Robert Speight
1867–1949
(Person)
Geologist, university professor, museum curator.
Works by this Author in other Collections
- A Detail of the Pukaki Moraine., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XXXVII.—The Mount Arrowsmith District: a Study in Physiography and Plant Ecology., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. 6.—Note on the Hanging Valleys of the Upper Rangitata Valley., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XXIII.—The Stratigraphy of the Tertiary Beds of the Trelissick or Castle Hill Basin., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Note on the Franz Josef Glacier, December, 1940., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XXVI —The Geology of Banks Peninsula.* This paper is intended to be introductory to one dealing with the petrology of the district, which will be submitted at a later date, in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. V.—The Modification of Spur-ends by Glaciation., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XXXIX.—The Post-glacial Climate of Canterbury., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art XXIV.—A Preliminary Account of the Lower Waipara Gorge., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XXV—An Ancient Buried Forest near Riccarton: its Bearing on the Mode of Formation of the Canterbury Plains., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- The Geology of Banks Peninsula—a Revision., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- An Eroded Coastline, in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. VI.—Structural and Glacial Features of the Hurunui Valley., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XLIII.—Additions to the List of Fossils from the Lower Waipara., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- The Tertiaries at the Hurunui Mouth., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. LXIV.—Notes on some Rocks from the Kermadec Islands., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- The Geology of View Hill and Neighbourhood., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XIV.—On a Soda Amphibole Trachyte from Cass's Peak, Banks Peninsula., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XXXVIII.—Note on the Occurrence of Petroleum, in New Zealand., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. LVIII.—Notes on some Rocks from Campbell Island., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Morainic Deposits of the Waimakariri Valley., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XXX.—Notes on the Geology of the West Coast Sounds., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XXIX.—The Older Gravels of North Canterbury., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. VI.—Recent Changes in the Terminal Face of the Franz Josef Glacier., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. LI.—On an Olivine-andesite of Banks Peninsula., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XXIX.—Petrological Notes on Rocks from the Kermadec Islands; with some Geological Evidence for the Existence of a Subtropical Pacific Continent., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- The Geology of Banks Peninsula—A Revision., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- The Basal Beds of the Akaroa Volcano., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XLII.—Note on the Andesites of White Island., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- The Latest Phase in Vulcanicity of the Lyttelton Volcano, in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- The Benmore Coal Area of the Malvern Hills., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Intermontane Basins of Canterbury: Part 2., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Results given by Wells at Christchurch Pumping station, Beckenham., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XIX.—Further Notes on the Geology of the Trelissick or Castle Hill Basin., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Presidential Address, in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XXXVI.—The Intermontane Basins of Canterbury., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Stratigraphical Position of the Charteris Bay Sandstone., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. V.—The Stratigraphical Relationship of the Weka Pass Stone and the Amuri Limestone., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- The so-called “Railroad” at Rakaia Gorge., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- The Rangitata Glacier—The Question of Its Maximum Extension., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. II.—Some Aspects of the Terrace-development in the Valleys of the Canterbury Rivers., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. IV.—Notes on a Geological Excursion to Lake Tekapo., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Notes on the Franz Josef Glacier, February, 1934, in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- The Geology of Gebbies Pass, Banks Peninsula., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XLI.—On a Shingle-spit in Lake Coleridge., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XII.—On a Hornblende-andesite from the Solander Islands., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XL.—On a Collection of Rocks from Norfolk Island., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XLVII.—On a Doleritic Dyke at Dyer's Pass., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Further Notes on the Geology of the Trelissick or Castle Hill Basin. No. II. With Sketch Maps and Plates., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XLII.—Redcliff Gully, Rakaia River., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XL.—Note on a Dyke at Nugget Point., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art XXIV—An Unrecorded Tertiary Outlier in the Basin of the Rakaia., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Papers. 1. Glaciated Surfaces and Boulder-clay near Bealey., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- The Rakaia Valley., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- The Dykes of the Summit Road, Lyttelton., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- The Gravels of the Mackenzie Intermont., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
- Art. XXXVII.—Recent Changes in the Position of the Terminal Face of the Franz Josef Glacier., in Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand
Mentioned in
- New Zealanders and Science
- New Zealand Plants and their Story
- The Cyclopedia of New Zealand [Canterbury Provincial District]
- Tuatara: Volume 23, Issue 3, May 1979
Cited in
- Tuatara: Volume 23, Issue 3, May 1979
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- Auckland War Memorial Museum, which has extensive holdings on the Auckland region and New Zealand military history.
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