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Original Articles

Peter Ballance the geologist

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Pages 353-360 | Received 01 Apr 2004, Accepted 28 Apr 2004, Published online: 21 Sep 2010

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  • Adams , A. G. and Ballance , P. F. 1988 . A study of sedimentary rocks 70 to 100 million years old in southern Hawkes Bay, with comments on their hydrocarbon‐generating potential , New Zealand Energy Research and Development Committee Publication P132 22
  • Allen , S. R. , Bryner , V. F. , Smith , I. E. M. and Ballance , P. F. 1996 . Facies analysis of pyroclastic deposits within basaltic tuff‐rings of the Auckland volcanic field, New Zealand . New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics , 39 : 309 – 327 .
  • Ballance , P. F. 1964a . The beds between the Kimeridge and Gault Clays in the Thame‐Aylesbury neighbourhood . Proceedings of the Geologists’ Association , 74 : 393 – 418 .
  • Ballance , P. F. 1964b . The sedimentology of the Waitemata Group in the Takapuna section, Auckland . New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics , 7 : 466 – 499 .
  • Ballance , P. F. 1964c . Streaked‐out mud ripples below Miocene turbidites, Puriri Formation, New Zealand . Journal of Sedimentary Petrology , 34 : 91 – 101 .
  • Ballance , P. F. 1965 . “ The geology and physiography of the Auckland district ” . In Science in Auckland. (Handbook to accompany the 11th New Zealand Science Congress) Edited by: Kermode , L. O. 8 – 19 .
  • Ballance , P. F. 1968 . The physiography of the Auckland district . New Zealand Geographer , 24 : 23 – 49 .
  • Ballance , P. F. 1970 . “ The land around us: structure and shape ” . In New Zealand: the physical environment , The University of Auckland Winter Lecture Series, 1969 Edited by: Hooton , D. J. 1 – 11 . Auckland University/Oxford University Press .
  • Ballance , P. F. 1974 . An inter‐arc flysch basin in northern New Zealand: Waitemata Group (Upper Oligocene to Lower Miocene) . Journal of Geology , 82 : 439 – 471 .
  • Ballance , P. F. 1975 . Evolution of the India‐Pacific plate boundary in North Island, New Zealand . Bulletin of the Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists , 6 : 58 – 59 .
  • Ballance , P. F. 1976a . Stratigraphy and bibliography of the Waitemata Group of Auckland, New Zealand . New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics , 19 : 897 – 932 .
  • Ballance , P. F. 1976b . Evolution of the Upper Cenozoic magmatic arc and plate boundary in northern New Zealand . Earth and Planetary Science Letters , 28 : 356 – 370 .
  • Ballance , P. F. 1976c . Tawharanui fossils and the depth of deposition of Torlesse sediments . New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics , 19 : 949 – 953 .
  • Ballance , P. F. 1976d . Reply to “Review of ‘Present plate boundary and its evolution in the New Zealand region’ by R. P. Suggate” . New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics , 19 : 755 – 757 .
  • Ballance , P. F. 1976e . The geology of Motuora Island, Hauraki Gulf . Tane , 23 : 77 – 82 .
  • Ballance , P. F. 1977 . The Beacon Supergroup in the Allan Hills, central Victoria Land, Antarctica . New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics , 20 : 1003 – 1016 .
  • Ballance , P. F. 1979a . “ The geological history and physiography of the Auckland district ” . In Natural history of Auckland: an introduction , Edited by: Brook , P. J. 6 – 16 . Auckland War Memorial Museum Handbook .
  • Ballance , P. F. Coastal exposures in Waitemata Group flysch . Guidebook for Geological Excursions 10A and 10B, 49th ANZAAS Congress . Auckland.
  • Ballance , P. F. 1980a . “ Models of sediment distribution in non‐marine and shallow‐marine environments in oblique‐slip fault zones ” . In Sedimentation in oblique‐slip mobile zones , International Association of Sedimentologists Special Publication Edited by: Ballance , P. F. and Reading , H. G. 229 – 236 .
  • Ballance , P. F. 1980b . Plate tectonics and biogeography in the Southwest Pacific: the last 100 million years . Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, Special Issue , 31 : 101 – 369 .
  • Ballance , P. F. 1980c . “ Geology and landforms of the Rotorua lakes area ” . In Handbook of the Rotorua lakes district , Edited by: Chapman , V. J. 14 – 19 . Guardians of the Rotorua Lakes .
  • Ballance , P. F. 1981 . New Zealand: various entries in “Scenic Wonders of the World” , Sydney : Readers Digest .
  • Ballance , P. F. 1984 . Sheet‐flow‐dominated gravel fans of the non‐marine, middle Cenozoic Simmler Formation, central California . Sedimentary Geology , 38 : 337 – 359 .
  • Ballance , P. F. 1988a . “ The Huriwai braidplain delta of New Zealand: a late Jurassic, coarse‐grained, volcanic‐fed depositional system in a Gondwana forearc basin ” . In Fan deltas: sedimentology and tectonic settings , Edited by: Nemec , W. and Steel , R. J. 430 – 444 . Glasgow : Blackie .
  • Ballance , P. F. 1988b . Late Cenozoic time‐lines and calc‐alkaline volcanic arcs in northern New Zealand—further discussion . Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand , 18 : 347 – 358 .
  • Ballance , P. F. 1991 . Gravity flows and rock recycling on the Tonga landward trench slope: relation to trench‐slope tectonic processes . Journal of Geology , 99 : 817 – 827 .
  • Ballance , P. F. Sedimentary basins of the South Pacific: many questions, fewer answers . Proceedings of the 1991 New Zealand Oil Exploration Conference . Christchurch. pp. 255 – 260 . Ministry of Commerce .
  • Ballance , P. F. , ed. 1993a . South Pacific sedimentary basins: sedimentary basins of the world 2 , 413 Amsterdam : Elsevier .
  • Ballance , P. F. 1993b . “ The paleo‐Pacific, post‐subduction, passive margin thermal relaxation sequence (Late Cretaceous‐Paleogene) of the drifting New Zealand continent ” . In South Pacific sedimentary basins: sedimentary basins of the world 2 , Edited by: Ballance , P. F. 93 – 110 . Amsterdam : Elsevier .
  • Ballance , P. F. 1993c . “ The New Zealand Neogene forearc basins ” . In South Pacific sedimentary basins: sedimentary basins of the world 2 , Edited by: Ballance , P. F. 177 – 193 . Amsterdam : Elsevier .
  • Ballance , P. F. and Morton , J. E. 1993d . “ Geological history and structure of the Auckland district ” . In A natural history of Auckland , 4 – 11 . David Bateman Ltd in association with Auckland Regional Council .
  • Ballance , P. F. 1999 . “ Simplification of the Southwest Pacific Neogene arcs: inherited complexity and control by a retreating pole of rotation ” . In Continental tectonic , Geological Society of London Special Publication 164 Edited by: MacNiocaill , C. and Ryan , P. D. 7 – 19 .
  • Ballance , P. F. , Ablaev , A. G. , Pushchin , I. K. , Pletnev , S. P. , Birylina , M. G. , Itaya , T. , Follas , H. A. and Gibson , G. W. 1999 . Morphology and history of the Kermadec Trench‐Arc ‐Backarc Basin‐Remnant Arc system at 30 to 32°S: geophysical profile, microfossil and K‐Ar data . Marine Geology , 159 : 35 – 62 .
  • Ballance , P. F. , Barron , J. A. , Blome , C. D. , Bukry , D. , Cawood , P. A. , Chaproniere , G. C. H. , Frisch , R. , Herzer , R. H. , Nelson , C. S. , Quinterno , P. , Ryan , H. , Scholl , D. W. , Stevenson , A. J. , Tappin , D. R. and Vallier , T. L. 1989a . Late Cretaceous pelagic sediments, volcanic ash and biotas from near the Louisville hotspot, Pacific Plate, paleolatitude ∼42°S . Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology , 71 : 281 – 299 .
  • Ballance , P. F. and Campbell , J. D. 1993 . “ The Murihiku arc‐related basin of New Zealand (Triassic‐Jurassic) ” . In South Pacific sedimentary basins: sedimentary basins of the world 2 , Edited by: Ballance , P. F. 21 – 33 . Amsterdam : Elsevier .
  • Ballance , P. F. , Follas , H. A. , Froggatt , P. C. and Mikhailic , E. V. 2000 . Continent‐derived vitric mud and mafic arc rocks in deep Kermadec trench diamictons . Journal of Sedimentary Research , 70 : 140 – 150 .
  • Ballance , P. F. , Gosson , G. J. and Wilson , C. J. N. Sedimentology of an obliquely convergent arc and “kneaded” margin, with some emphasis on volcaniclastic sediments: North Island Neogene, New Zealand . 12th International Sedimentological Congress, Guidebook for Field Trip 15a . pp. 130 Geological Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Publication 36A
  • Ballance , P. F. and Gregory , M. R. 1991 . “ Parnell Grits—large subaqueous volcaniclastic gravity flows with multiple particle‐support mechanisms ” . In Sedimentation in volcanic settings , Society for Sedimentary Geology (SEPM) Special Publication 45 Edited by: Fisher , R. V. and Smith , G. A. 189 – 200 .
  • Ballance , P. F. , Gregory , M. R. and Gibson , G. W. 1981 . Coconuts in Miocene turbidites in New Zealand: possible evidence for tsunami origin of some turbidity currents . Geology , 9 : 592 – 595 .
  • Ballance , P. F. , Gregory , M. R. , Gibson , G. W. , Chaproniere , G. C. H. , Kadar , A. P. and Sameshima , T. 1984 . “ A late Miocene and early Pliocene upper slope‐to‐shelf sequence of calcareous fine sediment from the Pacific margin of New Zealand ” . In Fine‐grained sediments: deep‐water processes and facies , Special Publication of the Geological Society of London Edited by: Stow , D. A. V. and Piper , D. J. W. 331 – 342 . Blackwell Scientific Publications .
  • Ballance , P. F. , Hayward , B. W. and Brook , F. J. 1985 . Matters arising—subduction regression of volcanism in New Zealand . Nature , 313 : 820
  • Ballance , P. F. , Hayward , B. W. and Wakefield , L. L. 1977 . Group nomenclature of late Oligocene and early Miocene rocks in Auckland and Northland, New Zealand; and an Akarana Supergroup . New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics , 20 : 673 – 686 .
  • Ballance , P. F. , Heming , R. F. and Sameshima , T. 1980 . “ Petrography of the youngest known Murihiku Supergroup, New Zealand: latest Jurassic arc volcanism on the southern margin of Gondwana ” . In Gondwana five , Edited by: Cresswell , M. M. and Vella , P. 161 – 166 . Rotterdam : A. A. Balkema .
  • Ballance , P. F. , Howell , D. G. and Ort , K. 1983 . “ Late Cenozoic wrench tectonics along the Nacimiento, South Cuyama, and La Panza Faults, California, indicated by depositional history of the Simmler Formation ” . In Tectonics and sedimentation along faults of the San Andreas system , Edited by: Andersen , D. W. and Rymer , M. J. 1 – 9 . Los Angeles : Pacific Section, Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists .
  • Ballance , P. F. and McCarthy , J. A. 1975 . Geology of Okahukura Peninsula, Kaipara Harbour, New Zealand . New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics , 18 : 721 – 743 .
  • Ballance , P. F. , Neall , V. E. and others . February 13–23 1996 . Field workshop on andesitic and rhyolitic terrains , IAVCEI Commission on Volcanogenic Sediments February 13–23 , 67 1996
  • Ballance , P. F. and Nelson , C. S. 1969 . Differential cementation in the Waikawau Limestone (Waitemata Group), west Auckland . New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics , 12 : 67 – 86 .
  • Ballance , P. F. , Pettinga , J. R. and Webb , C. 1982 . A model of the Cenozoic evolution of northern New Zealand and adjacent areas of the southwest Pacific . Tectonophysics , 87 : 37 – 48 .
  • Ballance , P. F. and Reading , H. G. , eds. 1980 . Sedimentation in oblique‐slip mobile zones , International Association of Sedimentologists Special Publication 4 265
  • Ballance , P. F. and Schofield , J. C. 1983 . Two‐day excursion to the Waitemata and Waitakere Groups, November 12th and 13th, 1983 , Geological Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Publication 30B 62 – 81 .
  • Ballance , P. F. , Scholl , D. W. , Vallier , T. L. , Stevenson , A. , Ryan , H. and Herzer , R. H. 1989b . Subduction of a Late Cretaceous seamount of the Louisville Ridge at the Tonga Trench—a model of normal and accelerated tectonic erosion . Tectonics , 8 : 953 – 962 .
  • Ballance , P. F. and Smith , I. E. M. 1982 . “ Walks through Auckland's geological past: a guide to the geological formations of Rangitoto, Motutapu, and Motuihe Islands ” . In Geological Society of New Zealand Guidebook 5 25
  • Ballance , P. F. and Spörli , K. B. 1979a . Northland Allochthon . Journal of the Royal Society of New Zealand , 9 : 259 – 275 .
  • Ballance , P. F. and Spörli , K. B. The geology of Northland. Guidebook for Geological Excursion 2 . 49th ANZAAS Congress . Auckland.
  • Ballance , P. F. , Tappin , D. A. and Wilkinson , I. P. 2004 . Volcaniclastic gravity flow sedimentation on a frontal arc platform: the Miocene of Tonga . New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics , 47 : 567 – 587 .
  • Ballance , P. F. , Vallier , T. L. , Cawood , P. A. and Nelson , C. S. 1988 . “ Petrology and sedimentology of mixed volcanic and pelagic sedimentary rocks from the southern Tonga platform, trench slope, and trench, and the Lau Ridge ” . In Joint cruise report of the Second Tripartite Oceanographic Cruise to Southern Tonga , Edited by: Scholl , D. W. and Vallier , T. L. U.S. Geological Survey .
  • Ballance , P. F. , Vallier , T. L. , Nelson , C. S. and Frisch , R. S. 1994 . Petrology and sedimentology of mixed volcanic and pelagic sedimentary rocks from the southern Tonga platform, trench slope and trench, and the Lau Ridge . SOPAC Technical Bulletin , 8 : 235 – 259 .
  • Ballance , P. F. and Watters , W. A. 1971 . The Mawson Diamictite and the Carapace Sandstone, formations of the Ferrar Group at Allan Hills and Carapace Nunatak, Victoria Land, Antarctica . New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics , 14 : 512 – 527 .
  • Ballance , P. F. and Watters , W. A. 2002 . Hydrothermal alteration, contact metamorphism, and authigenesis in Ferrar Supergroup and Beacon Supergroup rocks, Carapace Nunatak, Allan Hills, and Coombs Hills, Victoria Land, Antarctica . New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics , 45 : 71 – 84 .
  • Ballance , P. F. and Williams , P. W. 1982 . “ The geomorphology of Auckland and Northland ” . In Landforms of New Zealand , Edited by: Soons , J. M. and Selby , M. J. 127 – 146 . Auckland : Longman‐Paul .
  • Ballance , P. F. and Williams , P. W. 1992 . “ The geomorphology of Auckland and Northland ” . In Landforms of New Zealand , 2nd ed. , Edited by: Soons , J. M. and Selby , M. J. 210 – 232 . Auckland : Longman‐Paul .
  • Cawood , P. A. , Nemchin , A. A. , Leverenz , A. , Saeed , A. and Ballance , P. F. 1999 . U/Pb dating of detrital zircons: implications for the provenance record of Gondwana margin terranes . Bulletin of the Geological Society of America , 111 : 1107 – 1119 .
  • Clarke , D. S. , Spörli , K. B. , Smith , I. E. M. , Locke , C. A. , Kobe , H. W. , Black , P. M. and Ballance , P. F. The geologic setting of gold deposits in the Coromandel Volcanic Zone, New Zealand . Proceedings of Pacific Rim Congress . pp. 337 – 350 . Queensland : Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy .
  • Gilbert , D. B. , Ballance , P. F. and Spörli , K. B. 1989 . Te Kuiti Group and Onerahi Supergroup rocks on the north flank of the Omahuta basement block, Northland, New Zealand. In: Spörli, K. B.; Kear, D. ed. Geology of Northland . Royal Society of New Zealand Bulletin , 26 : 65 – 74 .
  • Gregory , M. R. , Ballance , P. F. , Gibson , G. W. and Ayling , A. M. 1979 . On how some rays (Elasmobranchia) excavate feeding depressions by jetting water . Journal of Sedimentary Petrology , 49 : 1125 – 1130 .
  • Hamill , P. F. and Ballance , P. F. 1985 . Heavy mineral rich beach sands of the Waitakere coast, Auckland, New Zealand . New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics , 28 : 503 – 511 .
  • Hayward , B. W. , Ballance , P. F. and Gregory , M. R. 1995 . Cenozoic geology of Northland: a three‐day excursion focussing on areas north of Auckland and around Whangarei , Geological Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Publication 81B 2 – 39 .
  • Hayward , B. W. , Black , P. M. , Smith , I. E. M. , Ballance , P. F. , Itaya , T. , Doi , M. , Takagi , M. , Bergman , S. , Adams , C. J. , Herzer , R. H. and Robertson , D. J. 2001 . K‐Ar ages of early Miocene arc‐type volcanoes in northern New Zealand . New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics , 44 : 285 – 311 .
  • Hochstein , M. P. and Ballance , P. F. 1993 . “ Hauraki Rift: a young, active, intra‐continental rift in a back‐arc setting ” . In South Pacific sedimentary basins: sedimentary basins of the world 2 , Edited by: Ballance , P. F. 295 – 305 . Amsterdam : Elsevier .
  • Leverenz , A. and Ballance , P. F. 2001 . Terrane affiliation and terrane boundaries of Mesozoic accretionary complexes, northeastern North Island, New Zealand: some implications from recycled clastics . New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics , 44 : 589 – 599 .
  • O'Connor , B. M. and Ballance , P. F. , eds. Field trip guides, Geological Society of New Zealand 1995 Annual Conference . pp. 73 Auckland University . Geological Society of New Zealand Miscellaneous Publication 81B
  • Parker , R. J. , Ballance , P. F. and Sporli , K. B. 1989 . Small “Tangihua” volcanic masses at low structural levels in the Northland Allochthon: relationships and tectonic significance. In: Spörli, K. B.; Kear, D. ed. Geology of Northland . Royal Society of New Zealand Bulletin , 26 : 127 – 136 .
  • Pushchin , I. K. , Tararin , I. A. , Konovalov , Y. I. , Itaya , T. and Ballance , P. F. 1996 . K‐Ar age of basalts from the Kermadec tectonic system . Doklady Rossiiskoy Akademii Nauk , 350 : 108 – 111 . (in Russian)
  • Raza , A. , Brown , R. W. , Ballance , P. F. , Hill , K. C. and Kamp , P. J. J. 1999 . Thermal history of the early Miocene Waitemata Basin and adjacent Waipapa Group, North Island, New Zealand . New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics , 42 : 169 – 189 .
  • Ricketts , B. D. , Ballance , P. F. , Hayward , B. W. and Mayer , W. 1989 . The sedimentology of a rapid deepening: basal Waitemata Group, New Zealand . Sedimentology , 36 : 559 – 580 .
  • Spörli , K. B. and Ballance , P. F. 1989 . Mesozoic‐Cenozoic ocean floor/ continent interaction and terrane configuration, Southwest Pacific area around New Zealand. In: Ben‐Avraham, Z. ed. The evolution of the Pacific Ocean margins . Oxford Monographs on Geology and Geophysics , 8 : 176 – 190 .
  • Stevenson , A. J. , Herzer , R. H. and Ballance , P. F. 1994 . Geology and submarine resources of the Tonga‐Lau‐Fiji region . SOPAC (South Pacific Applied Geoscience Commission) Technical Bulletin , 8 : 350 Fiji, SOPAC Secretariat, Suva
  • Tappin , D. R. and Ballance , P. F. 1994 . Contributions to the sedimentary geology of ‘Eua Island, Kingdom of Tonga: reworking in an oceanic forearc. In: Stevenson, A. J.; Herzer, R. H.; Ballance, P. F. ed. Geology and submarine resources of the Tonga‐Lau‐Fiji region . SOPAC Technical Bulletin , 8 : 1 – 20 .
  • Tararin , I. A. , Pushchin , I. K. , Ballance , P. F. , Konovalov , Y. I. and Zlobin , S. K. 1996 . Magmatic rocks from the Kermadec arc system: evidence for an unusual forearc magma type . Geology of the Pacific Ocean , 15 : 3 – 16 .
  • 1997 . Geology of the Pacific Ocean , 13 : 207 – 226 . The Netherlands, Harwood Academic Publishers]
  • Underwood , M. B. , Ballance , P. F. , Clift , P. D. , Hiscott , R. N. , Marsaglia , K. M. , Pickering , K. T. and Reid , R. P. 1995 . “ Sedimentation in forearc basins, trenches, and collision zones of the western Pacific: a summary of results from the Ocean Drilling Program ” . In Active margins and marginal basins of the western Pacific , American Geophysical Union Geophysical Monograph 88 Edited by: Taylor , B. and Natland , J. 315 – 353 .

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