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School of Earth & Environmental Sciences
The University of Adelaide
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Geology & Geophysics

Geology & Geophysics (G&G) involves the study of how our planet is built, how it works and how its precious resources can be located and used. Geology and Geophysics is one of the most diverse of the sciences covering everything from meteorites to dinosaurs and from gold deposits to volcanoes.

The G&G group undertakes research into our planet, earth. Investigating the earth, from its surface, through its crust and to its deep mantle using outcropping rocks, boreholes and geophysical remote sensing. From cataclysmic earthquakes and volcanic eruptions to imperceptibly slow surface weathering, we investigate the processes that have shaped our planet, its resources endowment and its environment throughout its 4.5 billion year history.

G&G has a mineral resources focus and very strong links with the South Australian minerals and petroleum industry. Our postgraduates and staff have an international network of research links and an outstanding record of achievement witnessed by publications, prestigious conference presentations, prizes and extensive funding from government agencies such as the ARC (Australian Research Council) and PIRSA (Primary Industries and Resources SA).

For information about current research activities please visit the the links to the research groups and centres below.

Research Groups and Centres

Geology & Geophysics research in the University of Adelaide is encompassed in the Centre for Tectonics, Resources and Exploration (TRaX) with staff also involved in the following:

Deep Exploration Technologies Cooperative Research Centre (DET CRC). »

"The Deep Exploration Technologies CRC (DET CRC) is a Cooperative Research Centre, there are around 40 CRCs in Australia. All are supported by a combination of Commonwealth Government and end-user (predominantly industry) funding to build research partnerships between publicly-funded researchers and end-users in order to address major challenges that require medium to long-term collaborative efforts.detCRC (CRC for Deep Exploration Targeting)"

For more information visit https://detcrc.centric.com.au

South Australian Centre for Geothermal Energy Research (SACGER). »

SACGER is a strategic goup of researchers with large analytical and calculation capabilities in the field of Sciences and Engineering. It is a high level environment for multidisciplinary research and training focussed in providing answers to current and fundamental problems centered around geothermal energy. The research undertaken by the members of SACGER can be divided into three broad themes:
- Geothermal Exploration
- Geothermal Reservoir Modelling
- Geothermal Reservoir Stimulation

For more information visit http://www.adelaide.edu.au/geothermal/

South Australian Centre for Mineral Exploration Under Cover (CMXUC). »

The South Australian Centre for Mineral Exploration Under Cover (CMXUC) is a collaboration between the University of Adelaide and Primary Industries and Resources South Australia (PIRSA) that is housed within the Discipline of Geology and Geophysics, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at the University of Adelaide.
The aim of the CMXUC is to facilitate mineral discovery by defining and implementing the next generation of mineral exploration geoscience - specifically focussing on the issue of exploring beneath the veneer of sedimentary cover and weathered rock that conceals much of the Australian continent.

For more information visit http://www.adelaide.edu.au/cmxuc/

News

Gondwana to Asia 2012 Conference
18-20 November 2012

The School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, The Centre for Tectonics Resources and Exploration and the International Association for Gondwana Research, invite you to participate in an international meeting of geoscientists interested in all aspect of Gondwana.

The conference will run for two days on November 19th and 20th 2012 at the University of Adelaide. We are planning a one day pre-conference field trip examining Cambrian arc initiation on the Gondwana margin and a three day post-conference trip to the Southern Gawler Craton.

Conference themes include:

Gondwana Resources
Gondwana Formation and Destruction

Click here for registration. Registration is free.

Key Academic and Research Staff

	Assoc. Prof. Karin BAROVICH Crustal Evolution of the Earth as Reflected by Geochemistry and Radiogenetic Isotopes.		Prof. Graham HEINSON Electrical Geophysis and Magnetotellurics for Crustal and Groundwater Studies.
	Assoc. Prof. Alan COLLINS Tectonics, Structural Geology and Geochronology.		Dr Steven HILL Regolith and Landscape Evolution.
	Prof. David CHITTLEBOROUGH Evolution of Soils, Biogeochemistry of Soils in Watersheds, Chemistry and Fate of Nanoparticulates.		Dr. David KELSEY Metamorphic Geology, Tectonics and Geochronology.
	Assoc. Prof. Nigel COOK Mineralogy and Geochemistry of Mineral Deposits		Dr. Rosalind KING Structural Geology, Tectonics and Peroleum Geology.
	Prof. Martin HAND Metamorphic Geology, Tectonics and Geothermal Resources		Dr. Frank REITH Geomicrobiology and Cycling of Metals in the Environment
	Prof. David GILES Mineral Systems and Magnetics.		Dr. Andreas SCHMIDT-MUMM Economic Geology: Analysing and Modelling the Genesis of Mineral Deposits and Their Tectonic Setting.
	Prof. John FODEN Arc Magmatism and Crustal Growth, Petrology, Geochemistry, Isotope Geochemistry and Tectonics.		Prof. Joel BRUGGER Mobility of Metals in the Earth's Crust and in the Environment.
	Prof. Martin KENNEDY Palaeoclimate, Climate Change and Earth's Environmental Evolution.		Dr. Graham BAINES Geophysical Approaches to Tectonics, Mineral Exploration and Geothermal Activity.
	Dr. Robert DART Regolith Geology and Landscape Processes in Relation to Mineral Exploration.		Dr. Caroline FORBES Structural Geology, Metamorphic Petrology and Geochronology.
	Dr. Kate SELWAY Application of Magnetotellurics to Crustal and Lithospheric Architecture.		Dr. Justin PAYNE Trace element and isotope geochemistry and geochronology to elucidate the evolution of the Earth's crust.
	Dr. Bing ZHOU Seismic wave modelling, seismic waveform inversion, seismic tomography, surface wave computation, resistivity imaging, seismic anisotropy.		Stephan THIEL Modelling and inversion of magnetotelluric data for 2-D and 3-D lithospheric structure, with application to obducted and subducted terranes.

Click here for a full alphabetical list of Geology and Geophysics staff and post-graduate students.