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PUBLICATIONS

Papers & Reports

If a title is underlined, it will link you to a copy of the publication. Authors marked with asterisk were students at the time of their contribution to the work. If you would like to read a publication behind a paywall or that is not linked, please contact me!

Tsang, S. W. R., V. Egli, B. Crawshaw-McLean*, L. Edwards-Maas*, M. Kah, E. Sharp, Combining outreach and cross-sectional research to gather children's soil values in Aotearoa New Zealand: protocol for the mixed methods Soilsafe Kids program, Journal of Medical Internet Research- Research Protocols (2023) 

Lerner, G. A., S. W. R. Tsang, G. M. Turner, Using paleomagnetism to determine the heating effect of lava flows on underlying substrates, Volcanica (2022)

Tsang, S. W. R., & J. M. Lindsay, Lava flow crises in inhabited areas Part I: Lessons learned and research gaps related to physical impacts, Journal of Applied Volcanology (2020)

Tsang, S. W. R.,  J. M. Lindsay,  B. Kennedy, N. I. Deligne, Thermal impacts of basaltic lava flows to buried infrastructure: Workflow to determine the hazard, Journal of Applied Volcanology (2020)

Tsang S.W.R., J.M. Lindsay, G. Coco, N.I. Deligne, The Influence of Surficial Features in Lava Flow Modelling, Journal of Applied Volcanolgy (2020)

Hayes, J. L., T. M. Wilson, N. I. Deligne, J.M. Lindsay, G. S. Leonard, S. W. R. Tsang, R. H. Fitzgerald, Developing a suite of multi-hazard volcanic eruption scenarios using an interdisciplinary approach. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research (2020)

Tsang, S., J. Lindsay, G. Coco, R. Wysocki, E. Rader, G. Turner, & B. Kennedy, The heating of substrates beneath basaltic lava flows, Bulletin of Volcanology, (2019).

Hayes, J.L., S. Tsang, R. H. Fitzgerald, D. M. Blake, N. I. Deligne, A. Doherty, J. L. Hopkins, T. Hurst, N. Le Corvec, G. S. Leonard, J. M. Lindsay, C. Miller, K. Nemeth, S. Sherburn, E. Smid, J. D. L. White, & T. M. Wilson, The DEVORA Scenarios: Multi-hazard eruption scenarios for the Auckland Volcanic Field, GNS Science Report (2018).

DATA SETS

Tsang, S. W. R., V. Egli, B. Crawshaw-McLean*, L. Edwards-Maas*, M. Kah, E. Sharp, Soilsafe Kids- Three-day workshop protocol, University of Auckland Figshare, https://doi.org/10.17608/k6.auckland.20448486

Tsang, S. W. R., Lerner, G. A., Turner, G. M., Paleomagnetic data under lava flows, University of Auckland Figshare, https://doi.org/10.17608/k6.auckland.16935013.v1

Tsang, S. W. R., Birkenhead Scenario thermal modelling, University of Auckland Figshare, https://doi.org/10.17608/k6.auckland.11406720.v1

Tsang S.W.R., DEVORA Lava Flow Footprints ver 1.1. University of Auckland Figshare, https://doi.org/10.17608/k6.auckland.9962021.v1

CLIENT REPORTS

Wilson, T. Weir, A., Magill, C., Fairclough, R., Tilley, L., Liu, L., Noakes, C., Tsang, S., Kortright, N., Mace, H., Bebbington, M., Mead, S., Volcanic hazard and risk assessment of the Aotearoa New Zealand electricity transmission network, University of Canterbury Science Report prepared for Transpower New Zealand, Ltd.

PRESENTATIONS

Conference Presentations

* Oral presentation I gave., **Stakeholder author, ***Student author

Ingold, J.***, Tsang, S.W.R., Igneous Insights: A core logging approach to understanding lava flows in Tāmaki Makaurau Auckland in Aotearoa New Zealand, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, United States of America, (upcoming- Dec 2023).

Edwards-Maas, L.***, Tsang, S.¸ Sharp, E. L., Evidencing the effectiveness of environmental education: Children’s soil values in Aotearoa New Zealand, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, United States of America, (upcoming- Dec 2023).

Tsang, S.W.R., Jacobs, K., Black, J., This Really Happens: Motivating mathematics concepts using real world scientific datasets in the classroom, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, United States of America, (upcoming- Dec 2023).

Tsang, S.W.R., Kennedy, B., Bringing schools, teachers, and the public into scientific conferences: The VolcanoFest Outreach Fair, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, United States of America, (upcoming- Dec 2023).

Kennedy, B., Tsang, S. W. R., Krippner, J., Volcanofest and events that bring schools, teachers, and the public into scientific conferences, GSNZ 2023, Wellington, New Zealand, (upcoming- November 2023).

*Tsang, S. W. R., Assessing impact by engaging communities in research, Japanese Geophysical Union Meeting 2023, Chiba, Japan, 2023. Invited talk

Wilson, T., Weir, A., Magill, C., Fairclough, R.**, Liu, L.**, Noakes, C.**, Peake, S.**, Bebbington, M., Kortright, N., Mead, S., Mace, H., Tsang, S., Tilley, L., Morton, J.**, Hansen, M., McCarthy, S., Bate, M., Haddington, M. Middleton, T., Billot, W., Carter, S., Sutherland, S., Joyce, R.**, McCallum, K., Lynn-Watts, N., Kummath, C., Volcanic hazard and risk assessment for Transpower NZ’s national transmission network: co-producing knowledge to inform resilience investment, IAVCEI 2023 Scientific Assembly, Rotorua, New Zealand, 2023

*Tsang, S., Fry, B., van Wijk, K., Taylor-Offord, S., McDougall, T., Eccles, J., Lane, E., Flipping the outreach and engagement script: Centering community voices in outreach events to humanise science and the tsunami warning processes, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Chicago, United States of America, 2022.

Tsang, S., Sharp, E., Crawshaw-Mclean, B.***, Egli, V., Soilsafe Kids: A combined research, school outreach program showcasing soil from multiple disciplinary lenses and worldviews, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, Chicago, United States of America, 2022.

*Tsang, S., Egli, V., Sharp, E. L., Including multiple knowledges of soil into a school curriculum context, Biennial NZGS Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2022.

Egli, V., Tsang, S., Sharp, E. L., The resilient researcher as a reflective researcher: using critical researcher reflections in community research projects, Biennial NZGS Conference, Christchurch, New Zealand, 2022.

Tsang, S., Heremaia, E.**, McIsaac-Paroa, H.**, Primary school lessons for increased community resilience, GSNZ 2021, Palmerston North, New Zealand, A73, 2021.

Tsang, S., Lava flow inundation hazard in the Auckland Volcanic Field, GSNZ 2021, Palmerston North, New Zealand, A3, 2021.

Fry, B., Nicol, A., Kaiser, A., Gusman, A., Power, W., McCurrach, S.J.**, Gledhill, K., Howell, A., Borerro, J., Shaw, B., Gerstenberger, M., Stirling, M., Burbidge, D., Dempsey, D., Holden, C., Tsang, S., Smith, R., Physics to resilience: Next generation earthquake and tsunami response, GSNZ 2021, Palmerston North, New Zealand, 4a-keynote, 2021.

*Tsang, S., J. Lindsay, N. Deligne, Urbanisation and lava flow advancement: How the presence of buildings influence lava flow areal footprint modelling, GSNZ Conference, Christchuch, 2020.

*Tsang, S., A. Wild, D. Charlton, C.L. Kenedi, J. Lindsay, Teaching science communication in the time of crisis: Updating the Auckland Volcanic field eruption teaching simulation, GSNZ Conference, Christchurch, 2020.

Tsang, S. & M.J. Dobson***, Home-brewed volcanoes: Virtual outreach during lockdown, GSNZ Conference, Christchurch, 2020.

Tsang, S. & J.M Lindsay, An application-based framework for selecting lava flow models, with an Auckland Volcanic Field (New Zealand) case study, AGU Fall Meeting, San Francisco, NH21D-0994, 2019.

Tsang, S., J. M. Lindsay, & G. M. Turner, Applications of a heat transfer model based on large-scale lava flow experiments and field data, AGU Fall Meeting, Washington DC, V23F-3444, 2018.

* Tsang, S., J. Lindsay, E. Rader, R. Wysocki, G. Turner, B Kennedy, Possible Subterranean Effects Caused by Lava Flows: The Development & Verification of a Lava Flow-Substrate Heat Transfer Model, Cities on Volcanoes 10, Naples, Italy, 113, 2018.

Tsang, S., J. Lindsay, N. Deligne, J. Hayes, Selecting lava flow hazard models for eruption scenarios: application to Auckland, New Zealand, Cities on Volcanoes 10, Naples, Italy, 571, 2018.

Hayes, J., D. Blake, N. Deligne, A. Doherty***, R. Fitzgerald, J. Hopkins, T. Hurst, N. Le Corvec, G. Leonard, J. Lindsay, C. Miller, K. Nemeth, S. Sherburn, E. Smid, S. Tsang, J. White, & T. Wilson, The DEVORA Scenarios: Introducing a suite of multi-hazard eruption scenarios for the Auckland Volcanic Field, New Zealand, Cities on Volcanoes 10, Naples, Italy, 576, 2018.

Deligne, N. I., J. Hayes, D. Blake, A. Doherty***, G. Leonard, J. Lindsay, B. Scott, C. Stewart, S. Tsang, T. Wilson, & R. Woods, Development and application of scenario-based hazard and risk assessments: observations from New Zealand, Cities on Volcanoes 10, Naples, Italy, 810, 2018.

* Tsang, S., J. Lindsay, R. Wysocki, T. Wilson, N. Deligne, B. Kennedy, & J. Karson, Thermal Gradients in Substrates beneath Lava Flows: A Laboratory Approach, Geoscience Society of New Zealand Annual Conference 2017, Auckland, New Zealand, 101, 2017.

* Tsang, S. W. R., J. M. Lindsay, T. Wilson, C. Neal, C. Stewart, K. L. Wallace, G. S. Leonard, N. I. Deligne, & B. Kennedy, Response to Effusive Basaltic Eruptions in Urban Environments: Lessons from the 2014-2015 Pahoa Lava Flow Crisis, GSA Cordilleran Section Meeting, Honolulu, HI, USA, 55-7, 2017.

Tsang, S., J. Lindsay, T. Wilson, N. Deligne, & B. Kennedy, Reducing Lava Flow Impact in Auckland, New Zealand, Cities on Volcanoes 9, Puerto Varas, Chile, 2016.

Tsang, S., Some Times Life Knocks You Down: Growth Rates in Christchurch, New Zealand Before and After the September 2010 and February 2011 Canterbury Earthquakes, Thinking the Earth Conference, Providence, RI, USA, April 2015.

Tsang, S., Some Times Life Knocks You Down: Growth Rates in Christchurch, New Zealand Before and After the September 2010 and February 2011 Canterbury Earthquakes, Theories in Action Conference, Providence, RI, USA, May 2015.

Tsang, S. W. R., Why do we care about rocks on Mars?: A thermophysical examination of the surface, University of Washington Undergraduate Research Symposium, Seattle, WA, USA, 2012.

Tsang, S. W. R., The Trade Winds of Mars, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference XXXXI, The Woodlands, TX, USA, 1012, 2010.

Tsang, S. W. R., A. M. Eckert-Erdheim, L. H. Williams, Thermal Emissions Spectroscopy of Olivine, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference XXXX, The Woodlands, TX, USA, 1206, 2009.

Sanders, N. H., D. S. Sailer, E. M. Kelley, R. S. Clarke, S. J. Davis, A. M. Eckert-Erdheim, S. W. R. Tsang, S. M. Benson, A. J. Fuerst, K. M. Heyer, N. F. Lee, B. L. Oliver, G. J. Sclotterer, C. B. Suitt, Effects of Fine Sediment Mantle on the Thermal Inertia Signature of Underlying Materials, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference XXXX, The Woodlands, TX, USA, 1195, 2009.

Tobais, M., M. Jones, S. Tsang, A. Annex, C. Bodager, F. Bori, A. Eckert-Erdheim, S. Gutherie, M. Spencer, J. Sweitzer-Lamme, L. Williams, J. Nackman, Thermal Modeling of Fluvial Sediments, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference XXXIX, League City, TX, USA, 1220, 2008.

Williams, L. H., Z. Allison, P. Bynum, B. Dawkins, T. Evans, E. Field, D. Flynn, K. Peters, T. Russo, C. Witzleben, S. Tsang, Geological Survey of Terra Cimmeria, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference XXXIX, League City, TX, USA, 1994, 2008.

Lineberger, H., A. Annex, S. Tsang, M. Jones, M. Tobais, B. Grigsby, E. Malaret, K. Seelos, S. Murchie, D. Turney, Preliminary Findings of the Mars Exploration Student Data Teams using CRISM Data, Lunar and Planetary Science Conference XXXIX, League City, TX, USA, 1662, 2008.

Other Presentations

Including seminars and research forums

Soilsafe Kids’ Three Day Programme- Combining Educational Engagement with Research¸GNS Science Seminar Series, virtual, October 2023.

Time-dependent Tsunami Warnings in Te Tai Tokerau, Whangaruru, May 2023.

Long or Strong in Northland, Whananaki, March 2023.

(with E. Sharp, V. Egli, & B. Cranshaw-Mclean) Soilsafe Kids, University of Auckland’s School of Nursing Research Café, virtual, February 2022

Simulating Future Auckland Volcanic Field Lava Flows, virtual, DEVORA Annual Forum, Auckland, New Zealand, October 2021.

Modelling the Hazard Footprint and Consequences of Lava Flows in an Urban Environment, invited talk, Western Washington University Geology Department, April 2021

Teaching science communication in the time of crisis: Updating the Auckland Volcanic field eruption teaching simulation, DEVORA Annual Forum, Auckland, New Zealand, November 2020, given jointly with A. Wild.

Growing relationships through interactions in large settings, Ako Innovation Committee seminar series, September 2020

Modelling the hazard footprint and consequences of lava flows in an urban environment, DEVORA Annual Forum, Auckland, New Zealand, November 2019.

An application-based framework for selecting lava flow models, with an Auckland Volcanic Field (New Zealand) case study, DEVORA Annual Forum, Auckland, New Zealand, November 2019.

Modelling the Impacts of Lava Flows in an Urban Environment, University of Auckland School of Environment Annual Research Showcase, Auckland, New Zealand, October 2019.

Soilsafe Kids- Combining research with educational outreach, invited talk, Geosciences Society of New Zealand GeoID seminar series, virtual, October 2022.

A Workflow to evaluate lava flow hazards to buried infrastructure, QuakeCoRE Auckland Student Chapter, Auckland, New Zealand, September 2019.

Workflow to evaluate potential lava flow thermal hazard to buried infrastructure, Resilience to Nature’s Challenges: Built Environment Theme Monthly Meeting, Auckland, New Zealand, August 2019.

Updating the lava flow modelling in the DEVORA scenarios, UoA Volcanology, Geochemistry & Petrology Research Group, Auckland, New Zealand, May 2019.

Possible subterranean effects of lava flows: The application & verification of a lava flow-subsurface heat transfer model, UoA Volcanology, Geochemistry & Petrology Research Group, Auckland, New Zealand, August 2018.

Thermal Gradients in Substrates beneath Lava Flows: A Laboratory Approach, DEVORA Annual Forum, Auckland, New Zealand, November 2017.

Modelling the Hazard Footprint and Impacts of Lava Flows in an Urban Environment: A Case Study in Auckland New Zealand, invited talk, Syracuse, NY, USA, October 2017.

Modelling the Hazard Footprint and Consequences of Lava Flows in an Urban Environment, QuakeCoRE Monthly Meeting, Auckland, New Zealand, July 2017.

Response to Effusive Basaltic Eruptions in Urban Environments: Lessons from the 2014-2015 Pahoa Lava Flow Crisis, invited talk, Hawaiian Volcano Observatory seminar, Volcano, HI, USA, May 2017.

Lava Flow Hazard Footprint in Auckland, DEVORA Annual Forum, Auckland, New Zealand, November 2016.

Media Coverage

RŪ SEISMIC NETWORK

Our Treasures: Seismometer installed at Kiwi North, The Northern Advocate, Whangārei, New Zealand, July 2022.

LAVA FLOW MITIGATION

Why the U.S. once bombed an erupting volcano, National Geographic, October 2021.

FUTURE VOLCANISM IN NEW ZEALAND

Beneath New Zealand: New Zealand’s volcanic future, Prime TV episode, aired June 2019.

LAVA FLOW-GROUND HEAT TRANSFER EXPERIMENTS

Newshub Radio interview, The Long Lunch & Drive, June 2018.

Will Auckland’s underground cables cope with lava, Newsie print article,  June 2018.


Will Auckland’s infrastructure cope in a volcanic eruption?, Insurance Business Magazine print article, June 2018.


Experts test lava threat to Auckland utilities, InsuranceNews.com.au print article, June 2018.


Lava impact on Auckland- EQC research project, Voxy.co.nz print article, June 2018.


How will Auckland cope in a volcanic eruption? Voxy.co.nz print article, June 2018.


How will Auckland’s underground cables cope with an eruption, Scoop.co.nz print article, June 2018.


How an Auckland blow would hit underground infrastructure, New Zealand Herald, Auckland, New Zealand, June 2018.

LOWER EAST RIFT ZONE ERUPTION (HAWAII) LESSONS FOR AUCKLAND

Auckland Emergency Management Ask me anything about Auckland Volcanoes, Twitter Ask-me-anything, May 2018.


Why Hawaii’s eruption matters for volcanic Auckland, NewstalkZB audio interview, aired 2018.


Why Hawaii’s eruption matters for volcanic Auckland, New Zealand Herald,  May 2018.

JUNE 27TH LAVA FLOW (HAWAII) LESSONS LEARNED

Preparing for a lava flow inundation: How utilities in Pāhoa, Hawai’i responded to a lava flow forecast, Volcanic Impact Study Group Newsletter, September 2017.

SYRACUSE LAVA PROJECT EXPERIMENTS

Syracuse University News video interview, October 2017

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