Ben Mather

Subducting seafloor anomalies promote porphyry copper emplacement

Ben Mather , Dietmar Müller, Chris Alfonso, Nicky Wright, Maria Seton 350% increase in copper demand by 2050 for renewable energy plants and EVs. No significant copper discoveries …

Duration of Sturtian 'Snowball Earth' glaciation linked to exceptionally low mid-ocean ridge outgassing

Exceptionally low mid-ocean ridge CO2 outgassing sustained the Sturtian Snowball Earth glaciation for over 50 million years.

Flexural isostatic response of continental-scale deltas to climatically driven sea level changes

Simulating how flexural isostatic responses to climatically driven sea level changes shape continental-scale delta evolution on passive margins.

Determining subsurface temperature & lithospheric structure from joint geophysical-petrological inversion: A case study from Ireland

A joint geophysical-petrological inversion combining seismic surface-wave data with thermodynamic modelling to map subsurface temperature in Ireland.

UTas Maydena workshop

Go with the flow

Tracing ancient groundwater pathways to discover copper

Global Hydrogen Production During High-Pressure Serpentinization of Subducting Slabs

Quantifying global hydrogen production from high-pressure serpentinisation of subducting slabs over the last 5 million years.

Water in the mantle

Cold slabs can take water into the transition zone. Stored within Ringwoodite and Wadsleyite Excess water may predict locations of enigmatic intraplate volcanism Predict influx of …

Subduction of seafloor features

Fracture zones Sharp discontinuities in seafloor age Seamount trail LIP LIP conjugate Fracture zone (Synthetic) seamounts Tracks overriding plate motion above plumes (stream #2) …

Continent-scale groundwater models

Constraining flow pathways across eastern Australia Ben Mather , Dietmar Müller, Adam Beall , Craig O’Neill, Willem Vervoort, Louis Moresi Whole-of-basin groundwater model No …