the Geological Society, London, 157: 345-354.

Garver, J.I., Brandon, M.T., Royden-Tice, M. and Kamp, P.J.J. 1999: Exhumation history of orogenic highlands determined by detrital fission-track thermochronology. In: Ring, U., Brandon, M.T., Lister, G.S., and Willett, S.D. (editors), Geological Society of London Special Publication, 154: 238 – 304.

Kamp, P.J.J, 1999: Tracking crustal processes by FT thermochronology in a forearc high (Hikurangi margin, New Zealand) involving Cretaceous subduction termination and mid-Cenozoic subduction initiation, Tectonophysics, 307: 313 - 343.

Kamp, P.J.J., Whitehouse, I.W. and Newman, J. 1999: Constraints on the thermal and tectonic evolution of Greymouth coalfield, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 42: 447 - 467.

Morgans, H.E.G., Edwards, A.R., Scott, G.H., Graham, I.J., Kamp, P.J.J., Mumme, T.C., Wilson, G.J., Wilson, G.S. 1999: Integrated stratigraphy of the Waitakian-Otaian Stage boundary stratotype, Early Miocene, New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 42: 581-614.

Raza, A., Brown, R.W., Ballance, P.F., Hill, K.C. and Kamp, P. J.J. 1999: Thermal history of the early Miocene Waitemata Basin and adjacent Waipapa Group, North Island, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 42: 469-488.

Research Publications:

You may like to view publications from 1997 onwards for Professor Peter J. J. Kamp

General Interests:

As a geoscientist, I attempt to take an Earth Systems approach in my research work. I like to work from the large scale (e.g. tectonic development of New Zealand) down to the sedimentary basin scale and then to the formation or sequence scale. We seek to understand the processes, rates and dynamics of material moving from source (mountains) to sink (basins), and the sequence architecture within basins driven by past sea level changes. We have research projects across many parts of New Zealand.

The outcome we seek in much of our work is to better understand the context of, and prospectivity for, petroleum resources in New Zealand's basins, and to this end we are funded by the Foundation for Research, Science and Technology (FRST), and interact with with oil and gas exploration companies.

As something completely different, in 2002 I established an industrial energy efficiency research group within the faculty. The group has six mechanical and process engineers (funded externally, including FRST) seeking to improve process and energy efficiency in the dairy processing and pulp and paper industries.

Expertise:

My personal expertise lies in the field of sedimentary geology, specifically: basin analysis, field mapping and sequence stratigraphy applied to outcrop successions. I am currently establishng a facility for seismic reflection mapping to extend the group's capability in basin analysis and sequence stratigraphy. I also have extensive expertise in low temperature thermochronology (fission track, (U-Th)/He)and geochronology (U-Pb by LA-ICPMS), having established laboratories with these facilities. I also have exertise in the leadership and management of science and engineering research programmes, and in interaction with industry.