Ian RaineEmeritus Scientist

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Biography

Research Interests Palynology of Permian to Cenozoic strata for regional geological mapping, sedimentary basin studies, petroleum and coalfield exploration, biostratigraphic and taxonomic research, melissopalynology. Current projects include taxonomic and biostratigraphic study of New Zealand Jurassic and Cretaceous palynomorphs, vegetation and climate change at the Cretaceous-Tertiary and Paleocene-Eocene boundaries, biogeography of Cenozoic Antarctic and southern high latitude floras, and development of taxonomy databases. Also involved in research on the New Zealand honey flora, bee forage, and the definition of monofloral honeys.

Qualifications

Certificate of Proficiency course in Botany III
BSc, Geology
PhD, Quaternary Vegetation History

Areas of expertise

Geology: Stratigraphy
Geology: Basin studies
Technical: Software and database development
Geology: Sub-Antarctic & Antarctic Geology
Paleontology: Biostratigraphic services
Geology: Field studies
Paleontology: Biogeography
Paleontology: Paleoenvironmental Analysis
Paleontology: Palynology
Palynology: Melissopalynology

Major Publications

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Contreras, L.; Pross, J.; Bijl, P.K.; Koutsodendris, A.; Raine, J.I.; van de Schootbrugge, B.; Brinkhuis, H. 2013. Early to Middle Eocene vegetation dynamics at the Wilkes Land Margin (Antarctica), Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 197: p. 119-142. DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2013.05.009.
Higgs, K.E.; King, P.R.; Raine, J.I.; Sykes, R.; Browne, G.H.; Crouch, E.M.; Baur, J.R. 2012. Sequence stratigraphy and controls on reservoir sandstone distribution in an Eocene marginal marine-coastal plain fairway, Taranaki Basin, New Zealand, Marine and Petroleum Geology 32(1): p. 110-137. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2011.12.001.
Lee, D.E.; Bannister, J.M.; Raine, J.I.; Conran, J.G. 2010. Euphorbiaceae : Acalyphoideae fossils from Early Miocene New Zealand : Mallotus-Macaranga leaves, fruits, and inflorescence with in situ Nyssapollenites endobalteus pollen, Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology 163(1/2): p. 127-138. DOI: 10.1016/j.revpalbo.2010.10.002.
Raine, J.I. 2008. Zonate lycophyte spores from New Zealand Cretaceous to Paleogene strata, Alcheringa 32(2): p. 99-127. DOI: 10.1080/03115510801916440.
Lewis, A.R.; Marchant, D.R.; Ashworth, A.C.; Hedenaes, L.; Hemming, S.R.; Johnson, J.V.; Leng, M.J.; Machlus, M.L.; Newton, A.E.; Raine, J.I.; Willenbring, J.K.; Williams, M.; Wolfe, A.P. 2008. Mid-Miocene cooling and the extinction of tundra in continental Antarctica, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 105(31): p. 10676-10680. DOI: 10.1073/pnas.0802501105.
Vajda, V.; Raine, J.I. 2003. Pollen and spores in marine Cretaceous/Tertiary boundary sediments at mid-Waipara River, North Canterbury, New Zealand, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics 46(2): p. 255-273.
Raine, J.I.; Askin, R.A. 2001. Terrestrial palynology of Cape Roberts Project drillhole CRP-3, Victoria Land Basin, Antarctica, Terra Antartica 8(4): p. 389-400.
Vajda, V.; Raine, J.I.; Hollis, C.J. 2001. Indication of global deforestation at the Cretaceous-Tertiary boundary by New Zealand fern spike, Science 294: p. 1700-1702.
Raine, J.I.; Strong, C.P.; Wilson, G.J. 1993. Biostratigraphic revision of petroleum exploration wells, Great South Basin, New Zealand
de Jersey, N.J.; Raine, J.I. 1990. Triassic and earliest Jurassic miospores from the Murihiku Supergroup, New Zealand
Nathan, S.; Anderson, H.J.; Cook, R.A.; Herzer, R.H.; Hoskins, R.H.; Raine, J.I.; Smale, D. 1986. Cretaceous and Cenozoic sedimentary basins of the West Coast region, South Island, New Zealand
Raine, J.I. 1984. Outline of a palynological zonation of Cretaceous to Paleogene terrestrial sediments in West Coast region, South Island, New Zealand

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