orb:- eternal husband [Bridget Robinson], father [Dan, Erin, Anna] and grandfather [Heath, Rosa, Monty …], sailor, geologist
focus:- earth dynamics, earth energetics, landscape evolution, continental evolution and energy systems
privilege:- to have worked among communities that for millennia have lived in the most dynamic and remote parts of our planet ( Timor, Tibet, Xinjiang and Bhutan), and some places beyond (Enderby Land, Northern Victoria Land); to have known love and much more.
reflection:- earth and energy policy
sidenote:- Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor Emeritus (University of Melbourne), fellow Australian Academy of Science
recent commentary
reflections on the purpose of Geology- Motivations 1, Motivations 2, Motivations 3
recent publications
- tectonics - topographic effects of time dependant elastic rigidity
- gechem - slab segemention and volcanism in Indonesia
- geothermal - thermal history of a Chinese deep boreholes
- critical minerals - the net zero opportunity for Australian minerals
- geomorph - elasticity, gravity and the Finke Gorge
- geomagma - Holocene intraplate volcanism in East Asia
- geoenviro - Mercury levels, electricity generation in the Latrobe Valley
- geodynamics - stress distribution and dynamics of subducting slabs
- geophys - Australia’s largest earthquake in almost 30 years
- geohydro - some novel insights into the iconic Great Artesian Basin
- geomethods - measuring thermal diffusivity in soils
- economics - market power in the Australian energy system