Luke Mondy awarded L. A. Richardson Memorial Prize
Congratulations to Luke Mondy who won the L. A. Richardson Memorial Prize.
News
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Eastern Australasian Basins Symposium IV – Developing a consistent sequence stratigraphy for the Wilkes Land and Great Australian Bight margins
Lane, H., Müller, R. D., Totterdell, J. M., & Whittaker, J. (2012). Developing a consistent sequence stratigraphy for the Wilkes Land and Great Australian Bight margins. In Eastern Australasian Basins Symposium IV: Brisbane, Queensland. Download the paper – pdf
Eastern Australasian Basins Symposium IV – Crustal velocity and sediment thickness asymmetries along and between the conjugate Australian-Antarctic margins
Whittaker, J. M., Goncharov, A., Williams, S. E., & Müller, R. D. (2012). Crustal velocity and sediment thickness asymmetries along and between the conjugate Australian-Antarctic margins. Mares, T.(Ed). Download the paper – pdf
Eastern Australasian Basins Symposium IV – Full-fit reconstructions of the southern Australian Margin and Antarctica – implications for correlating geology between Australia and Antarctica
Williams, S. E., Whittaker, J. M., & Müller, R. D. (2012). Full-fit reconstructions of the southern Australian margin and Antarctica–implications for correlating geology between Australia and Antarctica. In Proceedings of the Eastern Australasian Basins Symposium IV, Brisbane Qld (unpubl.). Download the paper – pdf
Eastern Australasian Basins Symposium IV – Plate Tectonic Consequences of competing models for the origin and history of the Banda Sea subducted oceanic lithosphere
Heine, C., Quevedo, L., McKay, H., & Müller, R. D. (2012). Plate Tectonic Consequences of competing models for the origin and history of the Banda Sea subducted oceanic lithosphere. arXiv preprint arXiv:1210.4958. Download the paper – pdf
Eastern Australasian Basins Symposium IV – Subduction history in the Melanesian borderlands region, SW Pacific
Seton, M., Flament, N., & Müller, R. D. (2012). Subduction history in the Melanesian Borderlands region, SW Pacific. In: Mares, T. (Ed), 2012. Eastern Australasian Basins Symposium IV. Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia, Special Publication, 1-12. Download the paper – pdf
EarthByte successful in applying for resources on iVEC supercomputer ‘Fornax’
Dietmar Müller, Leonardo Quevedo and Thomas Landgrebe from EarthByte have been successful in applying for resources on the new iVEC supercomputer “Fornax” located at UWA through a merit allocation project built around GPlates new data mining capabilities. GPlates performance as a data-intensive application and its potential for generating a high impact research outcome by taking … Read more…
EarthByte successful in applying for resources on iVEC supercomputer 'Fornax'
Dietmar Müller, Leonardo Quevedo and Thomas Landgrebe from EarthByte have been successful in applying for resources on the new iVEC supercomputer “Fornax” located at UWA through a merit allocation project built around GPlates new data mining capabilities. GPlates performance as a data-intensive application and its potential for generating a high impact research outcome by taking … Read more…
Daniel Clark wins Deas-Thomson Scholarship in Mineralogy
Congratulations to Daniel Clark for winning the Deas-Thomson Scholarship in Mineralogy.
The UNCOVER Searching the deep Earth – a vision for exploration geoscience in Australia policy document is released
The UNCOVER Searching the Deep Earth: A vision for exploration geoscience in Australia document was officially launched by the Minister for Resources, Energy and Tourism, Martin Ferguson, at the 34th International Geological Congress in Brisbane last week. This important policy document is a call for Australian earth scientists to cooperate in an innovative, structured and … Read more…
Joel Potter awarded Leo A Cotton Prize
Congratulations to Joel Potter for winning the Leo A Cotton Prize in Exploration Geophysics.
EarthByte welcomes Ashish Agarwal
EarthByte would like to welcome Ashish Agarwal who has just started an AISRF funded PhD with Dietmar Muller on Indian ocean plate reconstructions.
Sabin Zahirovic awarded Postgraduate Research Prize and George Harris Scholarship
Congratulations to Sabin Zahirovic for winning the Postgraduate Research Prize for Outstanding Academic Achievement (Faculty of Science). Sabin also picked up the George Harris Scholarship (School of Geosciences). Well done Sabin!
EarthByte welcomes Judith Sippel, Kenni Petersen, Nicolas Coltice, Nick Mortimer and Bruce Eglington
EarthByte would like to welcome Judith Sippel (GFZ Postdam), Kenni Petersen (Aarhus University), Nicolas Coltice (University Lyon 1), Nick Mortimer (GNS), Bruce Eglington (University of Saskatchewan) who will be visiting the EarthByte group in the weeks after the IGC meeting in Brisbane.
EarthByte attends Back-arc Basin and Island Arc Interridge working group
Maria Seton, Dietmar Muller, Jo Whittaker and Jonathan Aitchinson attended the first Back-arc Basin and Island Arc Interridge working group meeting in Brisbane.
EarthByte attends the International Geological Congress meeting
Over 15 members of EarthByte attended the International Geological Congress meeting in Brisbane and were heavily involved in the organisation of symposia and sessions.
EarthByte welcomes Paul Wessel visit
EarthByte would like to welcome Paul Wessel from the University of Hawaii who is visiting for several weeks to work on a project on African absolute plate motions.
Earth-Science Reviews – Global continental and ocean basin reconstructions since 200 Ma
Seton, M., Müller, R. D., Zahirovic, S., Gaina, C., Torsvik, T., Shephard, G., … & Chandler, M. (2012). Global continental and ocean basin reconstructions since 200Ma. Earth-Science Reviews, 113(3), 212-270. doi:10.1016/j.earscirev.2012.03.002. Download the paper – pdf
Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems – Influence of overriding plate geometry and rheology on subduction
Butterworth, N. P., Quevedo, L., Morra, G., & Müller, R. D. (2012). Influence of overriding plate geometry and rheology on subduction. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 13(6). doi:10.1029/2011GC003968. Download the paper – pdf
6th eResearch Australasia Conference – Application of open-source software and high-resolution geophysical images to explore the plate tectonic evolution of Australia
Williams, S., Musgrave, R., & Müller, R. D. Application of open-source software and high-resolution geophysical images to explore the plate tectonic evolution of Australia. 6th eResearch Australasia Conference, Sydney, 28 Oct-1 Nov 2012. Download the paper – pdf
6th eResearch Australasia Conference – Evolution of Earth’s topography from models of global mantle flow and lithospheric deformation
Flament, N., Gurnis, M., Williams, S.E., Seton, M. and Müller, R.D., (2012). Evolution of Earth’s topography from models of global mantle flow and lithospheric deformation, 6th eResearch Australasia Conference , Sydney, 28 Oct-1 Nov 2012. Download the paper – pdf
6th eResearch Australia Conference – An open innovation platform for deep time spatio-temporal knowledge-discovery
Müller, R. D., Cannon, J., Landgrebe, T. C. W., & Qin, X. An open innovation platform for deep time spatio-temporal knowledge-discovery. In 6th eResearch Australasia Conference, Sydney (Vol. 28). 28 Oct-1 Nov 2012. Download the paper – pdf
EarthByte welcomes Sarah Maher
EarthByte would like to welcome Sarah Maher from the University of Hawaii who will be working with Dietmar Müller and Maria Seton on African absolute plate motions.
Precambrian Research – Archean gravity-driven tectonics on hot and flooded continents: Controls on long-lived mineralised hydrothermal systems away from continental margins
Thébaud, N., & Rey, P. F. (2013). Archean gravity-driven tectonics on hot and flooded continents: controls on long-lived mineralised hydrothermal systems away from continental margins. Precambrian Research, 229, 93-104. doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2012.03.001. Download the paper – pdf
Geology – Early to middle Miocene monsoon climate in Australia: REPLY
Herold, N., Huber, M., Greenwood, D. R., Müller, R. D., & Seton, M. (2011). Early to middle Miocene monsoon climate in Australia. Geology, 39(1), 3-6. doi: 10.1130/G33384Y.1. Download the paper – pdf
Geological Magazine – A deep subaqueous fan depositional model for the Palaeoarchaean (3.46 Ga) Marble Bar Cherts, Warrawoona Group, Western Australia
Olivier, N., Dromart, G., Coltice, N., Flament, N., Rey, P., & Sauvestre, R. (2012). A deep subaqueous fan depositional model for the Palaeoarchaean (3.46 Ga) Marble Bar Cherts, Warrawoona Group, Western Australia.Geological Magazine, 149(04), 743-749. doi:10.1017/S0016756812000131. Download the paper – pdf
Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems – Constraining the Jurassic extent of Greater India: Tectonic evolution of the West Australian margin
Gibbons, A. D., Barckhausen, U., den Bogaard, P., Hoernle, K., Werner, R., Whittaker, J. M., & Müller, R. D. (2012). Constraining the Jurassic extent of Greater India: Tectonic evolution of the West Australian margin. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 13(5). doi:10.1029/2011GC003919. Download the paper – pdf
Solid Earth – The link between great earthquakes and the subduction of oceanic fracture zones
Müller, R. D., & Landgrebe, T. C. W. (2012). The link between great earthquakes and the subduction of oceanic fracture zones. Solid Earth, 3(2), 447-465. doi:10.5194/se-3-447-2012. Link to download the paper
Earth and Planetary Science Letters – Reconstructing Ontong Java Nui: Implications for Pacific absolute plate motion, hotspot drift and true polar wander
Chandler, M. T., Wessel, P., Taylor, B., Seton, M., Kim, S. S., & Hyeong, K. (2012). Reconstructing Ontong Java Nui: Implications for Pacific absolute plate motion, hotspot drift and true polar wander. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 331, 140-151. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2012.03.017. Download the paper – pdf
Sydney Uni and National Taiwan Uni host joint workshop
A joint University of Sydney-National Taiwan University will be held at the University of Sydney between 7-8 June, 2012. The workshop will focus on plate reconstructions of SE Asia, Tethys and western North Pacific, mapping and reconstructing slabs, and ideas and applications for GPlates.