EarthByte successful in grant submissions
Congratulations to the EarthByte group who has been successful in two multi-Chief Investigator Linkage Infrastructure, Equipment and Facilities grant submissions. Well done!
Michael Chin
EarthByte research features in Nature Geoscience
EarthByte research into the tilting of the Australian continent toward the northeast over the past 50 million years has been featured in the ‘Nature Geoscience’ research highlights section. Download the paper – link
Maria Seton successfully bids for $1m ship time
Congratulations to Maria Seton and her team who have been successful in a bid for ~$1M in ship time on the Southern Surveyor, the Australian Marine National Facility. Maria and her team will investigate the ‘Tectonic framework for the easternmost Coral Sea and northern extent of the Lord Howe hotspot’ during a ~3-week long cruise … Read more…
Lithosphere – Mantle dynamics of continent-wide Cenzoic subsidence and tilting of Australia
DiCaprio, L., Gurnis, M., Müller, R. D., & Tan, E. (2011). Mantle dynamics of continentwide Cenozoic subsidence and tilting of Australia. Lithosphere, 3(5), 311-316. doi: 10.1130/L140.1. Download the paper – pdf
EarthByte welcomes Florian Wobbe
The EarthByte Group would like to welcome PhD student Florian Wobbe who is visiting our research group for 2 months from AWI Bremerhaven, Germany working on circum-Antarctic palaeo-bathymetry reconstructions.
Journal of Climate – Modelling the Miocene climatic optimum, Part 1: land and atmosphere
Herold, N., Huber, M., & Müller, R. D. (2011). Modeling the Miocene Climatic Optimum. Part I: Land and Atmosphere*. Journal of Climate, 24(24), 6353-6372. doi:10.1175/2011JCLI4035.1. Download the paper – pdf
EarthByte to attend GSA Fragile Earth conference 2011
EarthByte group members Dietmar Müller, Christian Heine, Nicolas Flament, Aedon Talsma, Logan Yeo and Grace Shephard are attending the GSA Fragile Earth conference in Munich, Germany from 4-7 September, 2011. Click here for details about the GSA conference
EarthByte to attend Geological Society’s Dynamic Topography conference
EarthByte PhD students Aedon Talsma, Logan Yeo and Grace Shephard are attending the Geological Society’s Dynamic Topography conference in London.
Luke Mondy submits his Honours Thesis
Congratulations to Luke Mondy who finished his Honours Thesis! Well done!
Leonardo Quevedo to attend Modeling of Mantle Convection and Lithospheric Dynamics workshop
Leonardo Quevedo is attending the 12th International Workshop on Modeling of Mantle Convection and Lithospheric Dynamics in Germany from 20-25 August. Click here for details about the 12th International workshop on Modeling of Mantle Convection and Lithospheric Dynamics
EarthByte welcomes Fabian Stenzel
The EarthByte group welcomes research student Fabian Stenzel from the Technical University Munich (Germany) who was awarded a competitive “RISE worldwide” scholarship (Research assistantships in Science and Engineering) from the German Academic Exchange Service DAAD. Fabian will be staying with the group for about 3 months and work together with Christian on assimilating global datasets … Read more…
Recognition for the geodynamic modelling team
Congratulations to the geodynamic modelling team for their successful application for computing resources from the Pawsy Centre (iVEC) at Perth as well as a successful follow-up NCI resource allocation.
Kara Matthews scheduled to visit Caltech
PhD student Kara Matthews is on a 3 week research visit to Caltech to work with Prof. Mike Gurnis and his group on a project related to the 100 Ma plate reorganisation.
EarthByte welcomes Matthew Huber
EarthByte is pleased to welcome Matthew Huber from Purdue University for a half day visit during his super-short stay in Sydney.
EarthByte members successfully seek STEPs funding
Simon Williams, Christian Heine, Leonardo Quevedo and Dietmar Müller were successful in a University of Sydney STEPs teaching enhancement program funding starting next year which will go towards the development of field-based geophysical data acquisition practicals for 3rd year students.
Michael Rubey commences his PhD with EarthByte
Michael Rubey begins his PhD with Prof Dietmar Müller and Dr Sascha Brune. The title of Michael’s PhD is ‘Plate Tectonic and Geodynamic Environments for Geological Resource Formation’.
New baby EarthByter
Great news! Jo Whittaker has given birth to a healthy baby boy. Daniel Walker was born on Sunday, 17th July. Congratulations Jo and Sharik!
Gondwana Research – Dynamic subsidence of Eastern Australia during the Cretaceous
Matthews, K. J., Hale, A. J., Gurnis, M., Müller, R. D., & DiCaprio, L. (2011). Dynamic subsidence of Eastern Australia during the Cretaceous. Gondwana Research, 19(2), 372-383. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2010.06.006. Download the paper – pdf
Sabin Zahirovic to attend International Congress in Perth
PhD student Sabin Zahirovic is attending the International Congress on the Permian and Carboniferous in Perth.
Nature – Plate motion and mantle plumes
Müller, R.D., (2011). Plate motion and mantle plumes, Nature. Download the paper – pdf
EarthByte welcomes Maral Hosseinpour
EarthByte warmly welcomes new PhD student Maral Hoseinpour who has started her PhD on plate deformation models of passive margins.
Students awarded PESA Tertiary Study Grants
Congratulations to PhD student Logan Yeo and honours student Allison Thomas who have both been awarded a PESA Tertiary Study Grant. Logan won the award for his PhD project on Integrating deep earth and surface processes for frontier basin exploration and Allison Thomas won hers for her Honours thesis on “Oil Migration in the Late Archaean Witwatersrand … Read more…
PESA Tertiary Study Grant awarded to Grace Shephard
Congratulations to Grace Shephard who won the PESA Tertiary Study Grant for her PhD project on Linking deep Earth structure and surface topography through geodynamic models. Well done Grace!
GPlates accepted by Softpedia
GPlates has been accepted by Softpedia which is a popular library of over 400,000 free and free-to-try software programs and is one of the top 500 websites (according to Alexa traffic rankings). Since GPlates’ acceptance yesterday (30th June) it has already been downloaded over 1,000 times according to Softpedia. This is significant considering that the … Read more…
Journal of Metamorphic Geology – Crustal growth during back-arc closure: Cretaceous exhumation history of Cordillera Darwin, southern Patagonia
Maloney, K. T., Clarke, G. L., Klepeis, K. A., Fanning, C. M., & Wang, W. (2011). Crustal growth during back‐arc closure: Cretaceous exhumation history of Cordillera Darwin, southern Patagonia. Journal of Metamorphic Geology,29(6), 649-672. doi:10.1111/j.1525-1314.2011.00934.x. Download the paper – pdf
EarthByte welcomes Jerome Dyment and Roi Granot
EarthByte is pleased to have Jerome Dyment and Roi Granot from IPG Paris visiting our research group as part of the Indian Ocean project.
EarthByte welcomes Prof Tony Watts
EarthByte is pleased to have Prof Tony Watts from Oxford University visiting our research group and presenting a seminar on “Plate Flexure and Dynamic Topography”.
Pyrites of the Caribbean win soccer comp
Great news! The Pyrites of the Caribbean won the Sydney Uni Social Lunchtime mixed soccer comp!!! The semi-final was 6-5 with the Pyrites beating the undefeated team “The Pretenders”, and the final game score was 1-1 and went to golden goal. Nathan scored the winning goal with one minute to spare! Woo! Well done to … Read more…
Faculty of Science Award for Citizenship picked up by Sabin and Aedon
Congratulations to PhD students Sabin Zahirovic and Aedon Talsma who both received the University of Sydney, Faculty of Science Award for Citizenship for their contribution to extra-curricular activities at the university. Well done!
Kayla Maloney awarded University of Sydney Postgraduate Research Prize
Congratulations to PhD student Kayla Maloney who has been awarded a University of Sydney Postgraduate Research Prize for Outstanding Academic Achievement, based on her paper “Crustal growth during back-arc closure: Cretaceous exhumation history of Cordillera Darwin, southern Patagonia” in J. Metamorphic Petrology (Maloney et al., 2011). Well done Kayla!