Louis Moresi

Louis Moresi

Professor of Computational Mathematics & Geophysics
Louis Moresi specialises in computational geodynamics, developing the Underworld software to model mantle convection, lithospheric deformation, and plate tectonics. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science and the American Geophysical Union.
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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.

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Sara Polanco
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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 play a key role in determining long range flow …

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Dr. Ben Mather
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Constraining the response of continental-scale groundwater flow to climate change

A scalable numerical framework for continental groundwater flow modelling, constrained by hydraulic head, recharge, and borehole temperature data using Bayesian inversion.

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Dr. Ben Mather
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Constraining the response of continental-scale groundwater flow to climate extremes

Numerical models of groundwater flow play a critical role for water management scenarios under climate extremes. Large-scale models play a key role in determining long range flow …

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Dr. Ben Mather
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Adjoint inversion of the thermal structure of Southeastern Australia

An efficient inversion framework that gives improved estimates of the thermal state of the crust in Victoria using heat flow measurements and Curie depth in a joint inversion using …

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Dr. Ben Mather
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Stripy: A Python module for (constrained) triangulation in Cartesian coordinates and on a sphere.

A Python module for triangulation of scattered points on a sphere and in Cartesian coordinates, enabling interpolation, derivative calculation, and surface fitting.

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Louis Moresi

Introduction to Quagmire

Quagmire is an open source, parallel python module for modelling surface processes and landscape evolution.

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Louis Moresi
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Variations and controls on lithospheric thermal regimes in Southeast Australia

182 recent heat flow determinations and 66 new heat production measurements for Southeastern Australia significantly increase our understanding of local and regional lithospheric …

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Dr. Ben Mather