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James Driscoll
Basin evolution and structural setting of a Late Cambrian-Ordovician siliciclastic succession, Northern Tasmania
- Structural, stratigraphic and sedimentological aspects of the origin and evolution of sedimentary basins, with a specific emphasis on applied geoscience research relating to the petroleum, geothermal energy and carbon capture and storage sectors.
- Sedimentology and depositional environments and diagenetic history of chalk reservoirs in northern Europe
Contact James
p: +61 3 9905 5762
f: +61 3 9905 4903
r: 236, Building 28
e: James Driscoll
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PhD candidate
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I am investigating the structural and stratigraphic evolution of a siliciclastic Cambro-Ordovician sequence exposed in northern Tasmania by means of detailed field mapping, palinspastic reconstructions, and regional gravity and aeromagnetic dataset analysis.
I have a number of specific aims which include:
- Construction of a revised basin-scale stratigraphic framework for the Late Cambro-Ordovician siliciclastic system bound by the overlying Gordon Limestone and underlying Mount Read Volcanics and basement metamorphics.
- Application of the new stratigraphic nomenclature to the variously named units in northern Tasmania - and then in a wider context compare and contrast these units to those exposed in the West Coast Range of western Tasmania.
- Investigation of the geometry of pre-Late Cambro-Ordovician structures and their effect on the development of the overlying sequences.
- Definition of the Late Cambro-Ordovician basin geometry, particularly the identification of major basin margin faults and the intimate relationship between these structures and sedimentation processes.
- Examination of the post-depositional deformation history via utilisation of palinspastic reconstructions.
Professional Memberships
- Fellow of the Geological Society, London
- Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia [PESA]
- Petroleum Exploration Society of Great Britain [PESGB]
- International Association of Sedimentology [IAS]
- Geological Society of Australia [GSA]
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