Spit and Flood Tidal Delta, Port Waikato, New Zealand 
Intertidal Channel Bar Sand Dunes, Fraser River, Canada 
Backshore Sand Ripples and Dunes, South Stradbroke Island, Australia 
Outcropping Precipice Sandstone, Carnarvon Gorge, Australia 
Ray Feeding Traces, Nudgee Beach, Australia 
Inclined Heterolithic Stratification, McMurray Formation, Canada 
Wind Ripples, South Stradbroke Island, Australia 
“Jam Roll” Mass Transport Complex, Mt. Messenger Formation, New Zealand 
Zoophycos in Mt. Messenger Fm 
Ophiomorpha in Oliogocene Ahirau Sandstone Member (Glen Massey Formation)
We are a diverse and inclusive research group based at the University of Waikato on New Zealand’s North Island. Our work is focused on understanding the physical, chemical, and biological controls that determine the characteristics and distribution of sedimentary strata.
We study modern and ancient siliciclastic depositional environments to unravel the complexities of Earth’s surface processes and deposits through geological time.
The research links in with and informs undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in sedimentology, stratigraphy, ichnology, and marine geology.
The SEA Research Group are affiliated with the Paleoclimate Records in Shallow Marine Strata (PRISMS) group, an international collaboration comprising researchers from Canada, Taiwan, Germany, and New Zealand.
Sedimentary Environments and Analogues Research Group 