Professor of Geology
University of Florida
Ph.D.: 1958, Durham University
D.Sc.: 1982, Univeristy of Newcastle-upon-Tyne
Research interests:
Paleomagnetism and its application to tectonics and
magnetostratigraphy. Paleoclimatology and paleogeography of the
Phanerozoic.
Courses taught:
Marine Geology, Historical Geology, Paleomagnetics, Exploring the
Geological Sciences, Oceanography
Selected recent publications:
Huang, K and N.D. Opdyke, 1998. Magnetostratigraphic
investigations on an Emeishan basalt section in western Guizhou
province, China, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 163, 1-14.
Flynn, L.J., W. Downs, N.D. Opdyke, K. Hunag, E. Lindsay, J. Ye, G. Xie, and X. Wang, 1999, Recent advances in the small mammal biostratigraphy and manetostratigraphy of Lanzhou Basin, Chinese Science Bull., 44, 105-118.
Hunag, K., N.D. Opdyke, and R. Zhu, 2000. Further paleomagnetic results from the Silurian of the Yangtze Block and their implications, Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 175, 191-202.
Opdyke, N.D., J. Roberts, J. Claoue-Long, E. Irving, and P.J. Jones, 2000, Base of the Kiaman: Its definition and global stratigraphic significance, Bull. Geol. Soc. Am., 112, 1315-1341.
Opdyke, N.D., M. Mushayandebvu, and M.J. deWit, 2001, A new paleomagnetic pole for the Dwyka System and correlative sediments in Sub Saharan Africa, J. African Earth Sci., 33, in press.
Opdyke, N.D., 2001, Reversals of the earth's magnetic field an the adoption of plate tectonics, Princeton Univ. Press, edited by N. Oreskes, in press.