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Prof

Mike Sandiford

Chair Of Geology
Earth Sciences
tectonics
earthquake geology
Geothermal energy
carbon capture and storage
energy systems
science & technology
physical sciences
geology
geochemistry & geophysics
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Mike Sandiford

 
Division
Science
 
Primary Interest
Geology
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Projects

Displaying the 10 most recent projects by Mike Sandiford.

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Magmatic response to slab deformation and implications to ore formation

2020 - 2023
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Optimisation of Earthquake Monitoring for CCS Applications on Local and Microearthquake Scales

2016 - 2020
Completed
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CCSNet research infrastructure project Carbon Capture and Storage Flagship Program - Education Investment Fund Project

2014 - 2020
Completed
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CCSNet research infrastructure project Carbon Capture and Storage Flagship Program - Education Investment Fund Project

2014 - 2022
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Indo-Australian Plate Active Tectonics Program

The Indo-Australian Plate Active Tectonics Program investigates fundamental questions in geodynamics using the unique record of landscape ev..

2014 - 2017
Completed
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Collaboration Program on Groundwater Geodynamics

2014 - 2019
Completed
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Collaboration Program on Groundwater Geodynamics 2013-2014 - Project No.1

2014 - 2019
Completed
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SEDIMENTARY BASIN MANAGEMENT INITIATIVE

2013 - 2014
Completed
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Design of a cash bidding system for offshore petroleum exploration acreage

2013 - 2013
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ESTABLISHING AN AUSTRALIAN-GERMAN COLLEGE ON CLIMATE AND ENERGY SYSTEM TRANSITIONS

2012 - 2013
Completed

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Project Types

13

Research Contracts

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Research Grant

2

Internal Research Grant

Scholarly Works

Displaying the 10 most recent scholarly works by Mike Sandiford.

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The fingerprints of flexure in slab seismicity

Dan Sandiford, Louis Moresi, Mike Sandiford, R Farrington, T Yang

Journal article  |  2020  |  Tectonics

Earthquake moment tensors in eastern Pacific (ePac) slabs typically show downdip tensional (DT) axes, whereas in the western Pacif..

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Rupture Characteristics and Bedrock Structural Control of the 2016 M-w 6.0 Intraplate Earthquake in the Petermann Ranges, Australia

Januka Attanayake, Tamarah R King, Mark C Quigley, Gary Gibson, Dan Clark, Abraham Jones, Sarah L Brennand, Mike Sandiford

Journal article  |  2020  |  Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America

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A Fourier Spectral Method to Measure the Thermal Diffusivity of Soil

Graeme Beardsmore, Shannon Egan, Mike Sandiford

Journal article  |  2020  |  Geotechnical Testing Journal

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Multi-stage exhumation history of the West Kunlun orogen and the amalgamation of the Tibetan Plateau (vol 528, 115833, 2019)

Guangwei Li, Mike Sandiford, Aimin Fang, Barry Kohn, Dan Sandiford, Bihong Fu, Tongliang Zhang, Yuanyuan Cao, Fei Chen

Journal article  |  2020  |  Earth and Planetary Science Letters

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Multi-stage exhumation history of the West Kunlun orogen and the amalgamation of the Tibetan Plateau

Guangwei Li, Mike Sandiford, Aimin Fang, Barry Kohn, Dan Sandiford, Bihong Fu, Tongliang Zhang, Yuanyuan Cao, Fei Chen

Journal article  |  2019  |  Earth and Planetary Science Letters

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Geometric controls on flat slab seismicity

Dan Sandiford, Louis Moresi, Mike Sandiford, Ting Yang

Journal article  |  2019  |  Earth and Planetary Science Letters

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Hydrogeological implications of active tectonics in the Great Artesian Basin, Australia

Mike Sandiford, Ken Lawrie, Ross S Brodie

Journal article  |  2019  |  Hydrogeology Journal

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Detecting landscape transience with in situ cosmogenic C-14 and Be-10

Daniel S Skov, David L Egholm, John D Jansen, Mike Sandiford, Mads F Knudsen

Journal article  |  2019  |  Quaternary Geochronology

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Interacting Intraplate Fault Systems in Australia: The 2012 Thorpdale, Victoria, Seismic Sequences

Januka Attanayake, Dan Sandiford, Lisa S Schleicher, Abraham Jones, Gary Gibson, Mike Sandiford

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth

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Interacting Intraplate Fault Systems in Australia: The 2012 Thorpdale, Victoria, Seismic Sequences

Januka Attanayake, Dan Sandiford, Lisa Schleicher, Gary Gibson, Mike Sandiford, Abraham Jones

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of Geophysical Research

Using a new seismic waveform data set, we locate 234 earthquakes and estimate source parameters (focal mechanisms, magnitude, and ..

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Scholarly Works

Keyword Analysis

Geology
Non-Oriented Research
Expanding Knowledge
Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience
Geochemistry
Geophysics
Natural Hazards
Climate and Climate Change
Atmospheric Sciences
Sparseland (incl. Permanent Grassland and the Arid Zone)

News

Displaying the 10 most recent news articles by Mike Sandiford.

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When Central Australia slipped and trembled

Januka Attanayake, Mike Sandiford, Mark Quigley

June 4, 2020
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Open season for our notion-building pollies

Mike Sandiford

July 20, 2017
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The anatomy of an energy crisis - a pictorial guide, Part 3

Mike Sandiford

March 19, 2017
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The Australian gas market enters the "red zone", as predicted

Mike Sandiford

March 11, 2017
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The anatomy of an energy crisis – a pictorial guide, Part 2

Mike Sandiford

February 20, 2017
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The anatomy of an energy crisis - a pictorial guide, Part 1

Mike Sandiford

February 13, 2017
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We really must talk about gas

Mike Sandiford

September 7, 2016
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Italy's deadly earthquake is the latest in a history of destruction

Brendan Duffy, Mike Sandiford, Mark Quigley

August 24, 2016
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Arrium's requiem and the events of July 7th

Mike Sandiford

August 18, 2016
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Our planet is heating - the empirical evidence

Mike Sandiford

August 16, 2016

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Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2016

University of Melbourne
2014

Carey Medal, Geological Society of Australia
2012

Hobbs Medal, Geological Society of Australia
2009

Stillwell Medal, Geological Society of Australia
2008

Distinguished visiting professor Ecole Normale Superieur, Paris
2005

Stillwell Medal, Geological Society of Australia
2004

Mawson Medal

Mawson Award, Australian Academy of Science
2001

Stillwell Medal, Geological Society of Australia
2013

FAA - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science

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Awards

Credentials

Positions

Chair Of Geology

Earth Sciences

Co-Editor

Co-editor in Chief Tectonophysics

Education

Bachelor of Science

University of Melbourne

Doctor of Philosophy

University of Melbourne

Links

International Linkages

Indian Institute of Science

India

Aarhus University

Denmark

Los Alamos National Laboratory

United States