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Research Report 2013 - Earth Sciences

Journal Article
Bostock, HC* and Barrows, TT* and Carter, L* and Chase, Z and Cortese, G* and Dunbar, GB* and Ellwood, M* and Hayward, B* and Howard, W and Neil, HL* and Noble, TL and Mackintosh, A* and Moss, PT* and Moy, AD and White, D* and Williams, MJM* and Armand, LK, “A review of the Australian-New Zealand sector of the Southern Ocean over the last 30 ka (Aus-INTIMATE project)”, Quaternary Science Reviews, 74 pp. 35-57. doi:10.1016/j.quascirev.2012.07.018 ISSN 0277-3791 (2013) [Refereed Article] [Full Text]* [Detail]
Brough, CP* and Warrender, R* and Bowell, RJ* and Barnes, A* and Parbhakar-Fox, A, “The process mineralogy of mine wastes”, Minerals Engineering, 52 pp. 125-135. doi:10.1016/j.mineng.2013.05.003 ISSN 0892-6875 (2013) [Refereed Article] [Full Text] [Detail]
Burrett, C and Zaw, K and Meffre, S and Lai, CK and Khositanont, S* and Chaodumrong, P* and Udchachon, M* and Ekins, S* and Halpin, J, “The configuration of Greater Gondwana-Evidence from LA ICPMS, U-Pb geochronology of detrital zircons from the Palaeozoic and Mesozoic of Southeast Asia and China”, Gondwana Research, 26 (1) pp. 31-51. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2013.05.020 ISSN 1342-937X (2014) [Refereed Article] [Full Text] [Detail]
Carey, RJ and Manga, M* and Degruyter, W* and Gonnermann, H* and Swanson, D* and Houghton, B* and Orr, T* and Patrick, M, “Convection in a volcanic conduit recorded by bubbles”, Geology, 41 (4) pp. 395-398. doi:10.1130/G33685.1 ISSN 0091-7613 (2013) [Refereed Article] [Full Text]* [Detail]
Chalot-Prat, F* and Falloon, TJ and Green, DH and Hibberson, WO, “Melting of plagioclase + spinel lherzolite at low pressures (0.5 GPa): an experimental approach to the evolution of basaltic melt during mantle refertilisation at shallow depths”, Lithos, 172-173* pp. 61-80. doi:10.1016/j.lithos.2013.03.012 ISSN 0024-4937 (2013) [Refereed Article] [Full Text] [Detail]
Clark, NA* and Williams, M* and Hill, DJ* and Quilty, PG and Smellie, JL* and Zalasiewicz, J* and Leng, MJ* and Ellis, MA, “Fossil proxies of near-shore sea surface temperatures and seasonality from the late Neogene Antarctic shelf”, Naturwissenschaften, 100* (8) pp. 699-722. doi:10.1007/s00114-013-1075-9 ISSN 0028-1042 (2013) [Refereed Article] [Full Text] [Detail]
Cracknell, MJ and Reading, AM, “The upside of uncertainty: Identification of lithology contact zones from airborne geophysics and satellite data using random forests and support vector machines”, Geophysics, 78 (3) pp. WB113-WB126. doi:10.1190/GEO2012-0411.1 ISSN 0016-8033 (2013) [Refereed Article] [Full Text] [Detail]
Cracknell, MJ and Roach, M and Green, D* and Lucieer, A, “Estimating bedding orientation from high-resolution digital elevation models”, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, 51 (5) pp. 2949-2959. doi:10.1109/TGRS.2012.2217502 ISSN 0196-2892 (2013) [Refereed Article] [Full Text] [Detail]
Houghton, BF* and Swanson, DA* and Rausch, J* and Carey, RJ and Fagents, SA* and Orr, TR, “Pushing the Volcanic Explosivity Index to its limit and beyond: Constraints from exceptionally weak explosive eruptions at Kilauea in 2008”, Geology, 41 (6) pp. 627-630. doi:10.1130/G34146.1 ISSN 0091-7613 (2013) [Refereed Article] [Full Text]* [Detail]
Johnson, SP* and Thorne, AM* and Tyler, IM* and Korsch, RJ* and Kennett, BLN* and Cutten, HN* and Goodwin, J* and Blay, O* and Blewett, RS* and Joly, A* and Dentith, MC* and Aitken, ARA* and Holzschuh, J* and Salmon, M* and Reading, A and Heinson, G* and Boren, G* and Ross, J* and Costelloe, RD* and Fomin, T, “Crustal architecture of the Capricorn Orogen, Western Australia and associated metallogeny”, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 60 (6-7) pp. 681-705. doi:10.1080/08120099.2013.826735 ISSN 0812-0099 (2013) [Refereed Article] [Full Text]* [Detail]
Lai, C-K and Meffre, S and Crawford, AJ and Zaw, K and Halpin, JA and Xue, C-D* and Salam, A, “The Central Ailaoshan ophiolite and modern analogs”, Gondwana Research, 26 (1) pp. 75-88. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2013.03.004 ISSN 1342-937X (2014) [Refereed Article] [Full Text] [Detail]
Meidl, Eva and Quilty, PG, “Georg von Neumayer (1826-1909) in Tasmanien”, Zeitschrift fur Australienstudien e.V., Newsletter Nr 9 (June 2013) pp. 63-75. ISSN 1617-9900 (2013) [Professional, Non Refereed Article] [Full Text] [Detail]
Noble, TL and Piotrowski, AM* and McCave, IN, “Neodymium isotopic composition of intermediate and deep waters in the glacial southwest Pacific”, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 384* pp. 27-36. doi:10.1016/j.epsl.2013.10.010 ISSN 0012-821X (2013) [Refereed Article] [Full Text] [Detail]
Parbhakar-Fox, A and Lottermoser, B and Bradshaw, D, “Evaluating waste rock mineralogy and microtexture during kinetic testing for improved acid rock drainage prediction”, Minerals Engineering, 52 pp. 111-124. doi:10.1016/j.mineng.2013.04.022 ISSN 0892-6875 (2013) [Refereed Article] [Full Text]* [Detail]
Patel, A* and Manga, M* and Carey, RJ and Degruyter, W, “Effects of thermal quenching on mechanical properties of pyroclasts”, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 258* pp. 24-30. doi:10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2013.04.001 ISSN 0377-0273 (2013) [Refereed Article] [Full Text] [Detail]
Pilia, S* and Rawlinson, N* and Direen, N and Cummins, PR* and Balfour, N, “Structural controls on localized intraplate deformation and seismicity in Southern Australia: Insights from local earthquake tomography of the Flinders Ranges”, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 118* (5) pp. 2176-2190. doi:10.1002/jgrb.50168 ISSN 2169-9313 (2013) [Refereed Article] [Full Text] [Detail]
Quilty, PG and Lugg, DJ, “Phillip Garth Law 1912-2010”, Historical Records of Australian Science, 24 (1) pp. 134-159. doi:10.1071/HR12026 ISSN 0727-3061 (2013) [Non Refereed Article] [Full Text]* [Detail]
Reading, AM and Gallagher, K, “Transdimensional change-point modeling as a tool to investigate uncertainty in applied geophysical inference: An example using borehole geophysical logs”, Geophysics, 78 (3) pp. 89-99. doi:10.1190/GEO2012-0384.1 ISSN 0016-8033 (2013) [Refereed Article] [Full Text]* [Detail]
Smith, NRA and Reading, AM and Asten, MW* and Funk, CW, “Constraining depth to basement for mineral exploration using microtremor: A demonstration study from remote inland Australia”, Geophysics, 78 (5) pp. 227-242. doi:10.1190/GEO2012-0449.1 ISSN 0016-8033 (2013) [Refereed Article] [Full Text]* [Detail]
Zaw, K and Meffre, S and Takai, M* and Suzuki, H* and Burrett, C and Htike, T* and Thein, ZMM* and Tsubamoto, T* and Egi, N* and Maung, M, “The oldest anthropoid primates in SE Asia: Evidence from LA-ICP-MS U-Pb zircon age in the Late Middle Eocene Pondaung Formation, Myanmar”, Gondwana Research, 26 (1) pp. 122-131. doi:10.1016/j.gr.2013.04.007 ISSN 1342-937X (2014) [Refereed Article] [Full Text]* [Detail]

Chapter in Book
Direen, N and Stagg, HMJ* and Symonds, PA* and Norton, IO, “Variations in rift symmetry: Cautionary examples from the Southern Rift System (Australia–Antarctica)”, Conjugate Divergent Margins, Geological Society, London, WU Mohriak, A Danforth, PJ Post, DE Brown, GC Tari, M Nemčok and ST Sinha (ed), London, UK, pp. 453-475. ISBN 978-1-86239-349-3 (2013) [Research Book Chapter] [Full Text]* [Detail]
Ehrig, K* and McPhie, J and Kamenetsky, VS, “Geology and mineralogical zonation of the Olympic Dam Iron Oxide Cu-U-Au-Ag deposit, South Australia”, Geology and Genesis of Major Copper Deposits and Districts of the World: A Tribute to Richard H. Sillitoe, Society of Economic Geologists, Inc., Hedenquist, J.W., Harris, M., Camus, F. (ed), Littleton, CO, pp. 237-267. ISBN 978-1-934969-45-8 (2012) [Research Book Chapter] [Full Text] [Detail]

Chapter in Book

Direen, N and Stagg, HMJ* and Symonds, PA* and Norton, IO*, “Variations in rift symmetry: Cautionary examples from the Southern Rift System (Australia–Antarctica)”, Conjugate Divergent Margins, Geological Society, London, WU Mohriak, A Danforth, PJ Post, DE Brown, GC Tari, M Nemčok and ST Sinha (ed), London, UK, pp. 453-475. ISBN 978-1-86239-349-3 (2013) [Research Book Chapter] [Full Text] [Detail]

Ehrig, K* and McPhie, J and Kamenetsky, VS, “Geology and mineralogical zonation of the Olympic Dam Iron Oxide Cu-U-Au-Ag deposit, South Australia”, Geology and Genesis of Major Copper Deposits and Districts of the World: A Tribute to Richard H. Sillitoe, Society of Economic Geologists, Inc., Hedenquist, J.W., Harris, M., Camus, F. (ed), Littleton, CO, pp. 237-267. ISBN 978-1-934969-45-8 (2012) [Research Book Chapter] [Full Text] [Detail]

Conference Publication
Cracknell, MJ and Reading, AM and McNeill, AW, “Supervised and unsupervised classification of near-mine soil Geochemistry and Geophysics data”, Proceedings of the 23rd International Geophysical Conference and Exhibition, 11-14 August 2013, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 1-4. (2013) [Refereed Conference Paper] [Full Text]* [Detail]
Hunt, J and Kojovic, T* and Berry, R, “Estimating comminution indices from ore mineralogy, chemistry and drill core logging”, Proceedings of The Second AusIMM International Geometallurgy Conference (GeoMet) 2013, 30 September-2 October 2013, Brisbane, Australia, pp. 173-176. ISBN 9781921522970 (2013) [Refereed Conference Paper] [Full Text] [Detail]
Parbhakar-Fox, A and Lottermoser, B and Bradshaw, DJ, “Cost-effective means for identifying acid rock drainage risks: Integration of the geochemistry-mineralogy-texture approach and geometallurgical techniques”, Proceedings of the 2nd AusIMM International Geometallurgy Conference (GeoMet), 30 September - 2 October 2013, Brisbane, Australia, pp. 143-154. ISBN 9781921522970 (2013) [Refereed Conference Paper] [Full Text]* [Detail]
Parbhakar-Fox, A and Edraki, M* and Bradshaw, D* and Walters, SG, “Development of a textural acid rock drainage index for classifying acid formation”, Proceedings of the 10th International Congress for Applied Mineralogy, 1-5 August 2011, Trondheim, Norway, pp. 513-521. ISBN 978-3-642-27681-1 (2011) [Refereed Conference Paper] [Full Text] [Detail]
Parbhakar-Fox, A and Edraki, M* and Walters, S, “Developments in acid rock drainage prediction: A case study on the abandoned Croydon Au-mines, QLD, Australia”, Proceedings of 10th Biennial Meeting of the Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits, 17-20 August 2009, Townsville, Australia, pp. 774-776. ISBN 978-0-9805-5868-5 (2009) [Refereed Conference Paper] [Full Text]* [Detail]
Pilia, S* and Rawlinson, N* and Direen, N* and Reading, A, “Beneath Bass Strait: linking Tasmania and mainland Australia using ambient seismic noise”, Proceedings of the 23rd International Geophysical Conference and Exhibition, 11-14 August 2013, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 1-4. (2013) [Refereed Conference Paper] [Full Text] [Detail]
Smith, NRA and Reading, AM and Asten, MW* and Funk, CW, “Depth to basement and seismic velocity structure from passive seismic soundings in central Australia”, Proceedings of the 23rd International Geophysical Conference and Exhibition, 11-14 August 2013, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 1-4. (2013) [Refereed Conference Paper] [Full Text]* [Detail]

Other Creative Work
Direen, N and Bonnardot, M-A* and Pryer, L* and Sanchez, G, Antarctica before and after Gondwana: Terrane map and reconstructions, FrogTech, Brisbane, pp. 1 (2012) [Minor Creative Work] [Full Text]* [Detail]
Jorand, C* and Pryer, L* and Direen, N and Loutit, T, First-pass inferred basement heat flow map from potential field data, FrogTech, Brisbane, pp. 1 (2012) [Minor Creative Work] [Full Text]* [Detail]

* This author is not affiliated with the University of Tasmania.