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Wyman, D. A., Hollings, P., & Conceição, R. V. (2015). Geochemistry and radiogenic isotope characteristics of xenoliths in Archean diamondiferous lamprophyres: Implications for the Superior Province cratonic keel. Lithos. doi: 10.1016/j.lithos.2015.02.018. Geochemistry and radiogenic isotope characteristics of xenoliths in Archean diamondiferous lamprophyres: Implications for the Superior Province cratonic keel
EarthByte is happy to welcome 5 new Honours students who will be undertaking a variety of exciting projects over the course of the next 9 months! Welcome Mandi, Jono, Luke, Carmen and Nikita!
Roger, F., Teyssier, C., Respaut, J. P., Rey, P. F., Jolivet, M., Whitney, D. L., … & Brunel, M. (2015). Timing of formation and exhumation of the Montagne Noire double dome, French Massif Central. Tectonophysics, 640, 53-69. doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2014.12.002. Timing of formation and exhumation of the Montagne Noire double dome, French Massif Central
Heine, C., Yeo, L. G., & Müller, R. D. (2015). Evaluating global paleoshoreline models for the Cretaceous and Cenozoic. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, (ahead-of-print), 1-13. Evaluating global paleoshoreline models for the Cretaceous and Cenozoic Download the Paleocoastline files – zip file
Welcome to Wenchao Cao who has started a PhD with the EarthByte group this month! Wenchao completed a BSc and MSc in geology at China University of Geosciences in Wuhan and will be working with Dietmar, Nico and Sabin.
Dutkiewicz, A., Landgrebe, T. C., & Rey, P. F. (2015). Origin of silica and fingerprinting of Australian sedimentary opals. Gondwana Research, 27(2), 786-795. doi: 10.1016/j.gr.2013.10.013. Origin of silica and fingerprinting of Australian sedimentary opals
Landgrebe, T. C. W., & Müller, R. D. (2015). Uncovering the relationship between subducting bathymetric ridges and volcanic chains with significant earthquakes using geophysical data mining. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 62(2), 171-180. doi: 10.1080/08120099.2015.1003145. Uncovering the relationship between subducting bathymetric ridges and volcanic chains with significant earthquakes using geophysical data mining
Applications are invited for a PhD scholarship in Plate Tectonics/ Geodynamics/ Morphodynamics working with members of the Basin Genesis Hub (an ARC Industrial Transformation Research Hub) within the EarthByte Group at the School of Geosciences, The University of Sydney. Click here to learn more about the scholarship
Bower, D. J., Gurnis, M., & Flament, N. (2015). Assimilating lithosphere and slab history in 4-D Earth models. Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 238, 8-22. doi: 10.1016/j.pepi.2014.10.013. Assimilating lithosphere and slab history in 4-D Earth models
Luke Hardiman is undertaking a 6 week summer scholarship with Kayla Maloney and Kara Matthews. He will be producing a Paleozoic plate reconstruction for the peri-Gondwanan realm using GPlates.
Carmen Braz is undertaking a 6 week summer scholarship with Maria Seton and Dietmar Müller. She will be implementing a new plate tectonic model for the Caribbean.
Jonathon Leonard is undertaking a 6 week summer scholarship with Nicolas Flament and Simon Williams. He will be producing a deforming plate model of the Arabia-Eurasia collision.
Insights from recent and ongoing research at EarthByte for the mining industry were highlighted in a recent edition of Australian Resources and Investment (Vol. 8, 4). Download the Australian Resources and Investment article here – pdf
19 February 2015, Perth WA – Australia A specialised GPlates course, run by PhD candidates Andrew Merdith and Nicholas Barnett-Moore, will be held at the ASEG-PESA conference in Perth.
Congratulations to Sabin Zahirovic who submitted his PhD Thesis today, entitled “Post-Pangea global plate kinematics and geodynamic implications for Southeast Asia”. Well done Sabin!
EarthByte welcomes Qiuge Wang, a visiting PhD student from the China University of Geosciences in Wuhan. Qiuge will be studying with us for the next 12 months at the University of Sydney.
Matthews, K. J., Williams, S. E., Whittaker, J. M., Müller, R. D., Seton, M., & Clarke, G. L. (2015). Geologic and kinematic constraints on Late Cretaceous to mid Eocene plate boundaries in the southwest Pacific. Earth-Science Reviews, 140, 72-107. doi: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2014.10.008. Geologic and kinematic constraints on Late Cretaceous to mid Eocene plate boundaries in the southwest … Read more…
The ARC Research Hub for Basin Geo-dynamics and Evolution of Sedimentary Systems (Basin Genesis Hub, BGH) brings together a broad range of expertise for the development and application of cutting-edge numerical modelling tools with the aim of improving the understanding of the formation and evolution of basins. The coupling of the evolution of mantle flow, … Read more…
EarthByte welcomes James Egan to the group. He will be working with us as a research assistant.
Koopmann, H., Brune, S., Franke, D., & Breuer, S. (2014). Linking rift propagation barriers to excess magmatism at volcanic rifted margins. Geology, 42(12), 1071-1074. doi: 10.1130/G36085. Linking rift propagation barriers to excess magmatism at volcanic rifted margins
Sandwell, D. T., Müller, R. D., Smith, W. H., Garcia, E., & Francis, R. (2014). New global marine gravity model from CryoSat-2 and Jason-1 reveals buried tectonic structure. science, 346(6205), 65-67. doi: 10.1126/science.1258213.
New global marine gravity model from CryoSat-2 and Jason-1 reveals buried tectonic structure
EarthByte have launched a new cloud-based GPlates Web Portal that was used by almost 40 000 users over the last long-weekend! It took GPlates software over ten years to get that many users, so this is a huge achievement and also makes GPlates accessible to a broader audience! The GPlates portal can be used to … Read more…
Flament, N. (2014). Linking plate tectonics and mantle flow to Earth’s topography. Geology, 42(10), 927-928. doi: 10.1130/focus102014.1. Download the paper – pdf Download data grid used – grd
Flament, N. (2014). Linking plate tectonics and mantle flow to Earth’s topography. Geology, 42(10), 927-928. doi: 10.1130/focus102014.1. Download the paper – pdf Download data grid used – grd
Müller, R. D., Yatheesh, V., & Shuhail, M. (2014). The tectonic stress field evolution of India since the Oligocene. Gondwana Research. doi: 10.1016/j.gr.2014.05.008. The tectonic stress field evolution of India since the Oligocene
Honours student Gabby McDonald was one of 16 students world-wide to be awarded a Student Field Trip Travel Grant from the Society of Economic Geologists to participate in “Archean Base and Precious Metal Deposits, Southern Abitibi Greenstone Belt, Canada”. The field trip was lead by a team of Canadian experts and travelled from Timmins to … Read more…
Rey, P. F., Coltice, N., & Flament, N. (2014). Spreading continents kick-started plate tectonics. Nature, 513(7518), 405-408. doi: 10.1038/nature13728.
Brune, S. (2014). Evolution of stress and fault patterns in oblique rift systems: 3‐D numerical lithospheric‐scale experiments from rift to breakup. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 15(8), 3392-3415. doi: 10.1002/2014GC005446.
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The EarthByte group is a finalist for the Eureka Prize from the Australian Museum, for its development of GPlates software! The prize is awarded annually for research innovation and GPlates was nominated for providing a “experimental virtual planet” to investigate geological systems through deep time. You can read more about the Eureka Prize here. Watch the … Read more…
Butterworth, N. P., Müller, R. D., Quevedo, L., O’Connor, J. M., Hoernle, K., & Morra, G. (2014). Pacific Plate slab pull and intraplate deformation in the early Cenozoic. Solid Earth, 5(2). doi: 10.5194/se-5-757-2014. Pacific Plate slab pull and intraplate deformation in the early Cenozoic
