Ben Mather
@benmather.info
Geophysics and Python enthusiast 🌏🐍 Postdoc in the EarthByte group at Sydney Uni fusing tectonic reconstructions with mantle geochemistry to explain 🌋
In time for #EarthScienceWeek our paper published in Nature Communications today explores how mantle plumes 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.
rdcu.be/dXdKS
BUT if the plume weakens, it can de-anchor from the ridge and facilitate rapid ridge migration.
rdcu.be/dXdKS
October 17, 2024 at 8:37 AM
In time for #EarthScienceWeek our paper published in Nature Communications today explores how mantle plumes 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.
rdcu.be/dXdKS
BUT if the plume weakens, it can de-anchor from the ridge and facilitate rapid ridge migration.
rdcu.be/dXdKS
Very proud of Sydney Uni 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.
t.co/ZbIMIGgSPa
t.co/ZbIMIGgSPa
https://doi.org/10.1130/B37614.1
t.co
September 6, 2024 at 11:07 AM
Very proud of Sydney Uni 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.
t.co/ZbIMIGgSPa
t.co/ZbIMIGgSPa
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!
www.earthbyte.org/download-gpl...
www.earthbyte.org/download-gpl...
Download GPlates 2.5 – EarthByte
www.earthbyte.org
April 16, 2024 at 2:32 PM
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!
www.earthbyte.org/download-gpl...
www.earthbyte.org/download-gpl...
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We are LIVE on #Kickstarter. I repeat, we are LIVE! This is not a drill!
Support QUARTETnary for as little as €1 and help us bring science to the table! 🦕🌱🌎https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/irisvanzelst/quartetnary/
Support QUARTETnary for as little as €1 and help us bring science to the table! 🦕🌱🌎https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/irisvanzelst/quartetnary/
QUARTETnary - The card game about the geological time scale
Discover the history of the Earth by collecting mountains, animals, and plants to complete your time scale!
www.kickstarter.com
February 20, 2024 at 10:02 AM
We are LIVE on #Kickstarter. I repeat, we are LIVE! This is not a drill!
Support QUARTETnary for as little as €1 and help us bring science to the table! 🦕🌱🌎https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/irisvanzelst/quartetnary/
Support QUARTETnary for as little as €1 and help us bring science to the table! 🦕🌱🌎https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/irisvanzelst/quartetnary/
Reposted by Ben Mather
Interested in how moisture availability tracked temperature over the past 350 ka? Check out our new
Nature paper for some surprising conclusions!🙂
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Nature paper for some surprising conclusions!🙂
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com
February 8, 2024 at 12:21 AM
Interested in how moisture availability tracked temperature over the past 350 ka? Check out our new
Nature paper for some surprising conclusions!🙂
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Nature paper for some surprising conclusions!🙂
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
1st day of orientation week tomorrow. If this is anything to go by, it’s going to be one to remember!
February 4, 2024 at 9:12 AM
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.bsky.social at EarthByte as part of our Sydney Uni 🤝 Glasgow Uni Ignition Grant on how variations in subduction angle affect volcanism and porphyry copper formation. A great start the year with lots of productive conversations and collaborations!
February 2, 2024 at 6:15 AM
Very nice to host @geoniette.bsky.social at EarthByte as part of our Sydney Uni 🤝 Glasgow Uni Ignition Grant on how variations in subduction angle affect volcanism and porphyry copper formation. A great start the year with lots of productive conversations and collaborations!
Microsoft OneDrive is the dumpster fire of file synchronisation 🗑️🔥 Am I right?
January 20, 2024 at 1:06 AM
Microsoft OneDrive is the dumpster fire of file synchronisation 🗑️🔥 Am I right?
A huge congratulations to Emma Chambers from DIAS, Dublin 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 🇮🇪
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Determining subsurface temperature & lithospheric structure from joint geophysical-petrological inve...
High quality maps of the geothermal gradient and temperature are essential when assessing geothermal potential for a region. However, determining geot…
www.sciencedirect.com
November 29, 2023 at 10:43 PM
A huge congratulations to Emma Chambers from DIAS, Dublin 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 🇮🇪
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
The jacarandas are incredible in Sydney 💜 (even towards the end of their season)
November 4, 2023 at 12:54 AM
The jacarandas are incredible in Sydney 💜 (even towards the end of their season)
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Reminder that this Lecturer (~Assistant Prof) position in Geospatial Sciences and 3D analysis is closing on Oct 29 (Hobart time). Come and join the team!
careers.utas.edu.au/cw/en/job/49...
careers.utas.edu.au/cw/en/job/49...
Current Vacancies
careers.utas.edu.au
October 18, 2023 at 5:51 AM
Reminder that this Lecturer (~Assistant Prof) position in Geospatial Sciences and 3D analysis is closing on Oct 29 (Hobart time). Come and join the team!
careers.utas.edu.au/cw/en/job/49...
careers.utas.edu.au/cw/en/job/49...
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.
October 13, 2023 at 10:35 AM
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.
Reposted by Ben Mather
In Australia, the absence of relief in the interior means that the timescales of groundwater flow can be even older ... maybe even millions of years.
And, interestingly, this means that tilting due to dynamic stresses from the mantle may influence the flow patterns.
And, interestingly, this means that tilting due to dynamic stresses from the mantle may influence the flow patterns.
Ancient groundwater: Why the water you're drinking may be thousands of years old
As surface water diminishes in the Western US, people are drilling deeper wells – and tapping into older groundwater that can take thousands of years to replenish naturally.
theconversation.com
October 12, 2023 at 10:05 AM
In Australia, the absence of relief in the interior means that the timescales of groundwater flow can be even older ... maybe even millions of years.
And, interestingly, this means that tilting due to dynamic stresses from the mantle may influence the flow patterns.
And, interestingly, this means that tilting due to dynamic stresses from the mantle may influence the flow patterns.
You know you’re on a geology field trip when the view takes a back seat #subice2023
October 11, 2023 at 11:05 AM
You know you’re on a geology field trip when the view takes a back seat #subice2023
“Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt” - Abraham Lincoln
I can’t help think of this as we approach the referendum to enshrine a Voice in the Australian constitution. If we vote no it could set us back decades. 😨
I can’t help think of this as we approach the referendum to enshrine a Voice in the Australian constitution. If we vote no it could set us back decades. 😨
October 7, 2023 at 1:04 PM
“Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak and to remove all doubt” - Abraham Lincoln
I can’t help think of this as we approach the referendum to enshrine a Voice in the Australian constitution. If we vote no it could set us back decades. 😨
I can’t help think of this as we approach the referendum to enshrine a Voice in the Australian constitution. If we vote no it could set us back decades. 😨