Patrice Rey interviewed as a ‘Man of Mars and Opals’!
Patrice Rey was interviewed for a Sydney Morning Herald MyCareer feature, as a ‘Man of Mars and Opals’! Download the article – pdf
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Patrice Rey interviewed as a 'Man of Mars and Opals'!
Patrice Rey was interviewed for a Sydney Morning Herald MyCareer feature, as a ‘Man of Mars and Opals’! Download the article – pdf
GPlates finalist in The Australian Innovation Challenge 2013
EarthByte-developed GPlates software, represented by Prof Dietmar Müller, has been nominated for The Australian Innovation Challenge 2013 and it has become a finalist in the minerals and energy category! Read the article published in The Australian here
Opal exploration research recognised as outstanding highlight
Recent EarthByte research on opal exploration was recognised as an outstanding highlight and reflects the work of many of the group including, Andrew Merdith, Tom Landgrebe, Adriana Dutkiewicz and Patrice Rey. Congratulations to all of the contributors to the project and specifically to John Cannon and Michael Chin, the GPlates developers!
Precambrian Research – The evolution of the 87 Sr/86 Sr of marine carbonates does not constrain continental growth
Flament, N., Coltice, N., & Rey, P. F. (2013). The evolution of the 87 Sr/86 Sr of marine carbonates does not constrain continental growth. Precambrian Research, 229, 177-188. doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2011.10.009. The evolution of the 87 Sr/86 Sr of marine carbonates does not constrain continental growth
Tectonophysics – The Moho: boundary above upper mantle peridotites or lower crustal eclogites? A global review and new interpretations for passive margins
Mjelde, R., Goncharov, A., & Müller, R. D. (2013). The Moho: boundary above upper mantle peridotites or lower crustal eclogites? A global review and new interpretations for passive margins. Tectonophysics, 609, 636-650. doi: 10.1016/j.tecto.2012.03.001. The Moho: boundary above upper mantle peridotites or lower crustal eclogites? A global review and new interpretations for passive margins
EarthByte welcomes Professor Sanzhong Li and PhD student Shan Yu
EarthByte would like to welcome Professor Sanzhong Li who is visiting for 2 months from the Ocean University of China. We also welcome Shan Yu, a PhD student at the Ocean University of China who will study at EarthByte for 1 year. She will be developing plate reconstructions of the Paleotethys in central China and … Read more…
Earth and Planetary Science Letters – Convergence of tectonic reconstructions and mantle convection models for significant fluctuations in seafloor spreading
Coltice, N., Seton, M., Rolf, T., Müller, R. D., & Tackley, P. J. (2013). Convergence of tectonic reconstructions and mantle convection models for significant fluctuations in seafloor spreading. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 383, 92-100. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2013.09.032. Convergence of tectonic reconstructions and mantle convection models for significant fluctuations in seafloor spreading
GPlates News, out now!
GPlates News, a new email update on recently added GPlates functionality, new tutorials, and GPlates related research and downloadable datasets has been launched. View GPlates News here
Big Data project and Earthbyte data mining research features on Australia Unlimited website
The Big Data project and Earthbyte data-mining research was publicised in the “Data mining for gold” story on the Australia unlimited website. The project is now part of “Brand Australia“. Read the article here
Tectonics – The Late Jurassic to present evolution of the Andean margin: Drivers and the geological record
Maloney, K. T., Clarke, G. L., Klepeis, K. A., & Quevedo, L. (2013). The Late Jurassic to present evolution of the Andean margin: Drivers and the geological record. Tectonics, 32(5), 1049-1065. doi: 10.1002/tect.20067. The Late Jurassic to present evolution of the Andean margin: Drivers and the geological record
Nico Flament provides opinion on Rowley et al. 2013
Dr Nico Flament provides an expert opinion for the recent Rowley et al. 2013 study of USA continental margins and the influence of dynamic topography. Read the article here
Maria Seton’s paper featured in top 25 Elsevier downloaded articles 2013
Maria Seton et al.’s 2012 paper – Global continental and ocean basin reconstructions since 200 Ma, was number 16 in the top 25 geology articles downloaded from Elsevier in the first half of 2013. Congratulations Maria! View the full top 25 list here Download the paper – pdf
Maria Seton's paper featured in top 25 Elsevier downloaded articles 2013
Maria Seton et al.’s 2012 paper – Global continental and ocean basin reconstructions since 200 Ma, was number 16 in the top 25 geology articles downloaded from Elsevier in the first half of 2013. Congratulations Maria! View the full top 25 list here Download the paper – pdf
Simon William’s paper selected as a research highlight in EOS
The recently published paper by Simon Williams et al. 2013, on Early India-Australia spreading history revealed by newly detected Mesozoic magnetic anomalies in the Perth Abyssal Plain, was selected as one of three research highlights in the current edition of EOS. Well done! Download EOS research highlights – pdf Download the paper – pdf
Simon William's paper selected as a research highlight in EOS
The recently published paper by Simon Williams et al. 2013, on Early India-Australia spreading history revealed by newly detected Mesozoic magnetic anomalies in the Perth Abyssal Plain, was selected as one of three research highlights in the current edition of EOS. Well done! Download EOS research highlights – pdf Download the paper – pdf
Nathaniel Butterworth submits his PhD thesis
Congratulations to Nathaniel Butterworth who submitted his PhD thesis on 30th August! Nathan will be continuing to work at EarthByte in a post-doctoral position. Well done Nathan!
Kara Matthews submits her PhD thesis
Congratulations to Kara Matthews who submitted her PhD thesis on 30th August! Kara was supervised by Dietmar Müller, Maria Seton and Nicolas Flament. She will be continuing to work at EarthByte in a post-doctoral position. Well done Kara!
Proceedings of the West Australian Basins Symposium IV – Tectonic Evolution and Continental Fragmentation of the Southern West Australian Margin
Whittaker, J.M., Halpin, J.A., Williams, S.E., Hall, L.S., Gardner, R., Kobler, M.E., Daczko, N.R. and Müller, R.D., (2013). Tectonic Evolution and Continental Fragmentation of the Southern West Australian Margin. Proceedings of the West Australian Basins Symposium IV, 18p. Tectonic Evolution and Continental Fragmentation of the Southern West Australian Margin
Proceedings of the West Australian Basins Symposium IV – Newly-recognised Continental Fragments Rifted from the West Australian Margin
Williams, S. E., Whittaker, J. M., & Müller, R. D. (2013). Newly-recognised continental fragments rifted from the West Australian margin. In The Sedimentary Basins of Western Australia IV. Proceedings of the Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia Symposium, Perth, WA (p. 10). Newly-recognised continental fragments rifted from the West Australian margin
Proceedings of the West Australian Basins Symposium IV – Structural Architecture of Australia’s Southwest Continental Margin and Implications for Early Cretaceous Basin Evolution
Hall, L., Gibbons, A. D., Bernardel, G., Whittaker, J. M., Nicholson, C., Rollet, N., & Müller, R. D. (2013). Structural architecture of Australia’s southwest continental margin and implications for Early Cretaceous basin evolution. In Proceedings, West Australian Basins Symposium. Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (pp. 18-21). Structural architecture of Australia’s southwest continental margin and implications for … Read more…
Proceedings of the West Australian Basins Symposium IV – Structural Architecture of Australia's Southwest Continental Margin and Implications for Early Cretaceous Basin Evolution
Hall, L., Gibbons, A. D., Bernardel, G., Whittaker, J. M., Nicholson, C., Rollet, N., & Müller, R. D. (2013). Structural architecture of Australia’s southwest continental margin and implications for Early Cretaceous basin evolution. In Proceedings, West Australian Basins Symposium. Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (pp. 18-21). Structural architecture of Australia’s southwest continental margin and implications for … Read more…
Big Data Knowledge Discovery featured in Australian Journal of Mining
The EarthByte ‘Big Data Knowledge Discovery Project’ is on the front cover of the current issue of the Australian Journal of Mining. Download the Paper – pdf Read more about the Big Data Knowledge Discovery project here
L’Oréal Fellowship for Women in Science awarded to Dr Jo Whittaker
Ex-Earthbyter Dr Joanne Whittaker was awarded the L’Oréal Fellowship for Women in Science for research on ‘How India and Australia Broke up over the last 100 million years’. Congratulations Jo! Royal Society Annual Awards Dinner 2013, left to right: The President, Donald Hector, Judith Wheeldon AM, Professor Marilyn Renfree AO, John Hardie MRSN, Dr Joanne … Read more…
L'Oréal Fellowship for Women in Science awarded to Dr Jo Whittaker
Ex-Earthbyter Dr Joanne Whittaker was awarded the L’Oréal Fellowship for Women in Science for research on ‘How India and Australia Broke up over the last 100 million years’. Congratulations Jo! Royal Society Annual Awards Dinner 2013, left to right: The President, Donald Hector, Judith Wheeldon AM, Professor Marilyn Renfree AO, John Hardie MRSN, Dr Joanne … Read more…
Grace Shephard submits her PhD thesis
Congratulations to Grace Shephard who submitted her PhD thesis this month! Well done! Grace will be taking up a post-doctoral position in Norway at the University of Oslo’s Centre for Earth Evolution and Dynamics (CEED) and will continue to work on plate motion modelling and numerical simulations of mantle flow.
Tectonophysics – The rift to break-up evolution of the Gulf of Aden: Insights from 3D numerical lithospheric-scale modelling
Brune, S., & Autin, J. (2013). The rift to break-up evolution of the Gulf of Aden: Insights from 3D numerical lithospheric-scale modelling. Tectonophysics, 607, 65-79. doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2013.06.029. The rift to break-up evolution of the Gulf of Aden: Insights from 3D numerical lithospheric-scale modelling
Tectonophysics – Quantifying the thermo-mechanical impact of plume arrival on continental break-up
Brune, S., Popov, A. A., & Sobolev, S. V. (2013). Quantifying the thermo-mechanical impact of plume arrival on continental break-up. Tectonophysics, 604, 51-59. doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2013.02.009. Quantifying the thermo-mechanical impact of plume arrival on continental break-up
Solid Earth – Kinematics of the South Atlantic Rift
Heine, C., Zoethout, J., & Müller, R. D. (2013). Kinematics of the South Atlantic rift. arXiv preprint arXiv:1301.2096. doi:10.5194/se-4-215-2013. Kinematics of the South Atlantic rift Supplementary maps
Geology – Seawater chemistry driven by supercontinent assembly, breakup, and dispersal
Müller, R. D., Dutkiewicz, A., Seton, M., & Gaina, C. (2013). Seawater chemistry driven by supercontinent assembly, breakup, and dispersal. Geology, 41(8), 907-910. doi: 10.1130/G34405.1. Seawater chemistry driven by supercontinent assembly, breakup, and dispersal