Patrick Marshall (1869 – November 1950) was a

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who lived in New Zealand. Benson W. N. (1951). "Patrick Marshall". ''Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand'' 79''
152–155
He was the first to introduce the terms rodingite and

ignimbrite Ignimbrite is a type of volcanic rock, consisting of hardened tuff. Ignimbrites form from the deposits of pyroclastic flows, which are a hot suspension of particles and gases flowing rapidly from a volcano, driven by being denser than the surrou ...

into

petrology Petrology () is the branch of geology that studies rocks, their mineralogy, composition, texture, structure and the conditions under which they form. Petrology has three subdivisions: igneous, metamorphic, and sedimentary petrology. Igneous ...

and

mineralogy Mineralogy is a subject of geology specializing in the scientific study of the chemistry, crystal structure, and physical (including optical mineralogy, optical) properties of minerals and mineralized artifact (archaeology), artifacts. Specific s ...

. Marshall's most significant contribution to science was his work on coastal

erosion Erosion is the action of surface processes (such as Surface runoff, water flow or wind) that removes soil, Rock (geology), rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust#Crust, Earth's crust and then sediment transport, tran ...

and

volcanology Volcanology (also spelled vulcanology) is the study of volcanoes, lava, magma and related geology, geological, geophysical and geochemistry, geochemical phenomena (volcanism). The term ''volcanology'' is derived from the Latin language, Latin ...

Early life

Marshall was born on 22 December 1869 in Sapiston, Suffolk, to Emily Louisa Merielina Rogers and her husband, John Hannath Marshall, cricketer and vicar of Sapiston. After his father's failing health the family emigrated to Kaiteriteri,

New Zealand New Zealand () is an island country in the southwestern Pacific Ocean. It consists of two main landmasses—the North Island () and the South Island ()—and List of islands of New Zealand, over 600 smaller islands. It is the List of isla ...

in 1876.

Sporting career

Marshall won the men's doubles at the New Zealand national tennis championships with his brother Joy in 1893–94. He played three

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matches for

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in the 1900–01 season.

Bibliography

Articles by Patrick Marshall published in ''Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand'': * Marshall P. (1894). "

Tridymite Tridymite is a high-temperature polymorphism (materials science), polymorph of silica and usually occurs as minute tabular white or colorless pseudo-hexagonal crystals, or scales, in cavities in felsic volcanic rocks. Its chemical formula is sili ...

Trachyte Trachyte () is an extrusive igneous rock composed mostly of alkali feldspar. It is usually light-colored and aphanite, aphanitic (fine-grained), with minor amounts of mafic minerals, and is formed by the rapid cooling of lava (or shallow intrus ...

of Lyttelton". ''Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand'' 26
368–387
* (1895) "New Zealand Diptera: No. 1". 28 * (1895). "On '' Dodonidia helmsi'', Fereday". ''28 * (1901) "On Leaf-beds in the Kaikorai Valley". 34 * (1902) "The Kingston Moraine".35 * (1903) "Boulders in Triassic Conglomerate, Nelson". 36 * (1904) "Magnesian Rocks at Milford Sound". 37 * (1905) "Geological Notes on the Country North-west of Lake Wakatipu". 38 * (1907) "Geology of Centre and North of North Island". 40 * (1907) "Note on the

Gabbro Gabbro ( ) is a phaneritic (coarse-grained and magnesium- and iron-rich), mafic intrusive igneous rock formed from the slow cooling magma into a holocrystalline mass deep beneath the Earth's surface. Slow-cooling, coarse-grained gabbro is ch ...

of the Dun Mountain". 40
320–322
* (1908) "Geology of

Rarotonga Rarotonga is the largest and most populous of the Cook Islands. The island is volcanic, with an area of , and is home to almost 75% of the country's population, with 10,898 of a total population of 15,040. The Parliament of the Cook Islands, Coo ...

and

Aitutaki Aitutaki, also traditionally known as Araura and Utataki, is the second most-populated island in the Cook Islands, after Rarotonga. It is an "almost atoll", with fifteen islets in a lagoon adjacent to the main island. Total land area is , and the ...

". 41 * (1908) "Contact Rocks from West Nelson". 41 * (1908) "Crater of Ngauruhoe". 41 * (1908) "Additions to the List of New Zealand Minerals". 41 * (1908) "Some New Zealand Fossil Cephalopods". 41 * (1909) "Note on the Geology of Mangaia". 42 * (1909) "The Glaciation of New Zealand". 42 * Marshall P., Speight R. & Cotton C. A. (1910) "The Younger Rock-series of New Zealand". 43 * (1911) " Nephelinite Rocks in New Zealand". 44 * (1912) "Note on the Rate of Erosion of the Hooker and Mueller Glaciers". 45 * Marshall P. & Uttley G. H. (1912) "Some Localities for Fossils at

Oamaru Oamaru (; ) is the largest town in North Otago, in the South Island of New Zealand, it is the main town in the Waitaki District. It is south of Timaru and north of Dunedin on the Pacific Ocean, Pacific coast; State Highway 1 (New Zealand), Sta ...

". 45
297–307
* (1913) "Notes on the Geology of Moorea and Rurutu Islands". 46 * (1913) "The Geology of the Cape Runaway District". 46 * Marshall P. & Uttley G. H. (1913) "Localities for Fossils near Oamaru". 46
279–280
* (1914) "The Geology of

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". 47 * (1914) "Cainozoic Fossils from

". 47 * (1914) "The Recent Volcanic Eruptions on Ambrym Island". 47 * (1915) "The Younger Limestones of New Zealand". 48 * (1915) "Some New Fossil Gastropods". 48 * (1916) "Geology of the Central Kaipara". 49 * (1916) "The Wangaloa Beds". 49 * (1916) "Additional Fossils from Target Gully, near Oamaru". 49 * (1916) "Fossils and Age of the Hampden (Onekakara) Beds". 49 * Marshall P. (1918). "The Tertiary Molluscan Fauna of Pakaurangi Point. Kaipara Harbour". ''Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand'' 50
263–278
* (1918) "Notes on the Geology of the Tubuai Islands and of Pitcairn". 50 * (1919) "Fauna of the Hampden Beds and Classification of the Oamaru System". 51 * (1919) "Occurrence of Fossil Moa-bones in the Lower Wanganui Strata". 51 * Marshall P. & Murdoch R. (1919) "Some New Fossil Species of Mollusca". 51
253–258
* (1920) "The Tawhiti Series, East Cape District". 52 * (1920) "The Hampden Beds and the New Zealand Tertiary Limestones". 52 * Marshall P. & Murdoch R. (1920) "The Tertiary Rocks near Wanganui". 52 * Marshall P. & Murdoch R. (1921) "Tertiary Rocks near Hawera". 53 * Marshall P. & Murdoch R. (1921) "Some Tertiary Mollusca, with Descriptions of New Species". 53
77–84
* Marshall P. (1923) "Early Tertiary Molluscan Faunas of New Zealand". 54 * Marshall P. & Murdoch R. (1923) "Some Tertiary Mollusca, with Descriptions of New Species". 54
121–128
* Marshall P. & Murdoch R. (1923) "The Occurrence of the Genus '' Lahillia'' in New Zealand". 54 * (1924) "Two Fossil Cephalopods from North Canterbury". 55 * Marshall P. & Murdoch R. (1924) "The Tertiary Rocks of the Wanganui – South Taranaki Coast". 55 * (1926) "Presidential Address". 56 * (1926) "The Upper Cretaceous Ammonites of New Zealand". 56 * (1926) "A New Species of '' Osmundites'' from Kawhia, New Zealand". 56 * (1927) "The Origin of Lake Waikaremoana". 57 * (1928) "The Wearing of Beach Gravels". 58 * (1928) "A Kaipara Ammonite". 58 * (1928) "A Natrolite Tinguaite from Dunedin". 58 * (1928) "Colloid Substances formed by Abrasion". 59 * (1930) "Beach Gravels and Sands". 60 * (1935) "Acid Rocks of the Taupo-Rotorua Volcanic District". 64 * (1937) "The Mineral Tuhualite." 66 * (1937) "Geology of Mayor Island." 66 Books: * Marshall P., Gregory J. W., Hamilton A. & Hogben G. (1905). ''The geography of New Zealand. Historical, physical, political, and commercial''. Christchurch, Whitcombe and Tombs limited. 447 pp. * Marshall P. (1912)
''New Zealand and adjacent islands''
Heidelberg. 79 pp.

Species described

The

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lists 38 marine species described by P. Marshall. Most of these are extinct.WoRMS: Species described by P. Marshall
/ref> * some Diptera * † '' Conus abruptus'' Marshall, 1918 * † '' Paracomitas protransenna'' P. Marshall & R. Murdoch, 1923

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