Jonathon Leonard (PhD)

Throughout the deep past, Australia has had carbonate systems pop up along its southern and north-west margins- as well as the north-east margin which houses the Great Barrier Reef. How these carbonate systems appear and disappear is unclear. My PhD research involves using numerical modelling to better understand Australia’s ancient carbonate systems. I am working under the guidance of Dr Sabin Zahirovic as well as secondary supervision from Tristan Salles and Claire Mallard.

 

Environmental controls on the resilience of Scott Reefs since the Miocene (North West Shelf, Australia): Insights from 3D seismic data

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North and South Scott Reefs are isolated carbonate platforms separated by an inter-reef channel on the NWS, Australia. They evolved from a barrier reef in the Miocene, and into isolated carbonate build-ups (ICB’s) during the Pliocene, and finally to the isolated carbonate platforms that continued to present day. However, the timings of coral reef turn … Read more…

Welcome newcomers!

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Welcome!