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New Zealand geologist, tennis player, and cricketer (1869–1950)
Patrick Marshall (1869 – November 1950) was a
geologist who lived in New Zealand.
[1] He was the first to introduce the terms
rodingite and
ignimbrite into
petrology and
mineralogy . Marshall's most significant contribution to science was his work on coastal
erosion and
volcanology .
Early life
Marshall was born on 22 December 1869 in
Sapiston ,
Suffolk to Emily Louisa Merielina Rogers and her husband,
John Hannath Marshall , cricketer and vicar of
Sapiston . After his father's failing health the family emigrated to
Kaiteriteri ,
New Zealand in 1876.
[2]
Sporting career
Marshall won the men's doubles at the New Zealand national tennis championships with his brother
Joy in 1893–94.
[3] He played three
first-class cricket matches for
Auckland in the
1900–01 season .
[4]
Bibliography
Articles by Patrick Marshall published in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand :
Marshall P. (1894). "
Tridymite -
Trachyte of
Lyttelton ". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 26 :
368–387 .
(1895) "New Zealand Diptera: No. 1". 28
(1895). "On
Dodonidia helmsi , Fereday". 28'
(1901) "On Leaf-beds in the
Kaikorai Valley ". 34
(1902) "The
Kingston Moraine ".35
(1903) "Boulders in Triassic Conglomerate, Nelson". 36
(1904) "Magnesian Rocks at
Milford Sound ". 37
(1905) "Geological Notes on the Country North-west of
Lake Wakatipu ". 38
(1907) "Geology of Centre and North of North Island". 40
(1907) "Note on the
Gabbro of the
Dun Mountain ". 40 :
320–322 .
(1908) "Geology of
Rarotonga and
Aitutaki ". 41
(1908) "Contact Rocks from West Nelson". 41
(1908) "Crater of
Ngauruhoe ". 41
(1908) "Additions to the List of New Zealand Minerals". 41
(1908) "Some New Zealand Fossil Cephalopods". 41
(1909) "Note on the Geology of
Mangaia ". 42
(1909) "The Glaciation of New Zealand". 42
Marshall P., Speight R. & Cotton C. A. (1910) "The Younger Rock-series of New Zealand". 43
(1911) "
Nephelinite Rocks in New Zealand". 44
(1912) "Note on the Rate of Erosion of the
Hooker and
Mueller Glaciers ". 45
Marshall P. & Uttley G. H. (1912) "Some Localities for Fossils at
Oamaru ". 45 :
297–307 .
(1913) "Notes on the Geology of
Moorea and
Rurutu Islands ". 46
(1913) "The Geology of the
Cape Runaway District ". 46
Marshall P. & Uttley G. H. (1913) "Localities for Fossils near Oamaru". 46 :
279–280 .
(1914) "The Geology of
Tahiti ". 47
(1914) "Cainozoic Fossils from
Oamaru ". 47
(1914) "The Recent Volcanic Eruptions on
Ambrym Island ". 47
(1915) "The Younger Limestones of New Zealand". 48
(1915) "Some New Fossil Gastropods". 48
(1916) "Geology of the Central Kaipara". 49
(1916) "The
Wangaloa Beds". 49
(1916) "Additional Fossils from
Target Gully , near Oamaru". 49
(1916) "Fossils and Age of the
Hampden (Onekakara) Beds". 49
Marshall P. (1918). "The Tertiary Molluscan Fauna of
Pakaurangi Point.
Kaipara Harbour ". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand 50 :
263–278 .
(1918) "Notes on the Geology of the
Tubuai Islands and of
Pitcairn ". 50
(1919) "Fauna of the Hampden Beds and Classification of the Oamaru System". 51
(1919) "Occurrence of Fossil
Moa -bones in the Lower Wanganui Strata". 51
Marshall P. &
Murdoch R. (1919) "Some New Fossil Species of Mollusca". 51 :
253–258 .
(1920) "The
Tawhiti Series, East Cape District". 52
(1920) "The Hampden Beds and the New Zealand Tertiary Limestones". 52
Marshall P. &
Murdoch R. (1920) "The Tertiary Rocks near Wanganui". 52
Marshall P. &
Murdoch R. (1921) "Tertiary Rocks near
Hawera ". 53
Marshall P. &
Murdoch R. (1921) "Some Tertiary Mollusca, with Descriptions of New Species". 53 :
77–84
Marshall P. (1923) "Early Tertiary Molluscan Faunas of New Zealand". 54
Marshall P. &
Murdoch R. (1923) "Some Tertiary Mollusca, with Descriptions of New Species". 54 :
121–128
Marshall P. &
Murdoch R. (1923) "The Occurrence of the Genus
Lahillia in New Zealand". 54
(1924) "Two Fossil Cephalopods from North Canterbury". 55
Marshall P. &
Murdoch R. (1924) "The Tertiary Rocks of the Wanganui – South Taranaki Coast". 55
(1926) "Presidential Address". 56
(1926) "The Upper Cretaceous Ammonites of New Zealand". 56
(1926) "A New Species of
Osmundites from Kawhia, New Zealand". 56
(1927) "The Origin of
Lake Waikaremoana ". 57
(1928) "The Wearing of Beach Gravels". 58
(1928) "A Kaipara Ammonite". 58
(1928) "A Natrolite Tinguaite from Dunedin". 58
(1928) "Colloid Substances formed by Abrasion". 59
(1930) "Beach Gravels and Sands". 60
(1935) "Acid Rocks of the Taupo-Rotorua Volcanic District". 64
(1937) "The Mineral Tuhualite." 66
(1937) "Geology of Mayor Island." 66
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Species described
The
World Register of Marine Species lists 38 marine species described by P. Marshall. Most of these are extinct.
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See also
References
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Recipients of the
Hector Medal of the Royal Society of New Zealand
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