MISSION
Exploring how deformation of solid earth over deep time built a human-habitable, resource-rich planet
The Tectonics and Earth Systems Group is a part of the Mawson Centre for Geoscience and its research spans the Institute for Sustainability, Energy and Resources (ISER), and the Environment Institute.
TES Group members are geologists and geochemists, and our aim is to develop an evolving model of the world where every aspect is testable and mutable.
KEY RESEARCH AREAS
01
Constraining full-plate topological reconstructions of the world from 2 Ga to present using the global rock record
02
Reconstructing ancient topography by deconvolving the rock record in ancient orogens and successor sedimentary basins
03
Understanding the evolving tectonic setting, water chemistry, ecology and resource endowment of major Proterozoic and Palaeozoic Basins
04
Deconvolving the tectonic complexity of pre-collision active margins in ancient orogens
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Understanding the solid earth controls on transitions in the supra-geosphere earth
06
Developing novel laser-based isobaric geochronometers (e.g. Rb–Sr and K–Ca)
LATEST PUBLICATIONS • LITHOSPHERIC DYNAMICS • CRUSTAL STUDIES • TECTONIC ARCHIVE • RESEARCH PAPERS • EARTH SYSTEMS •
THE LAUREATE
Plate Tectonics, Critical Metals and our Habitable Earth
A grand science quest is to understand how our life-nurturing planet came to be.
This Fellowship aims to use abundant geological information to build a tectonic, bathymetric and topographic digital twin of the Earth’s surface through its middle age (1800–500 million years ago)—then apply this to investigate how deep earth processes including earthquakes, volcanos and plate tectonics endowed our planet with critical metals and built a habitable world.
Outcomes include ground-breaking data-driven geology and actualistic deep-time full-earth modelling that have not been attempted before. Expected benefits include de-risking mineral exploration, therefore providing jobs, and honing our responses to challenges facing the modern-day biosphere.
Australian Research Council FL240100114
OUR RESEARCHERS
Dr. Julian Aris
Principal Investigator
Specializing in computational modeling of lithospheric stress and thermal dynamics.
Prof. Lena Vogt
Lead Geomorphologist
Expertise in post-seismic crustal deformation and structural field mapping surveys.
Dr. Marcus Chen
Senior Seismologist
Analyzing high-resolution seismic signal propagation within transitional mantle zones.
