Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

Journal Articles

• Barrier A., Bischoff A., Nicol A., Browne GH. and Bassett KN. (2021) Relationships between volcanism and plate tectonics: A case-study from the Canterbury Basin, New Zealand. Marine Geology 433 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2020.106397.

• Barrier A., Nicol A., Browne GH. and Bassett KN. (2020) Late Cretaceous coeval multi-directional extension in South Zealandia: Implications for eastern Gondwana breakup. Marine and Petroleum Geology 118 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2020.104383.

• Smithies SL., Bassett KN., Browne GH. and Nichols ARL. (2020) Provenance of the Pakawau Group and Farewell Formation (Late Cretaceous–Paleocene), Taranaki Basin, northwest Nelson, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 63(1): 1-34. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00288306.2019.1603164.

• Barrier A., Nicol A., Browne GH. and Bassett K. (2019) Early Oligocene marine canyon-channel systems: Implications for regional paleogeography in the Canterbury Basin, New Zealand. Marine Geology 418 http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.margeo.2019.106037.

Conference Contributions - Published

• Hill SH., Villeneuve MC. and Bassett KN. (2019) Geomechanical characterization of reservoir rocks in the southern Taranaki Basin, New Zealand. In 53rd U.S. Rock Mechanics/Geomechanics Symposium.

• Nobes DC., Hammond KA. and Bassett KN. (2018) Effect of suspended sediments on ground penetrating radar imaging of riverbeds. In Proceedings GPR 2018 http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICGPR.2018.8441671.

• Barrier A., Nicol A., Bassett KN., Browne G. and Sahoo T. (2017) Late Cretaceous Rifting of the Canterbury Basin during Zealandia intra-continental extension. In.

• Bassett KN., Thompson NK. and Reid CM. (2017) Distribution of carbonate reservoirs controlled by volcanism in the Canterbury Basin, New Zealand. In Proccedings of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Geosciences Technology Workshop “Influence of Volcanism and Associated Magmatic Processes on Petroleum Systems".

• Bastin S., Green R., Quigley M. and Bassett KN. (2017) Paleo-liquefaction; an Alternative Tool for Seismic Hazard Assessments. In 8th International INQUA Meeting on Paleoseismology, Active Tectonics and Archeoseismology (PATA) Focus Group Earthquake Geology and Seismic Hazards.

Journal Articles

• Duffy B., Kalansky J., Bassett K., Harris R., Quigley MC., van Hinsbergen DJJ., Strachan LJ. and Rosenthal Y. (2017) Mélange versus forearc contributions to sedimentation and uplift, during rapid denudation of a young Banda forearc-continent collisional belt. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 138: 186-210. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jseaes.2017.02.008.

Conference Contributions - Published

• Joyce R. and Bassett KN. (2017) Detailed facies analysis of the Late Cretaceous North Cape Formation, southern Taranaki Basin. In.

• Maitra M. and Bassett K. (2017) Detailed facies analysis and sequence stratigraphy of potential lacustrine source rocks, Greymouth Basin, New Zealand. In.

• Maitra M. and Bassett KN. (2017) Tectonic evolution of the Late Cretaceous to Early Palaeocene Greymouth Basin, West Coast. In.

• Maitra M., Bassett KN., Nicol A. and Sykes R. (2017) Sequence stratigraphy and subsidence analysis of Late Cretaceous‒Paleocene lacustrine source rocks, Greymouth Coalfield basin. In.

• Reid CM., Mellis RA., Thompson NK. and Bassett KN. (2017) The influence of volcanism on cool-water carbonate diagenesis in the Canterbury Basin, New Zealand. In Proccedings of the American Association of Petroleum Geologists Geosciences Technology Workshop “Influence of Volcanism and Associated Magmatic Processes on Petroleum Systems". 2017.

• Steadman R. and Bassett KN. (2017) Provenance and porosity analysis of the Late Cretaceous Greymouth Basin, New Zealand. In.

• Bassett KN., Grace K. and Bastin S. (2016) Seismicity, liquefaction and heterolithic reservoir connectivity: Examples from the recent Canterbury Earthquake Sequence. In In Proceedings.

• Bassett KN., Maitra M. and Steadman R. (2016) Enigmatic fitted clast textures, Paparoa Formation, Greymouth Basin. In.

Journal Articles

• Bastin SH., Bassett K., Quigley MC., Maurer B., Green RA., Bradley B. and Jacobson D. (2016) Late holocene liquefaction at sites of contemporary liquefaction during the 2010–2011 Canterbury earthquake sequence, New Zealand. Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America 106(3): 881-903. http://dx.doi.org/10.1785/0120150166.

• Bernet M. and Bassett K. (2016) Quartz types of the Eocene Broken River Formation, Mount Somers, South Island, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 59(2): 274-285. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00288306.2015.1132743.

• Levy R., Harwood D., Florindo F., Sangiorgi F., Tripati R., von Eynatten H., Gasson E., Kuhn G., Tripati A. and Deconto R. (2016) Antarctic ice sheet sensitivity to atmospheric CO 2 variations in the early to mid-Miocene. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 113(13): 3453-3458. http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1516030113.

Conference Contributions - Published

• Maitra M. and Bassett KN. (2016) Sedimentary facies analysis and sequence stratigraphy of the Paparoa Coal Measures, Greymouth Basin, New Zealand. In.

• Maitra MK., Bassett KN., Nicol A. and Sykes R. (2016) Sequence stratigraphy and subsidence analysis of Late Cretaceous - Paleocene lacustrine source rocks, Greymouth Coalfield basin. In Proceedings of the Advantage Petroleum Summit.

• Bassett KN. and Weinstock JB. (2015) Death of a drowned forest: Tsunami risk on the Conway Coast, South Island, New Zealand. In.

• Bastin S., Bassett K. and Quigley MC. (2015) Exploring methods for assessing liquefaction hazards. In Proceedings of the 2015 Geoscience Society of New Zealand Annual Conference.

• Bastin S., Bassett KN. and Quigley M. (2015) Exploring methods for assessing liquefaction hazards. In.

• Bastin S., Quigley MC. and Bassett K. (2015) Comparison of liquefaction-induced land damage and geomorphic variability in Avonside, New Zealand. In.

Journal Articles

• Bastin SH., Quigley MC. and Bassett KN. (2015) Paleoliquefaction in Christchurch, New Zealand. Geological Society of America Bulletin 127(9-10): 1348-1365. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/B31174.1.

Conference Contributions - Published

• Bastin SH., Quigley MC. and Bassett KN. (2015) Geomorphic and geologic influences on liquefaction-induced land damage, Avonside, New Zealand. In.

• Burtt DG. and Bassett KN. (2015) Tectonic uplift and fan delta incision along the Conway Coast, NZ. In Proceedings of the 2015 AGU Fall Meeting.

• Cody E., Bassett KN. and Sykes R. (2015) New Zealand’s best Cretaceous lacustrine source rock: an analogue for offshore conventional resources and a potential onshore unconventional resource. In 2015 Advantage Petroleum Summit.

• Grace K., Bassett KN., Quigley MC. and Hughes MW. (2015) Meander Migration and Liquefaction Susceptibility along the Heathcote River in Southern Christchurch. In Proceedings of the 2015 Geoscience Society of New Zealand Annual Conference.

• Riordan N., Reid CM. and Bassett KN. (2015) Shoals, seaways and submarine fans: A revised palaeogeography of the Oligocene Paparoa Trough. In.

Conference Contributions - Other

• Hill S. and Villeneuve M. (2019) Geomechanical Characterisation of Reservoir Rocks in the Southern Taranaki Basin, New Zealand. New York, USA: US Rock Mechanics / Geomechanics Symposium, 23-26 Jun 2019.

• Smithies S., Bassett KN., Browne G. and Nichols ARL. (2017) Provenance of Late Cretaceous and Paleocene sediments in the southern Taranaki Basin, northwest Nelson. Auckland: Geoscience Society of New Zealand Annual Conference, 28 Nov-1 Dec 2017.

Editorial Work

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• New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics Associate Editor ( 2010 - 2021)
• New Zealand Journal of Geology, and Geophysics Editor ( 2015 - 2021)

Review and Refereeing

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• Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research ( 1997 - 2002)
• New Zealand Journal of Geology, and Geophysics ( 2006 - 2021)

Research Groups

Future Research

• Unconformities in the Oligocene – tectonic or climatic in origin?
• Tectonic setting of the Beacon Group, Antarctica
• SEM cathodoluminescence – further development of its use in provenance analysis
• Uplift of the Transantarctic Mtns. Antarctica – evidence from Ross Sea sediments
• Inception of the modern NZ plate boundary – evidence from transitional basins