Jamie Howarth

[Jamie Howarth @seismiccycle]

What does one do when the mass accumulation rate in the lake is too high for your impeccably designed automatic sediment trap due to a recent cyclone? Innovate with cable ties, carpet and part of a home brew conical fermenter with @MountainGeomorp and @gnsscience.

[Jamie Howarth @seismiccycle]

@MountainGeomorp @gnsscience After four days on Lake Tūtira the sedimentary signature of Cyclone Gabrielle is now thoroughly mapped. It is always reassuring when the geophysics and sediment cores tell the same story!

[Jamie Howarth @seismiccycle]

@MountainGeomorp @gnsscience Kia ora rawa atu Uncle Beavon and Maungaharuru-Tangitu for the moving karakia at the edge of Lake Tūtira clearing the way for our mahi on the impacts of Cyclone Gabrielle.

[Jamie Howarth @seismiccycle]

Fear not, we have the 6m Mackereth Corer on the job thanks to @MountainGeomorp.

[Sean Fitzsimons @MountainGeomorp]

Mackereth corer rising from 80 m water depth in Lake Rotoiti after successfully taking a 6 m-long core The core will be used by PhD student Katie Hughes to study tsunami generated by seismic-triggered mass movements

[Jamie Howarth @seismiccycle]

Chasing the sedimentary signature of Alpine Fault earthquakes and tsunami in lakes Rotoiti and Rotoroa with @MountainGeomporph and @LandslideKatie. The meters thick megaturbidites in the geophysics are quite the smoking gun!