Recent & Upcoming Talks

2022

Unravelling the origins of volcanism along Eastern Australia and the Tasman Sea
Mantle plumes are buoyant upwellings rising from the Earth’s core-mantle boundary to its surface, generating hotspot chains that track …
Jul 29, 2022 2:00 PM — 3:00 PM University of Queensland
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Unravelling the origins of volcanism along Eastern Australia and the Tasman Sea
Volcanoes Downunder
Did you know there are hundreds of volcanoes in our backyard? Volcanoes have been active across eastern Australia for over 100 million …
Jul 22, 2022 12:30 PM — 2:30 PM Byron Parklands, NSW
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Volcanoes Downunder
Continent-scale groundwater models: constraining flow pathways across eastern Australia
Numerical models of groundwater flow play a critical role for water management scenarios under climate extremes. Large‑scale models …
Jul 12, 2022 6:00 PM — 7:00 PM World Square, Sydney, NSW
Continent-scale groundwater models: constraining flow pathways across eastern Australia
Parallel volcanic chains generated by plume-slab interaction (invited)
Deep mantle plumes are buoyant upwellings rising from the Earth’s core-mantle boundary to its surface, and describing most hotspot …
May 24, 2022 2:00 PM — 2:30 PM Vienna, Austria
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Parallel volcanic chains generated by plume-slab interaction (invited)
GPlates and pyGPlates workshop
Day 1 Day 2 Day 3 Day 4
May 3, 2022 9:00 AM — May 6, 2022 11:00 AM Online
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2019

The Role of Stagnant Slabs at the Transition Zone on Widespread Volcanism in Eastern Australia and Zealandia
Intraplate volcanism triggered by the release of subducted volatiles during bursts in slab flux
Dec 11, 2019 2:00 PM — 6:00 PM San Francisco, Moscone South
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The Role of Stagnant Slabs at the Transition Zone on Widespread Volcanism in Eastern Australia and Zealandia
Stagnant slabs at the transition zone linked to widespread volcanism in Eastern Australia and Zealandia
Partial melting of ancient subducted slabs provide a framework through which to explain non-age progressive volcanism in a region of anomalous mantle composition.
Nov 19, 2019 2:30 PM — 2:45 PM Port Lincoln, South Australia
All models are wrong: Testing your assumptions (keynote)
Approaching earth science problems in a “data-driven” philosophy can help glean new insights into our problem and quantify uncertainty.
Nov 1, 2019 3:00 PM — 3:30 PM UNSW, Sydney
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All models are wrong: Testing your assumptions (keynote)
The origin of intraplate mafic volcanism along the eastern margin of Australia
The eastern margin of Australia has experienced extensive mafic volcanism since its breakaway from Antarctica (~ 80 Ma). A plume origin …
Apr 11, 2019 12:12 AM Vienna, Austria
The origin of intraplate mafic volcanism along the eastern margin of Australia
Introduction to Quagmire
Quagmire is an open source, parallel python module for modelling surface processes and landscape evolution. It comes from the …
Jan 24, 2019 1:17 PM CIG Webinars
Project Video
Reducing the uncertainty of lithospheric thermal structure: integrated modelling from geothermal, magnetic, and seismic data
Jan 21, 2019 11:23 AM The University of Melbourne
Project Slides

2018

NCRIS Workshop 3 - Update of AuScope research
Dec 7, 2018 9:00 AM Kookaburra Conference Room, Level 48 MLC Centre, 19 Martin Place Sydney
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G.O.THERM Project: an integrated approach to probe the deep thermal structure of Ireland
With the backdrop of climate change and Ireland’s reliance on fossil fuels, the need to exploit Ireland’s potential for …
Nov 6, 2018 9:59 AM Geological Survey of Ireland, Beggar's Bush
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G.O.THERM Project: an integrated approach to probe the deep thermal structure of Ireland
Uncertainty reduction of geothermal heat flux from assimilating seismic tomography and depth to Curie temperature
Surface heat flux is highly sensitive to small temperature fluctuations at varying timescales. The magnitude of these variations depend …
Feb 27, 2018 12:00 AM Hobart, Australia
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Probing the geothermal potential of Ireland
Geothermal power is traditionally viable only in volcanically active regions, however direct application of this energy source for …
Feb 27, 2018 12:00 AM Cork, Ireland
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Adjoint inversion of geothermal potential in Ireland assimilating surface heat flow, seismic velocity, and Curie depth
Temperature models for assessing geothermal potential are usually concerned with the upper 5 km of the crust. The configuration of …
Feb 27, 2018 12:00 AM Vienna, Austria
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Adjoint inversion of geothermal potential in Ireland assimilating surface heat flow, seismic velocity, and Curie depth
Estimating the depth to the Curie isotherm: a synthesis of the methodology and its application to Ireland.
Magnetic data is one of the most common geophysics datasets available on the surface of the Earth. At long wavelengths it pertains …
Feb 12, 2018 10:51 PM DIAS, Geophysics Section, 5 Merrion Square, Dublin 2, (library)
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