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2021
Bayesian inversion of 3D groundwater flow within the Sydney-Gunnedah-Bowen Basin (keynote)
In the driest inhabited continent on Earth, aquifers of the Sydney-Gunnedah-Bowen Basin are essential for Australian agriculture …
Thursday, 11 Feb 2021 2:30 PM — 2:50 PM
University of Tasmania
Slides
2020
Intraplate volcanism triggered by bursts in slab flux (invited speaker)
Tuesday, 22 Sep 2020 11:00 AM — 11:15 AM
Macquarie University
ben mather
,
dietmar muller
,
maria seton
,
oliver nebel
,
saskia ruttor
,
nick mortimer
Slides
Intraplate volcanism triggered by subducted volatiles during bursts in slab flux
Intraplate volcanism triggered by subducted volatiles during bursts in slab flux
Tuesday, 04 Feb 2020 2:15 PM — 2:30 PM
Q-Station
ben mather
,
dietmar muller
,
maria seton
,
nick mortimer
,
saskia ruttor
Project
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
Wednesday, 11 Dec 2019 2:00 PM — 6:00 PM
San Francisco, Moscone South
ben mather
,
dietmar muller
,
maria seton
,
nick mortimer
,
saskia ruttor
Project
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.
Tuesday, 19 Nov 2019 2:30 PM — 2:45 PM
Port Lincoln, South Australia
ben mather
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.
Friday, 01 Nov 2019 3:00 PM — 3:30 PM
UNSW, Sydney
ben mather
Slides
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 …
Thursday, 11 Apr 2019 12:12 AM
Vienna, Austria
ben mather
,
dietmar muller
Introduction to Quagmire
Quagmire is an open source, parallel python module for modelling surface processes and landscape evolution. It comes from the …
Thursday, 24 Jan 2019 1:17 PM
CIG Webinars
louis moresi
,
ben mather
Project
Video
Reducing the uncertainty of lithospheric thermal structure: integrated modelling from geothermal, magnetic, and seismic data
Monday, 21 Jan 2019 11:23 AM
The University of Melbourne
ben mather
Project
Slides
2018
NCRIS/Govt. Workshop #3: Update of AuScope research
Friday, 07 Dec 2018 9:00 AM
Kookaburra Conference Room, Level 48 MLC Centre, 19 Martin Place Sydney
ben mather
Slides
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 …
Tuesday, 06 Nov 2018 9:59 AM
Geological Survey of Ireland, Beggar's Bush
ben mather
,
thomas farrell
,
javier fullea
PDF
Project
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 …
Tuesday, 27 Feb 2018 12:00 AM
Hobart, Australia
Project
Probing the geothermal potential of Ireland
Geothermal power is traditionally viable only in volcanically active regions, however direct application of this energy source for …
Tuesday, 27 Feb 2018 12:00 AM
Cork, Ireland
Project
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 …
Tuesday, 27 Feb 2018 12:00 AM
Vienna, Austria
Project
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 …
Monday, 12 Feb 2018 10:51 PM
DIAS, Geophysics Section, 5 Merrion Square, Dublin 2, (library)
Project
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