Regional Geophysical Data Analysis in 2D and 3D

Abstract:
Regional geophysical datasets underpin our ability to build 2D and 3D geological models across much of the world, where surface expressions of geology are limited. In this talk we will explore the range of methods from purely interpretive to Machine Learning that are currently used to build geological models. We will primarily focus on airborne magnetic data sets, however the logic applies to a whole range of geophysical methods.

Professor Mark Jessell, DARE Senior Academic Domain Advisor:
Mark Jessell is a Professor and Western Australian Fellow at the Centre for Exploration Targeting at The University of Western Australia. Mark studied up to MSc level in the UK, then moved to the USA to do a PhD, went to Melbourne to do a Postdoc and take up a teaching and research position at Monash University before moving to Toulouse, France taking up a position with the Institute de Recherche pour le Developpement, before joining the University of Western Australia in 2013.

Mark’s scientific interests revolve around microstructure studies (the Elle platform), integration of geology and geophysics in 3D (the Loop/MinEx CRC project), and the tectonics and metallogenesis of the West African and Guyanese Cratons (WAXI & SAXI).

Mark has extensive experience collaborating with the minerals sector though AMIRA International industry consortium funding for the WAXI and SAXI projects and the MinEx CRC; a partnership between industry and the Australian Government. Mark is also involved in a MRIWA industry/state government collaboration on the Paterson Orogen which is supported by funding from the ARC, MRIWA and industry.