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[[File:Wellman.jpeg|right|framed|Wellman's biography]]Wellman was a pioneering New Zealand Geologist with an interest in archaeology. His career started in surveying but moved to Geology. Wellman's greatest contribution was the recognition of the 480 km offset on the South Island alpine fault and dating its commencement. | [[File:Wellman.jpeg|right|framed|Wellman's biography]]Wellman was a pioneering New Zealand Geologist with an interest in archaeology. His career started in surveying but moved to Geology. Wellman's greatest contribution was the recognition of the 480 km offset on the South Island alpine fault and dating its commencement. | ||
+ | Wellman was influential in the early research of [[McFadgen Bruce|Bruce McFadgen]]. | ||
His theodolite is in the collection of Te Papa - [http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/theme.aspx?irn=1320 here]. | His theodolite is in the collection of Te Papa - [http://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/theme.aspx?irn=1320 here]. | ||
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Wellman has an entry in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography - [http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/5w19/1 here]. | Wellman has an entry in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography - [http://www.teara.govt.nz/en/biographies/5w19/1 here]. | ||
{{Wikipedia|Harold Wellman}} | {{Wikipedia|Harold Wellman}} | ||
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+ | === Bibliography === | ||
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+ | 1962a. Maori occupation layers at D'Urville Island, N.Z. NZ Journal of Geology and Geophysics 5:55-73. | ||
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+ | 1962b. Holocene of the North Island of N.Z.: a coastal reconnaissance. Transactions of the Royal Society of N Z, Geology 1:29-99. | ||
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+ | - and A. T. Wilson 1964 Notes on the Geology and Archaeology of the Martins Bay District New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 7(4):702-721. | ||
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Revision as of 12:42, 13 January 2013
Harold William Wellman 1909 - 1999
Wellman was a pioneering New Zealand Geologist with an interest in archaeology. His career started in surveying but moved to Geology. Wellman's greatest contribution was the recognition of the 480 km offset on the South Island alpine fault and dating its commencement.Wellman was influential in the early research of Bruce McFadgen.
His theodolite is in the collection of Te Papa - here.
Wellman has an entry in the Dictionary of New Zealand Biography - here.
Bibliography
1962a. Maori occupation layers at D'Urville Island, N.Z. NZ Journal of Geology and Geophysics 5:55-73.
1962b. Holocene of the North Island of N.Z.: a coastal reconnaissance. Transactions of the Royal Society of N Z, Geology 1:29-99.
- and A. T. Wilson 1964 Notes on the Geology and Archaeology of the Martins Bay District New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 7(4):702-721.