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Associate Professor Darren Gravley

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Department: School of Earth and Environment

Email: darren.gravley@canterbury.ac.nz

Direct Dial: +64 3 3694489

Office: Beatrice Tinsley Rm 211

Language: English

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Researcher Summary

Dynamics of large silicic magma systems; interplay between magmatism, tectonism and volcanism, with particular reference to the Taupo Volcanic Zone; pyroclastic transport processes, geothermal systems; volcanic hazards; integration of kaitiakitanga principles and western science; geoscience education.

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Earth Sciences: Volcanology

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(Displaying research/scholarly/creative work from 2006 to 2017)

Journal Articles

Bégué F., Deering CD., Gravley DM., Chambefort I. and Kennedy BM. (2017) From source to surface: Tracking magmatic boron and chlorine input into the geothermal systems of the Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research : 141-150. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2017.03.008.

Cooper KM., Till CB., Kent AJR., Costa F., Rubin AE., Gravley D., Deering C., Cole J. and Bose M. (2017) Response to Comment on “Rapid cooling and cold storage in a silicic magma reservoir recorded in individual crystals”. Science 358(6370) http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aap9145.

Garden TO., Gravley DM., Kennedy BM., Deering C. and Chambefort I. (2017) Controls on hydrothermal fluid flow in caldera-hosted settings: Evidence from Lake City caldera, USA. Geosphere 13(6): 1993-2016. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/GES01506.1.

Rubin AE., Cooper KM., Till CB., Kent AJR., Costa F., Bose M., Gravley D., Deering C. and Cole J. (2017) Rapid cooling and cold storage in a silicic magma reservoir recorded in individual crystals. Science 356(6343): 1154-1157. http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.aam8720.

Wyering LD., Villeneuve MC., Kennedy BM., Gravley DM. and Siratovich PA. (2017) Using drilling and geological parameters to estimate rock strength in hydrothermally altered rock – A comparison of mechanical specific energy, R/N-W/D chart and Alteration Strength Index. Geothermics 69: 119-131. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geothermics.2017.05.008.

Borella J., Quigley M., Sohbati R., Almond P., Gravley DM. and Murray A. (2016) Chronology and processes of late Quaternary hillslope sedimentation in the eastern South Island, New Zealand. Journal of Quaternary Science 31(7): 691-712. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jqs.2905.

Davidson J., Fairley J., Nicol A., Gravley DM. and Ring U. (2016) The Origin of Radon anomalies along normal faults in an active rift and georthermal area. Geosphere 12(5): 1656-1669. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/GES01321.

Gravley DM., Deering CD., Leonard GS. and Rowland JV. (2016) Ignimbrite flare-ups and their drivers: A New Zealand perspective. Earth-Science Reviews 162: 65-82. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2016.09.007.

Rubin A., Cooper KM., Leever M., Wimpenny J., Deering C., Rooney T., Gravley D. and Yin QZ. (2016) Changes in magma storage conditions following caldera collapse at Okataina Volcanic Center, New Zealand. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 171(1): 1-18. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00410-015-1216-6.

Bégué F., Gravley DM., Chambefort I., Deering CD. and Kennedy BM. (2015) Magmatic volatile distribution as recorded by rhyolitic melt inclusions in the Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 410: 71-94. http://dx.doi.org/10.1144/SP410.4.

Eastwood A., Oze C., Fraser SJ., Cole J., Gravley D., Chambefort I. and Gordon KC. (2015) Application of Raman spectroscopy to distinguish adularia and sanidine in drill cuttings from the Ngatamariki Geothermal Field, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 58(1): 66-77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00288306.2014.991744.

Graeter K., Beane RJ., Deering CD., Gravley D. and Bachmann O. (2015) Formation of rhyolite at the Okataina Volcanic Complex, New Zealand: New insights from analysis of quartz clusters in plutonic lithics. American Mineralogist 100: 1778-1789. http://dx.doi.org/10.2138/am-2015-5135.

Pamukcu AS., Gualda GAR., Bégué F. and Gravley DM. (2015) Melt inclusion shapes: Timekeepers of short-lived giant magma bodies. Geology 43(11): 947-950. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/G37021.1.

Wyering LD., Villeneuve MC., Wallis IC., Siratovich PA., Kennedy BM. and Gravley DM. (2015) The development and application of the alteration strength index equation. Engineering Geology 199: 48-61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.enggeo.2015.10.003.

Bégué F., Deering CD., Gravley DM., Kennedy BM., Chambefort I., Gualda GAR. and Bachmann O. (2014) Extraction, Storage and Eruption of Multiple Isolated Magma Batches in the Paired Mamaku and Ohakuri Eruption, Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand. Journal of Petrology 55(8): 1653-1684. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/petrology/egu038.

Bégué F., Gualda GAR., Ghiorso MS., Pamukcu AS., Kennedy BM., Gravley DM., Deering CD. and Chambefort I. (2014) Phase-equilibrium geobarometers for silicic rocks based on rhyolite-MELTS. Part 2: application to Taupo Volcanic Zone rhyolites. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 168(5): 1-16. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00410-014-1082-7.

Bloomberg S., Werner C., Rissmann C., Mazot A., Horton T., Gravley D., Kennedy B. and Oze C. (2014) Soil CO2 emissions as a proxy for heat and mass flow assessment, Taupō Volcanic Zone, New Zealand. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 15(12): 4885-4904. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2014GC005327.

Brand BD., Gravley DM., Clarke AB., Lindsay JM., Bloomberg SH., Agustin-Flores J. and Nemeth K. (2014) A combined field and numerical approach to understanding dilute pyroclastic density current dynamics and hazard potential: Auckland Volcanic Field, New Zealand. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 276: 215-232. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2014.01.008.

Li Y., De Pascale GP., Quigley MC. and Gravley DM. (2014) Fault damage zones of the M7.1 Darfield and M6.3 Christchurch earthquakes characterised by fault-zone trapped waves. Tectonophysics 618: 79-101. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2014.01.029.

Wyering LD., Villeneuve MC., Wallis IC., Siratovich PA., Kennedy BM., Gravley DM. and Cant JL. (2014) Mechanical and physical properties of hydrothermally altered rocks, Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 288: 76-93. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2014.10.008.

Ashwell PA., Kennedy BM., Gravley DM., von Aulock FW. and Cole JW. (2013) Insights into caldera and regional structures and magma body distribution from lava domes at Rotorua Caldera, New Zealand. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 258: 187-202. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2013.04.014.

Deering CD., Horton TW., Gravley DM. and Cole JW. (2012) Hornblende, cummingtonite, and biotite hydrogen isotopes: Direct evidence of slab-derived fluid flux in silicic magmas of the Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 233-234: 27-36. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2012.04.010.

Rissmann C., Christenson B., Werner C., Leybourne M., Cole J. and Gravley D. (2012) Surface heat flow and CO2 emissions within the Ohaaki hydrothermal field, Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand. Applied Geochemistry 27(1): 223-239. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.apgeochem.2011.10.006.

Deering CD., Bachmann O., Dufek J. and Gravley DM. (2011) Rift-related transition from andesite to rhyolite volcanism in the Taupo Volcanic Zone (New Zealand) controlled by crystal-melt dynamics in mush zones with variable mineral assemblages. Journal of Petrology 52(11): 2243-2263. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/petrology/egr046.

Hikuroa DHH., Slade AT. and Gravley DM. (2011) Implementing Māori indigenous knowledge (mātauranga) in a scientific paradigm: Restoring the mauri to Te Kete Poutama. MAI Review 2011(3).

Rissmann C., Nicol A., Cole J., Kennedy B., Fairley J., Christenson B., Leybourne M., Milicich S., Ring U. and Gravley D. (2011) Fluid flow associated with silicic lava domes and faults, Ohaaki hydrothermal field, New Zealand. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 204(1-4): 12-26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2011.05.002.

Bull JM., Miller H., Gravley DM., Costello D., Hikuroa DCH. and Dix JK. (2010) Assessing debris flows using LIDAR differencing: 18 May 2005 Matata event, New Zealand. Geomorphology 124(1-2): 75-84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2010.08.011.

Deering CD., Gravley DM., Vogel TA., Cole JW. and Leonard GS. (2010) Origins of cold-wet-oxidising to hot-dry-reducing rhyolite magma cycles and distribution in the Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 160(4): 609-629. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s00410-010-0496-0.

Rowland JV., Wilson CJN. and Gravley DM. (2010) Spatial and temporal variations in magma-assisted rifting, Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 190(1-2): 89-108. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2009.05.004.

Wilson CJN., Charlier BLA., Fagan CJ., Spinks KD., Gravley DM., Simmons SF. and Browne PRL. (2008) U-Pb dating of zircon in hydrothermally altered rocks as a correlation tool: Application to the Mangakino geothermal system, New Zealand. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 176(2): 191-198. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2008.04.010.

Gravley DM., Wilson CJN., Leonard GS. and Cole JW. (2007) Double trouble: Paired ignimbrite eruptions and collateral subsidence in the Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand. Geological Society of America Bulletin 119(1-2): 18-30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/B25924.1.

Gravley DM., Wilson CJN., Rosenberg MD. and Leonard GS. (2006) 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): 305-308. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00288306.2006.9515169.

Chapters

Li Y., De Pascale GP., Quigley MC. and Gravley DM. (2014) Subsurface Rupture Structure of the M7.1 Darfield and M6.3 Christchurch Earthquake Sequence Viewed with Fault-Zone Trapped Waves. In Li Y (Ed.), Seismic Imaging, Fault Damage and Heal: 249-314. Berlin: Higher Education Press and Walter de Gruyter GmbH.

Wilson CJN., Gravley DM., Leonard GS. and Rowland JV. (2009) Volcanism in the central Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand: tempo, styles and controls. In Thordarson T; Self S; Larsen G; Rowland SK; Hoskuldsson A (Ed.), Studies in Volcanology: The Legacy of George Walker: 225-248. Bath: The Geological Society.

Conference Contributions - Published

Davidson J., Gravley D., Nicol A. and Fairley J. (2013) Radon activity around active faults in a geothermal environment. In Geoscience Society of New Zealand. Geoscience Society of New Zealand miscellaneous publication 136A: 24.

Davidson J., Gravley D., Nicol A. and Fairley J. (2013) Radon activity around active faults in a geothermal environment. In Twickenham, UK: Mineralogical Society of Great Britain. Mineralogical magazine 77(5): 950.

Eastwood AA., Gravley DM., Wilson CJN., Chambefort I., Oze C., Cole JW. and Ireland TR. (2013) U-Pb dating of subsurface pyroclastic deposits (Tahorakuri Formation) at Ngatamariki and Rotokawa geothermal fields. In.

Siratovich PA., Villeneuve M., Kennedy B., Gravley D., Cole J. and Davidson J. (2013) The Geothermal Stimulator: A high-temperature, high pressure device for inducing thermal fracture in rocks. In 35th New Zealand Geothermal Workshop 2013 Proceedings: 6pp.

Bloomberg S., Rissmann C., Mazot A., Oze C., Horton T., Gravley D., Kennedy B., Werner C., Christenson B. and Pawson J. (2012) Soil gas flux exploration at the Rotokawa Geothermal Field and White Island, New Zealand. In Proceedings SGP-TR-194.

Nobes DC., Gravley DM., Brand BD., Bloomberg SH., Garden TO. and Lindsay JM. (2012) Ground penetrating radar imaging of Auckland volcanic surge deposits. In Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR), 2012 14th International Conference on: 653-658. http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICGPR.2012.6254943.

Siratovich PA., Davidson J., Villeneuve M., Gravley D., Kennedy B., Cole J., Wyering L. and Price L. (2012) Physical and mechanical properties of the Rotokawa Andesite from production wells RK 27_L2, RK 28 and RK30. In Proceedings 34: 22-29.

Hikuroa DCH., Morgan TKKB., Henare M. and Gravley DM. (2010) Integrating indigenous values into geothermal development. In GRC Transactions 34(Celebrating 50 years of Clean, Renewable Power): 51-54.

Hikuroa DCH., Gravley DM., Wilson CJN., Browne PRL. and Olsen AW. (2006) Recent stratigraphic studies at Matata: Implications for Kawerau geothermal field modelling and subsurface interpretation. In.

Conference Contributions - Other

Dohaney., Kennedy., Wilson T., Brogt E. and Gravley D. (2017) Simulating a volcanic crisis to teach students emergency management, volcanic forecasting concepts, and communication skills. Portland, USA: IAVCEI Scientific Assembley, 14 Aug-18 Oct 2017.

Chheda TD., Quigley M., Duffy B., Borella J., Hampton S., Borella MW. and Gravley DM. (2014) The Physics and Mechanics of Liquefaction. Vancouver, Canada: 2014 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting (GSA), 19-22 Oct 2014.

Fulton A., Hampton S. and Gravley D. (2014) Magmatic Dynamics of Parasitic Eruptives: Insights into a Late Stage Conduit and Vent Filling Intrusion. Vancouver, Canada: 2014 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting (GSA), 19-22 Oct 2014.

Hall L., Robinson T., Duffy B., Gravley D. and Hampton SJ. (2014) Using landslide susceptibility modeling to investigate potential earthquake triggers for the anomalously large green lake rock avalanche, New Zealand. Vancouver, Canada: 2014 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting (GSA), 19-22 Oct 2014.

Hampton S., Gaddis E., Hobbs D., Johnson J. and Gravley D. (2014) Magma Propagation, Stress and Eruptives: Spatial and Geochemical Analysis of the Akaroa Volcanic Complex. New Plymouth, New Zealand: Geoscience Society of New Zealand Annual Conference 2014 (GSNZ), 24-27 Nov 2014.

Markey E., Hampton S. and Gravley D. (2014) Parasitic Eruption Dynamics of the Akaroa Volcanic Complex: Le Bons Bay Scoria Cones, Banks Peninsula. Vancouver, Canada: 2014 Geological Society of America Annual Meeting (GSA), 19-22 Oct 2014.

Hampton SJ. and Gravley DG. (2013) Banks Peninsular: New Zealand's first Geo-Park? Investigations and Geo-education Research Initiatives. Christchurch, New Zealand: Geological Society of New Zealand Annual Conference, 24-27 Nov 2013.

Gravley D., Cole J., Deering C., Hampton S., Horton T., Kennedy B., Oze C., Powell T. and Villeneuve M. (2012) Source to surface geothermal research programme: University of Canterbury and Mighty River Power Ltd. Hamilton, New Zealand: New Zealand GeoSciences Annual Conference (GSNZ), 25-28 Nov 2012.

Gravley D., Cole J., Deering C., Hampton S., Horton T., Kennedy B., Oze C., Powell T. and Villeneuve M. (2012) Source to surface geothermal research programme: University of Canterbury and Mighty River Power Ltd. Rotorua, New Zealand: United States/New Zealand Joint Geothermal Workshop, 16-20 Apr 2012.

Mazot A., Bloomberg S., Horton T., Rissman C., Oze C., Gravley D. and Kennedy B. (2012) Carbon dioxide degassing and estimation of thermal energy release from White Island volcano, New Zealand. Montreal, Canada: Goldschmidt 2012, 24-29 Jun 2012.

Chestler SR., Beganskas S., Marshall E., Mason M. and Gravely D. (2011) U.S. study abroad students' perspective on the Christchurch earthquakes and their impact on the community. Minneapolis, MN, USA: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting (GSA), 9-12 Oct 2011.

Dohaney JA., Kennedy B., Brogt E., Gravley D., Wilson T. and O'Steen B. (2011) The Volcanic Hazards Simulation: Students behaving expert-like when faced with challenging, authentic tasks during a simulated Volcanic Crisis. San Francisco, CA, USA: American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, 5-9 Dec 2011.

Foote LC., Scheu B., Kennedy B., Gravley D. and Dingwell DB. (2011) Experimental calibration of Phreatic and Hydrothermal Explosions: A case study on Lake Okaro, New Zealand. San Francisco, CA, USA: American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, 5-9 Dec 2011.

Gallant M., Gravely D. and Stelmack S. (2011) Constructing an eruptive history: An analysis of the Tekoa Tuff in Island Hills, New Zealand. Minneapolis, MN, USA: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting (GSA), 9-12 Oct 2011.

Gravley D., Deering CD., Wilson CJN., Leonard GS., Rowland JV. and Hikuroa DCH. (2011) Temporal Links Between Rifting and Large-scale Eruptions in the Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand. Melbourne, Australia: IUGG General Assembly XXV, 28 Jun-7 Jul 2011.

Li Y., De Pascale GP., Gravley D., Cherrington J. and Alvarez MG. (2011) Fault-Zone Trapped Waves from Aftershocks of the M7.2 Darfield and M6.3 Christchurch Earthquake Sequence for Document of Subsurface Damage Zones. San Francisco, CA, USA: American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, 5-9 Dec 2011.

Oates K., Pinkey-Drobnis A., Reeves J., Wilson TM. and Gravley DM. (2011) Getting the message right: A measure of how well the media educated the public on geoscience during the 2010-2011 earthquake sequence in Christchurch, New Zealand. Minneapolis, MN, USA: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting (GSA), 9-12 Oct 2011.

Scholz C., Downs DT., Gravley D., Quigley M. and Rowland JV. (2011) Soft-sediment deformation in New Zealand: Structures resulting from the 2010/11 Christchurch earthquakes and comparison with Pleistocene sediments of the Taupo Volcanic Zone (TVZ). San Francisco, CA, USA: American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, 5-9 Dec 2011.

Dohaney J., Kennedy B., Borella MW., Hamilton C. and Gravley DM. (2010) Volcanic hazards simulation: a collaborative role-play exercise using multiple synchronous time series datasets to perform volanic forecasting and hazard management. Denver, CO, USA: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting (GSA), 31 Oct-3 Nov 2010.

Dohaney J., Powell T., Gravley DM. and Kennedy B. (2010) The Geothermal Game: An authentic, problem-based simulation used to teach geothermal energy exploration and exploitation concepts. Denver, CO, USA: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting (GSA), 31 Oct-3 Nov 2010.

Gravley DM., Wandres A., Bova SC., House B., Kravitz K., Spera S., Walsh D., Windham CJ., Zuza A. and Dohaney J. (2010) Undergraduate research projects on Mt. Doom in New Zealand: A new model for study abroad experiences. Denver, CO, USA: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting (GSA), 31 Oct-3 Nov 2010.

Gravley DM., Hikuroa DCH. and Borella MW. (2009) The geology of New Zealand: A new study abroad programme that investigates the geologic evolution of New Zealand through a five-week field camp coupled with a campus semester. Portland, OR, USA: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting (GSA), 18-21 Oct 2009.

Gravley DM., Watson MI., Wilson CJN. and Cole JW. (2007) Penetrating pyroclastics: implications for magma-water interaction on Mars. Denver, CO, USA: Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, 28-31 Oct 2007.

Gravley DM. and Wilson CJN. (2006) An ignimbrite flare-up event at 340-240 ka in the Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand: Implications for magmatic, volcanic, and tectonic linkages. Sapporo, Japan: 5th Biennial Workshop on Subduction Processes Emphasizing the Japan-Kurile-Kamchatka-Aleutian Arcs, 9-14 Jul 2006.

Gravley DM., Hasegawa T., Nakagawa M. and Wilson CJ. (2006) Composite Calderas: The Long and Short of it. San Francisco, CA, USA: American Geophysical Union (AGU) Fall Meeting, 11-15 Dec 2006.

Reports

Dohaney J., Brogt E., Wilson T., Doyle EEH., Kennedy B., Lindsay J., Bradley B., Johnston D. and Gravley D. (2016) Improving science communication through scenario-based role-plays.Commissioned by Ako Aotearoa, National Centre for Tertiary Teaching Excellence. iii+80.

Wilson CJN., Rowland JV. and Gravley DM. (2008) The Taupo Volcanic Zone, New Zealand: A geological and geophysical review with an emphasis on its central segment.Institute of Earth Science and Engineering, University of Auckland. Commissioned by Foundation for Research Science and Technology (FRST), Deep Geothermal Project. 134pp.

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Bulletin of Volcanology ( 2006 - 2023)

Research Groups

Geothermal Energy