Date: |
03 Dec 2025, 6.00PM – 7.00PM |
duration: |
1 hr |
Venue: |
Room 401, University of Auckland - Engineering Bldg |
Address: |
Main Engineering Building Room 401 20 Symonds Street Auckland |
Cost: |
Free event |
Recent research has confirmed the presence of the toxic zeolite mineral, erionite, in locations throughout New Zealand including within the Auckland Region. The challenges of identifying erionite both in the field and laboratory will be discussed and the advantages and disadvantages of different analytical techniques presented. The implications of these findings for industry will also be discussed.
This presentation will be delivered by Dr Martin Brook, Jennifer Salmond, Dr Doug Wilson and Neil Airey. The presentation will be approximately 1 hour and will be made available as a webinar to all NZGS members.
Presenter Bios:
Martin Brook is Professor of Applied Geology at the University of Auckland, a CGeol and PEngGeol. His research interests are in engineering and environmental geology, and he has been working on zeolite minerals, particularly erionite, for several years. He also leads the Master of Engineering Geology programme at the University of Auckland.
Sir Douglas Wilson KSO ONZ is an Associate Professor in Transportation Engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Director of the Transportation Research Centre (TRC) at the University of Auckland. He has more than 20 years lecturing experience at the University of Auckland in transportation engineering and traffic engineering. His various research interests range from traffic and road safety, pavement surface characteristics, transportation materials and recycling of materials, road condition and material equipment testing and monitoring to laboratory testing methods, sustainable transport systems, intelligent transport systems and future transport technologies.”
Join us for this seminar, providing the industry with the latest information on the known geological occurrence of erionite in New Zealand, with emphasis on the challenges of determining the distribution of erionite in the heavily urbanised Auckland Region.
Recent research has confirmed the presence of the toxic zeolite mineral, erionite, in locations throughout New Zealand including within the Auckland Region. The challenges of identifying erionite both in the field and laboratory will be discussed and the advantages and disadvantages of different analytical techniques presented. The implications of these findings for industry will also be discussed.
This presentation will be delivered by Dr Martin Brook, Jennifer Salmond, Dr Doug Wilson and Neil Airey. The presentation will be approximately 1 hour and will be made available as a webinar to all NZGS members.
Presenter Bios:
Martin Brook is Professor of Applied Geology at the University of Auckland, a CGeol and PEngGeol. His research interests are in engineering and environmental geology, and he has been working on zeolite minerals, particularly erionite, for several years. He also leads the Master of Engineering Geology programme at the University of Auckland.
Sir Douglas Wilson KSO ONZ is an Associate Professor in Transportation Engineering in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the Director of the Transportation Research Centre (TRC) at the University of Auckland. He has more than 20 years lecturing experience at the University of Auckland in transportation engineering and traffic engineering. His various research interests range from traffic and road safety, pavement surface characteristics, transportation materials and recycling of materials, road condition and material equipment testing and monitoring to laboratory testing methods, sustainable transport systems, intelligent transport systems and future transport technologies.”
