The Geology of the Chatham Islands with Hamish Campbell

[@rachelanderson2943]

I spent a week in the Chathams on a geology trip with Hamish last year, what a joy to be able to revist his knowledge and humour through this video. Thank you for posting it on KZbin.

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks, that's great!

[@Xero_Wolf]

I'm a video editor from Grenada but I'm absolutely fascinated with Geology. I've always looked at the various land structures and wondered how they formed and how old they were.

[@gasdive]

Thanks for putting this talk up where we can all enjoy it.

[@OutThereLearning]

Cheers!

[@bellanas]

Thanks so much! Found this really interesting and loved the presentation.

[@OutThereLearning]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@sh00t01]

What a brilliant lecture! Greetings from Argentina!

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks!

[@julescaru8591]

Very informative talk , fascinating geology!

[@OutThereLearning]

Glad you enjoyed it.

[@musicman53]

Brilliant talk Hamish. I was your neighbour across the road in 2009 when you regularly updated me on the “grenade” you launched into the science community with your research on the Chathams geology, and I’ve had a fascination with NZ geology since then. The Chathams folk are very lucky to have their own unique geology explained so clearly and memorably, and some may even take up dinosaur fossil hunting!

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks for your comment!

[@CharlesRobson-bp5eg]

Extremely interesting, don't stop your enthusiasm is captivating, That 30mln went by to fast I could have happily sat there for another hour easy. Thank you for the informative presentation it was throughly enjoyed.

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks for your appreciation!

[@StuffandThings_]

Funnily enough, I've wondered this very same thing, and its great to get such a nice presentation about it! Geology seems to be having a bit of a renaissance on KZbin, now both the American west and NZ have great geology channels dedicated to them.

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks for your comment!

[@fallinginthed33p]

Nick Zentner and Shawn Willsey covering the Pacific Northwest, Colorado and Utah. Out There Learning covering NZ and the western Pacific. It's a great time to be a geology fan.

[@StuffandThings_]

@@fallinginthed33p Yup, those are the three I was thinking of. Can't wait as more pop up! There's also GeologyHub covering volcanism.

[@oguhigashi7080]

Thank you for this wonderful presentation, so fascinating! At the end, you mention the land changes that will bring about Northern and Southern Chatham - I wonder what timescale is this as it seems the soft materials involved it could be relatively short e.g. a few thousand years?

[@hilberryable]

Very informative and interesting. It has been added to my bucket-list of places to visit.

[@gaius_enceladus]

Great video! I always love talks featuring volcanoes! I went to Victoria University in the early 1980s and had Dr (now Prof.) Jim Cole as a lecturer - he was great! Had some very good volcano stories! What amazes me about the Chathams is that they've found dinosaur fossils there! You would think that small islands like that would be the *last* place you'd expect to find dinosaurs (marine fossils like plesiosaurs, maybe, but not land dinosaurs!). I was thrilled to hear that they'd found those fossils there!

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks for your comment!

[@edwardbishop1176]

Great information.

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks!

[@outthere9370]

No gold! 😳 That means the schist is low grade 1 & 2? Thank you. Really enjoyed your "chat"! I didn't know about how volcanic ash was made. Also very interesting re. the fault lines & their relationship to the mainland. Not to mention the Gondwana fluvial deposits.

[@Mcfreddo]

Wow. Very interesting indeed.

[@OutThereLearning]

Glad you think so!

[@ianh2674]

That was very interesting.

[@OutThereLearning]

Glad you liked it, 🙂

[@mikebarton]

TERRIFIC clip. 👏👏👏

[@OutThereLearning]

Thank you!

[@pedtrog6443]

I do like a good geological lecture

[@NebbieNZ]

Fanatic little talk, I knew about the Chatham volcanics however I was not aware of the diversity of the rocks.

[@OutThereLearning]

Fantatic? He probably is lol!

[@rfbftp123]

​@@OutThereLearningfantatic?! Lol that's fanatic 😆

[@NebbieNZ]

@@OutThereLearning I will leave that one in there for the giggle. I was frantically typing

[@shanastroskyphazer8172]

awesome thanks

[@zinny54]

Doug would be proud. Good story Hamish.

[@OutThereLearning]

🙂

[@raymaersdosch2753]

How did the grass and the plants and the trees get there? How fertile is the land in the island? Could any areas, hypothetically, be plowed up and sowed with crops?

[@fabmanly1070]

How would find when lectures like this take place?

[@OutThereLearning]

One place to go is the Geoscience Society of NZ website, but otherwise your local university or rock club perhaps? This one was on the Chatham Islands, during their science festival last week.

[@Deipnosophist_the_Gastronomer]

'Who you callin' funny shaped?' -Chatham Island (probably)

[@OutThereLearning]

:-)

[@Deipnosophist_the_Gastronomer]

This was great, thank you. I didn't know that the Pacific and Australian plates were tying themselves in knots like that, it's really interesting.

[@adriandocherty778]

So your gonna go and mine the Chathams for what exactly??

[@chrissscottt]

Very interesting. Makes me want to visit, might find a dinosaur or two.

[@OutThereLearning]

Video coming at some point about the Chatham's dinosaur fossil locality 🙂

[@rfbftp123]

No gold at lyndis pass.... Go a bit more west and the pans get more yellow 😉😉

[@safetyedge9229]

Why did it rise 3 million year ago?

[@richarddechatfield2297]

Ulysses

[@olsonartstudio3026]

Use its real name would help..there is two

[@OutThereLearning]

Thanks for your feedback, fair point.

[@raymaersdosch2753]

What's the real name?