Earth
9:00am – 9:45am
Prof Mike Sandiford
University of Melbourne
Geomorphic tracers of mantle flow beneath the Australian continent
9:45am – 10:30am
Dr. Olsen-Kettle
The university of Queensland
Earthquakes from a numerical modelling perspective
Morning tea: 10:30 – 11:00am
11:00am – 11:45am
Prof Gordon Lister
Australian National University
Boudinage of a stretching slablet implicated in earthquakes beneath the Hindu Kush
11:45am – 12:30pm
Dr Wouter Schellart
Monash University
A global parametric study of overriding plate deformation at subduction zones: Explaining the Andes mountain belt
Lunch: 12:30pm – 1:30pm in the Earth Science Museum.
Student posters available for viewing
Fire
1:30pm – 2:15pm
Dr Stephan Gard
Queensland University of Technology
A Virtual Reality Bushfire Mitigation Tool for Community Consultation
2:15pm – 3:00pm
Dr Susanna Jenkins
Macquarie University
Volcanic hazard in the Asia-Pacific Region: Using probabilistic methods to quantify tephra fall hazard and population exposure.
Afternoon tea: 3:00pm – 3:30pm
3:30pm – 4:15pm
Dr Kurt Knesel
University of Queensland
Volcano geochronology provides a continental speedometer for unraveling tectonic events and informing plate reconstructions
4:15pm – 5:00pm
Dr Heather Wright
Monash University
Textural heterogeneity in pumice: insights into caldera-forming eruption processes at Cerro Galan caldera
Student poster session: 5:00pm – 6:00pm
Friday 21st November 2008
8:30am – 9:00am: Registration
Water
9:00am – 9:45am
Dr Ruth Reef
University of Queensland
Climate change might supersensitise corals to ultra violet radiation
9:45am – 10:30am
Dr Paul Tregoning
Australian National University
Deformation and drought in Australia: Insights from GPS and GRACE
Morning tea: 10:30 – 11:00am
11:00am – 11:45am
Dr Kerry Black
ASR Ltd.
Artificial Surfing Reefs – Just a damn good idea
11:45am – 12:30pm
Dr Tom Baldock
University of Queensland
Measurement and modelling of wave and tsunami run-up on plane beaches and in characteristic bay shapes
Lunch: 12:30pm – 1:30pm in the Earth Science Museum.
Student posters available for viewing
Air
1:30pm – 2:15pm
Dr Jiang Xin Zhao
University of Queensland
U-series dating in palaeoclimate, palaeoenvironmental, archaeological and palaeoseismic studies
2:15pm – 3:00pm
Prof Ove Hoegh-Guldberg
University of Queensland
Canary in the coal mine? Coral reefs as an early casualty of climate change.
Afternoon tea: 3:00pm – 3:30pm
3:30pm – 4:15pm
Prof. Michael Reeder
Monash University
Modeling Pyrocumulonimbi and Tornadoes spawned by bushfires
4:15pm – 5:00pm
Dr Clive McAlpine
University of Queensland
A Continent under stress: Land surface feedbacks on Australia’s climate
Meeting close: 5:00pm