Published scientific papers

McLeod, O. E., & Pittari, A. (2023). A channelized debris-avalanche deposit from Pirongia basaltic stratovolcano, New Zealand. In A. Di Capua, R. De Rosa, G. Kereszturi, E. Le Pera, M. Rosi, & S. F. L. Watt (Eds.), Volcanic processes in the sedimentary record: When volcanoes meet the environment (Geological Society, London, Special Publications, Vol. 520, pp. 191–209). Geological Society of London. https://doi.org/10.1144/SP520-2020-222

McLeod, O. E., Brenna, M., Briggs, R. M., & Pittari, A. (2022). Slab tear as a cause of coeval arc-intraplate volcanism in the Alexandra Volcanic Group, New Zealand. Lithos, 408, 106564. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2021.106564

Pittari, A., Prentice, M. L., McLeod, O. E., Yousef Zadeh, E., Kamp, P. J. J., Danišík, M., & Vincent, K. A. (2021). Inception of the modern North Island (New Zealand) volcanic setting: spatio-temporal patterns of volcanism between 3.0 and 0.9 Ma. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 64(2–3), 250–272. https://doi.org/10.1080/00288306.2021.1915343

McLeod, O. E., & White, J. D. L. (2018). Petrogenetic links between the Dunedin Volcano and peripheral volcanics of the Karitane Suite. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 61(4), 543–561. https://doi.org/10.1080/00288306.2018.1518248

Geological Map Bulletins

McLeod, O. E., Briggs, R.M., Conway, C. E., & Ishizuka, O. (2024). Geology of Karioi Volcano, Aotearoa New Zealand. Geoscience Society of New Zealand.

McLeod, O. E., Pittari, A., Brenna, M., & Briggs, R. M. (2020). Geology of the Pirongia Volcano, Waikato: 1: 30,000 geological map. Geoscience Society of New Zealand.

Other map outputs

McLeod, O.E., 2026. Lake Waikare cultural map, lower Waikato

Conference papers

McLeod, O., & Pure, L. (2025). Sub-surface geological mapping of the eastern Alexandra Volcanic Group, Waikato. In Geoscience Society of New Zealand Annual Conference 2025: Abstracts Volume. GSNZ Miscellaneous Publication 172A (p. 144). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17808603

McLeod, O., Briggs, R., Conway, C., & Ishizuka, O. (2024). The skirmish between arc and intraplate magma below Karioi: A stratigraphic perspective (Keynote). In F. Nelson, H. Jack, & S. Chanony (Eds.), Geoscience Society of New Zealand Annual Conference 2024: Abstracts (Miscellaneous Publication 167A, p. 279). Geoscience Society of New Zealand.

McLeod, O. E., & Sieron, K. (2022). Do cross-arcs with overlapping arc/intraplate volcanism reveal the location of slab tears? Case studies from New Zealand and Mexico [Conference abstract]. AGU Chapman Conference on Distributed Volcanism and Distributed Volcanic Hazards, Flagstaff, AZ, United States.

Museum exhibitions

  • Karioi: Te Maunga Whakahirahira - The Majestic Mountain. Raglan Museum - opening mid-2027.

  • Updated Natural History display for Kāwhia Museum (mid-2027)

  • Natural History of Mount Pirongia. Waikato Museum (late-2027)