Notable Geologists
- Charles Fleming, (9 September 1916 – 11 September 1987) established the Wanganui Basin as a classic site for studying past sea levels and climates.
- Julius von Haast, (1 May 1824 – 16 August 1887) a German geologist who traveled to New Zealand in 1858, made a study of the geology in some areas of the South Island.
- James Hector, (16 March 1834 – 6 November 1907) an early New Zealand geologist.
- Ferdinand von Hochstetter, (30 April 1829 – 18 July 1884) established geological science in New Zealand.
- Patrick Marshall (1869-1950), also a zoologist, coined the terms andesite line and ignimbrite.
- Harold Wellman (1909–1999) is notable for discovering the Alpine Fault that runs the entire length of the South Island.
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