Geophysics and Python enthusiast 🌏🐍 Postdoc in the @EarthByteGroup at @Sydney_Uni fusing tectonic reconstructions with mantle geochemistry to explain 🌋
The University of Sydney
Joined June 2018
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In time for #EarthScienceWeek our paper published in @NatureComms today explores the interactions between spreading ridges and mantle plumes. 🔥
We found that when mantle plumes are coupled to spreading ridges, they can act as an anchor ⚓️ and impede spreading ridge migration.
BUT if the plume weakens, it can de-anchor from the ridge and facilitate rapid ridge migration.
This has important implications for plume-related volcanism and plate boundary evolution.
📄 rdcu.be/dXdKS
@sydneyunigeo @AuScope @SetonMaria
Very proud of @sydneyunigeo PhD student, Chris Alfonso, who just published his 1st paper in GSA Bulletin! 👏 This project used spatio-temporal data mining (powered by #pyGPlates + #gplately) and machine learning to help find new porphyry copper deposits.
doi.org/10.1130/B37614.1
Thanks to the @arc_gov_au for funding my #IndustryFellowship with BHP to simulate how groundwater moves copper through sub-surface sedimentary layers.
A huge thank you to my friends and mentors, in particular Dietmar Müller and @SetonMaria, for helping me on this journey! 🫶
Congrats to A/Prof Sonia Liu and Dr @BenRMather for receiving Early Career Industry Fellowships from @arc_gov_au 👏👏
They'll collab with industry to address opportunities for improvement across poultry and mining 🐤🪨
Learn more about their projects: shorturl.at/gjKY9
ALT A/Prof Sonia Liy and Dr Ben Mather awarded Early Career Industry Fellowships by the Australian Research Council
Just in time for #EGU24 — GPlates 2.5 has just been released, now with subduction teeth! 🦷 This long awaited feature means there’s no more second-guessing your subduction polarity in plate reconstructions. @AuScope @EarthByteGroup @sydneyunigeo
1st day of orientation week tomorrow. If this is anything to go by, it’s going to be one to remember!
Very nice to host @Geoniette at @sydneyunigeo as part of our @Sydney_Uni 🤝 @UofGlasgow Ignition Grant on how variations in subduction angle affect volcanism and porphyry copper formation. A great start the year with lots of conversations and collaborations! @EarthByteGroup
A huge congratulations to @SeismoEChambers from @dias_geophysics on uncovering the thermal structure of Ireland 👏 This was a huge effort incorporating many geophysical datasets to help explore for geothermal energy prospects in Ireland 🇮🇪
sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
Fantastic news! 👏
🎉HUGE NEWS
Australia will continue in global #ScientificDrilling initiatives beyond 2024!
🤝We're excited to join the #NCRIS @AuScope family to create new opportunities for Australian-based scientists & educators.
👏Progress built on decades of #IODP support from @arc_gov_au
ALT Photo of four women from AuScope and ANZIC in front of their collaborative booth at the Australian Earth Science Convention in Perth, June 2023. Plus 5 logos for AuScope, ANZIC, IODP, ICDP and NCRIS, and the text "accessing the subsurface through scientific drilling
This is a HUGE improvement to the DECRA application process. It’s now much shorter and has some welcome tweaks to the weightings for each category.
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You know you’re on a geology field trip when the view takes a back seat. #subice2023
Ben Mather retweeted
We think our beamline scientist @DrEmilyFinch did a great job describing the advanced #science @ausynchrotron with real world applications on @ABCscience Monday Science with @SciNate.
abc.net.au/news/2023-10-09/t…
Ben Mather retweeted
New Academy Fellow Prof @LouisMoresi FAA wants to know why Earth appears to be the only planet in our solar system with tectonic plates and how that sets it apart. The answers could help determine whether distant exoplanets may be suitable for life.
Ben Mather retweeted
Introducing the Geosphere at #IntegratedEarth!
@MullerDietmar set the elemental scene for a conversation on integrating the Geosphere and other spheres.
Great to chat with @terrasoma from @AuScope on kimberlites. I’ll never be able to afford a #Bugatti, the fastest car in the world, but it is fun to study the fastest volcanic products in the world @EarthByteGroup @sydneyunigeo
💎#Diamonds on your mind?💎
“Kimberlites are the #Bugatti of volcanic products. They host most of the world’s diamonds and offer rare insights into the composition of Earth’s deep interior.”
– @BenRMather
Find out more: bit.ly/45svMLn
#NCRISimpact @EarthByteGroup
Ben Mather retweeted
Work by @BenRMather shows that subduction angles combined with peaks in slab flux predict pulses of kimberlite eruptions, which can transport diamonds to the surface of the crust @Sydney_Uni
nature.com/articles/s41598-0…
The #GPlates source code is now on GitHub! Show us your support by giving it a ⭐️ and get the latest versions as soon as they land!
github.com/GPlates/GPlates
@EarthByteGroup @sydneyunigeo @AuScope
A great article on a new study recently published in @Nature by @TMGernon and others on kimberlites i.e the Bugatti of volcanic products 🏎️
Thanks to @WeiPoints for listening to me bang on about why this is so cool 😎
Millions of years ago, some of Earth's strangest and most violent volcanic blasts sent diamond-studded rocks rocketing to the surface. Now, scientists have a new explanation why.
Read more in my first story for @nytimes!
nytimes.com/2023/07/26/scien…
