Laurent works in the School of Geosciences at Monash University as a Senior Research Fellow
Laurent’s research areas of interest are:
•Tectonics and plate boundaries geometry
•Field structural geology
•Integration of geological and potential field datasets
•Interpretation and processing of aeromagnetic and gravity datasets
•Geophysical signature of ore deposits
•3D multi-scale geological modelling
•3D potential field inversions
•Combining 3D geological and potential field inversions
3D modelling, Structural geology
Ailleres, L. (ed), 1997, Structural Elements of the Eastern Successions: A field guide illustrating the structural geology of the Eastern Mount Isa Terrane, Australia, Australian Crustal Research Centre, Melbourne Vic Australia.
Betts, P.G., Ailleres, L., 1997, Footwall of the Overhand Shear (Mitakoodi Culmination), in Structural Elements of the Eastern Successions: A field guide illustrating the structural geology of the Eastern Mount Isa Terrane, Australia, Australian Crustal Research Centre, Monash Univ Melbourne, pp. 150-160.
Betts, P.G., Ailleres, L., 1997, Hinge Zone of the Duck Creek Anticline and the Structures in the Marimo-Stavely Block, in Structural Elements of the Eastern Successions: A field guide illustrating the structural geology of the Eastern Mount Isa Terrane, Australia, Australian Crustal Research Centre, Monash Univ Melbourne, pp. 161-172.
Betts, P.G., Ailleres, L., 1997, Kuridala Region, in Structural Elements of the Eastern Successions: A field guide illustrating the structural geology of the Eastern Mount Isa Terrane, Australia, Australian Crustal Research Centre, Monash Univ Melbourne, pp. 146-149.
Betts, P.G., Ailleres, L., O'Dea, M.G., Maccready, T.C., 1997, Poly-phase thrust-related deformation of the Mitakoodi Culmination: Evidence along the eastern limb of the Duck Creek Anticline, in Structural Elements of the Eastern Successions: A field guide illustrating the structural geology of the Eastern Mount Isa Terrane, Australia, Australian Crustal Research Centre, Monash Univ Melbourne, pp. 17-36.
Betts, P.G., Ailleres, L., Hough, M., 1997, Structural Elements in the hanging wall of the Overhang Shear: Evidence from the Marimo-Staveley Block and the Kuridala Region, in Structural Elements of the Eastern Successions: A field guide illustrating the structural geology of the Eastern Mount Isa Terrane, Australia, Australian Crustal Research Centre, Monash Univ Melbourne, pp. 37-60.
Armit, R.J., Betts, P.G., Schaefer, B.F., Ailleres, L., 2012, Constraints on long-lived Mesoproterozoic and Palaeozoic deformational events and crustal architecture in the northern Mount Painter Province, Australia, Gondwana Research [P], vol 22, issue 1, Elsevier B.V., Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 207-226.
Lindsay, M., Ailleres, L., Jessell, M., De Kemp, E., Betts, P.G., 2012, Locating and quantifying geological uncertainty in three-dimensional models: analysis of the Gippsland Basin, southeastern Australia, Tectonophysics [P], vol 546, Elsevier B.V., Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 10-27.
Perrouty, S., Ailleres, L., Jessell, M., Baratoux, L., Crawford, B.L., Bourassa, Y., 2012, Revised Eburnean geodynamic evolution of the gold-rich southern Ashanti Belt, Ghana, with new field and geophysical evidence of pre-Tarkwaian deformations, Precambrian Research [P], vol 204, Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 12-39.
Blaikie, T.N., Ailleres, L., Cas, R.A.F., Betts, P.G., 2012, Three-dimensional potential field modelling of a multi-vent maar-diatreme - The Lake Coragulac maar, Newer Volcanics Province, south-eastern Australia, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research [P], vol 235, Elsevier Science B.V., Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 70-83.
Murphy, F., Hutton, L., Walshe, J., Cleverley, J., Kendrick, M., McLellan, J., Rubenach, M., Oliver, N., Gessner, K., Bierlein, F., Jupp, B., Ailleres, L., Laukamp, C., Roy, I., Miller, J., Keys, D., Nortje, G., 2011, Mineral system analysis of the Mt Isa-McArthur River region, Northern Australia, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences [P], vol 58, issue 8, Taylor & Francis, Abingdon UK, pp. 849-873.
Porritt, L., Cas, R., Ailleres, L., Oshust, P., 2011, The influence of volcanological and sedimentological processes on diamond grade distribution in kimberlites: examples from the EKATI Diamond Mine, NWT, Canada, Bulletin Of Volcanology [P], vol 73, issue 8, Springer, USA, pp. 1085-1105.
Crawford, B., Betts, P., Ailleres, L., 2010, An aeromagnetic approach to revealing buried basement structures and their role in the Proterozoic evolution of the Wernecke Inlier, Yukon Territory, Canada, Tectonophysics [P], vol 490, issue 1-2, Elsevier Science BV, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 28-46.
Nury, S., Zhu, X., Cartwright, I., Ailleres, L., 2010, Aquifer visualization for sustainable water management, Management of Environmental Quality [P], vol 21, issue 2, Emerald, UK, pp. 253-274.
Williams, H., Betts, P., Ailleres, L., Burtt, A., 2010, Characterization of a proposed Palaeoproterozoic suture in the crust beneath the Curnamona Province, Australia, Tectonophysics [P], vol 485, issue 1-4, Elsevier Science BV, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 122-140.
Hough, M., Bierlein, F., Ailleres, L., McKnight, S., 2010, Nature of gold mineralisation in the Walhalla Goldfield, southeast Australia, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences [P], vol 57, issue 7, Taylor and Francis, Oxon UK, pp. 969-992.
Jessell, M., Ailleres, L., de Kemp, E., 2010, Towards an integrated inversion of geoscientific data: What price of geology?, Tectonophysics [P], vol 490, issue 3-4, Elsevier Science BV, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 294-306.
Williams, H.A., Betts, P.G., Ailleres, L., 2009, Constrained 3D modeling of the Mesoproterozoic Benagerie Volcanics, Australia, Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors [P], vol 173, Elsevier BV, Amsterdam, Netherlands, pp. 233-253.
Aitken, A.R.A., Betts, P.G., Ailleres, L., 2009, The architecture, kinematics, and lithospheric processes of a compressional intraplate orogen occurring under Gondwana assembly: The Petermann orogeny, central Australia, Lithosphere [P], vol 1, issue 6, Geological Society of America, Boulder, USA, pp. 343-357.
Betts, P.G., Williams, H.A., Stewart, J.R., Ailleres, L., 2007, Kinematic analysis of aeromagnetic data: looking at geophysical data in a structural context., Gondwana Research, vol 11, issue 4, Elsevier Science BV, Netherlands, pp. 582-583.
Giles, D., Ailleres, L., Jeffries, D., Betts, P.G., Lister, G., 2006, Crustal architecture of basin inversion during the Proterozoic Isan Orogeny, Eastern Mount Isa Inlier, Australia, Precambrian Research, vol 148, issue 1-2, Elsevier B.V., Netherlands, pp. 67-84.
Giles, D., Betts, P.G., Ailleres, L., Hulscher, B., Hough, M., Lister, G., 2006, Evolution of the Isan Orogeny at the southeastern margin of the Mt. Isa Inlier, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol 53, issue 1, Taylor and Francis, UK, pp. 91-108.
O'Dea, M.G., Betts, P.G., MacCready, T., Ailleres, L., 2006, Sequential development of a mid-crustal fold-thrust complex: Evidence from the Mitakoodi Culmination in the eastern Mt. Isa Inlier, Australia, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol 53, issue 1, Taylor and Francis Ltd, UK, pp. 69-90.
LaBerge, R.D., Giordano, G., Cas, R.A.F., Ailleres, L., 2006, Syn-depositional substrate deformation produced by the shear force of a pyroclastic density current: An example from the Pleistocene ignimbrite at Monte Cimino, northern Lazio, Italy, Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, vol 158, issue 3-4, Elsevier B. V., Netherlands, pp. 307-320.
Betts, P.G., Giles, D., Mark, G., Lister, G., Goleby, B.R., Ailleres, L., 2006, Synthesis of the proterozoic evolution of the Mt. Isa Inlier, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol 53, issue 1, Taylor and Francis, UK, pp. 187-211.
Huynh, T., Betts, P.G., Ailleres, L., 2001, Three-dimensional Modelling of Lithospheric-scale Structures of South Australia, Journal of the Virtual Explorer, vol 3, pp. 59-82.
Betts, P.G., Ailleres, L., Giles, D., Hough, M., 2000, Deformation history of the Hampden Synform in the Eastern Fold Belt of the Mt Isa terrane, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol 47/6, Blackwell Science, Carlton Vic Australia, pp. 1113-1125.
Ailleres, L., 2000, New gOcad developments in the field of 3-dimensional structural geophysics, Journal of the Virtual Explorer, vol 1 issue 1, Australian Crustal Research Centre, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 43-50.
Armit, R.J., Betts, P.G., Schaefer, B.F., Ailleres, L., 2012, Evidence for rapid tectonic switches and long lived structural reactivations in the northern Mount Painter Province, South Australia, Geological Society of Australia Specialist Group in Tectonics and Structural Geology conference, 29th of January - 3rd Febuary 2012, Geological Society of Australia, Bathurst Australia, pp. 5-6.
Lindsay, M., Ailleres, L., Jessell, M., Perrouty, S., De Kemp, E., Betts, P.G., 2012, Using uncertainty simulations and automated 3D geophysical forward modelling to optimise inversion workflows, Proceedings of the 34th International Geological Congress 2012, 5/8/12 - 10/8/12, Australian Geoscience Council, Brisbane Australia, p. 3920.
Lindsay, M., Perrouty, S., Jessell, M., Ailleres, L., De Kemp, E., Betts, P.G., 2012, Using uncertainty simulations and geodiversity to identify structural end members in three dimensional geological model suites, Geological Society of Australia Specialist Group in Tectonics and Structural Geology conference, 29th of January - 3rd Febuary 2012, Geological Society of Australia, Bathurst Australia, pp. 78-79.
Crawford, B., Betts, P., Ailleres, L., 2010, A potential field approach to defining major lithospheric structures along the margin of the West Australian Craton, ASEG Extended Abstracts, 22 August 2010 to 26 August 2010, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood Vic Australia, pp. 1-4.
Ailleres, L., Lindsay, M., Jessell, M., de Kemp, E., 2010, Can geological uncertainty help reduce potential field ambiguity during inversion modelling?, Geo-Computing 2010 Extended Abstracts, 29 September 2010 to 1 October 2010, Australian Institute of Geoscientists, Perth WA Australia, pp. 1-6.
Lindsay, M., Jessell, M., Ailleres, L., de Kemp, E., 2010, Integrating geological uncertainty into combined geological and potential field inversions, GeoMod 2010: Modelling in Geoscience, 27 November 2010 to 29 November 2010, Faculty of Sciences University of Lisbon, Lisbon Portugal, pp. 1-4.
Perrouty, S., Jessell, M., Ailleres, L., Baratoux, L., Bourassa, Y., 2010, Structural analysis of the southern Ashanti Belt, Ghana, using airborne geophysical data, ASEG Extended Abstracts, 22 August 2010 to 26 August 2010, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood Vic Australia, pp. 1-4.
Ailleres, L., Lindsay, M., Jessell, M., de Kemp, E., 2010, The role of geological uncertainty in developing combined geological and potential field inversions, ASEG Extended Abstracts, 22 August 2010 to 26 August 2010, CSIRO Publishing, Collingwood Vic Australia, pp. 1-4.
Armit, R., Ailleres, L., Baines, A., Betts, P., 2010, Understanding the limitations provided by unconstrained potential-field inversions on 3D models: A case study from the Mount Painter Inlier, SA, Geo-Computing 2010 Extended Abstracts, 29 September 2010 to 1 October 2010, Australian Institute of Geoscientists, Perth WA Australia, pp. 7-12.
Stryk, A., Ailleres, L., Betts, P., 2010, Using simple techniques for modelling gravity and seismic data; Assessing exploration targeting potential in the Otway Basin, Geo-Computing 2010 Extended Abstracts, 29 September 2010 to 1 October 2010, Australian Institute of Geoscientists, Perth WA Australia, pp. 105-109.
Greenwood, M.L., Ailleres, L., Cas, R.A.F., 2009, 3D geophysical insights into the structure and morphology of calderas in extensional environments: Examples from Taupo volcanic zone, New Zealand, Proceedings of the 10th Biennial SGA Meeting of The Society of Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits Townsville Australia, 17-20 August 2009, Economic Geology Research Unit, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, pp. 895-897.
Armit, R.J., Betts, P.G., Ailleres, L., Schaefer, B., 2009, 4D architecture of the Mount Painter Inlier: Implications on the long-lived 3D structural evolution, Proceedings of the 10th Biennial SGA Meeting, 17-20 August 2009, Economic Geology Research Unit/Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, pp. 879-881.
Ailleres, L., Jessell, M., de Kemp, E., Lindsay, M.D., 2009, Do we need geology to constrain potential field inversions? - Combining geological uncertainty with potential field ambiguity, Proceedings of the 10th Biennial SGA Meeting of The Society of Geology to Mineral Deposits Townsville Australia, 17-20 August 2009, Economic Geology Research Unit, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, pp. 877-878.
Lindsay, M.D., Ailleres, L., Jessell, M.W., de Kemp, E.A., 2009, Improving current potential field inversion techniques: Determining geological uncertainlty in implicit modelling applications, Smart Science for Exploration & Mining, 17-20 August 2009, Economic Geology Research Unit, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, pp. 907-908.
Stryk, A., Ailleres, L., Rawling, T., 2009, In-situ 3D mapping: The laser survey device for augmented geological reality, Proceedings of the 10th Biennial SGA Meeting of The Society for Geology Applied To Mineral Deposits Townswville Australia, 17-20 August 2009, Economic Geology Research Unit, James Cook University, Economic Geology Research Unit, pp. 912-914.
Hough, M., Ailleres, L., Bierlein, F., 2009, Tectonic controls on orogenic mineralization of Walhalla-Woods Point Goldfields, south eastern Victoria, Smart Science for Exploration & Mining, 17-20 August 2009, Economic Geology Research Unit, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, pp. 936-938.
Jupp, B., Murphy, B., Ailleres, L., Thorpe, N., 2009, The Mount Isa 3D Model - A 3D jigsaw puzzle, Proceedings of the 10th Biennial SGA Meeting of the Society of Geology Applied to Mineral Deposts Townswville Australia, 17-20 August 2009, Economic Geology Research Unit, James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, pp. 904-906.
Crawford, B.L., Betts, P.G., Ailleres, L., 2009, The regional scale 3D structural evolution of the Proterozoic Wernecke Inlier, Yukon Territory, Canada: The unseen Fort Simpson Terrane, Proceedings of the 10th Biennial SGA Meeting of The Society of Geology to Mineral Deposits Townsville Australia, 17-20 August 2009, Economic Geology Research Unit/Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits, Townsville, Queensland, Australia, pp. 885-887.
Hough, M., Ailleres, L., Bierlein, F., Sivasamy, S., Hutchin, S., Thorpe, N., 2008, Predictive modelling of gold deposits: Walhalla - Woods Point region, Eastern Victoria, Australian Earth Sciences Convention 2008: New generation advances in geoscience, 20 July 2008 to 24 July 2008, Geological Society of Australia, Sydney NSW Australia, p. 139.
Hough, M., Ailleres, L., Bierlein, F., Seymon, A., Hutchin, S., 2007, Nature of gold mineralization in the Walhalla Goldfield, eastern Victoria, Australia, Digging Deeper, 20/08/07 - 23/08/08, Irish Association for Economic Geology, Dublin, Ireland, pp. 671-674.
Weinberg, R.F., Ailleres, L., Lees, T.C., 2004, Airborne gravity gradiometry of Broken Hill: Strengths and weaknesses, Predictive Mineral Discovery Cooperative Research Centre - Extended Abstracts from the June 2004 Conference, 1/6/2004 to 3/6/2004, Geoscience Australia, Canberra ACT Australia, pp. 217-219.
Giles, D., Betts, P.G., Ailleres, L., 2003, Insights into the early Isan Orogeny from the Snake Creek anticline - a regional scale reumbent fold at the eastern margin of the Mount Isa Inlier, SGTSG Field Meeting 2003, Kalbarri, Western Australia, 22/09/2003 to 26/09/2003, Promaco Conventions Pty Ltd, WA Australia, p. 65.
Ailleres, L., Archibald, N.J., Lister, G.S., 1999, 4-dimensional Geodynamic Modelling of the SW Pacific, Mid-Cretaceous to Recent Plate Boundary Processes in the Southwest Pacific, Arthurs Pass South Island New Zealand 25-31/3/99, Australian Crustal Research Centre, Monash University Clayton Vic Australia, pp. 7-9.
Giles, D., Ailleres, L., Betts, P.G., Jeffries, D., 1999, Evidence for an early "Isan" Tectono-Thermal event from the south eastern margin of the Mount Isa Inlier, Geological Society of Australia SGTSG Conference Abstracts, Halls Gap, Victoria 14-18/2/99, Australian Crustal Research Centre, Monash University Clayton Vic Australia, pp. 79-81.
Betts, P.G., Ailleres, L., 1999, Geophysical modelling of the Inverted Fiery Creek Fault System, Mt Isa Inlier, Geological Society of Australia SGTSG Conference Abstracts, Halls Gap, Victoria 14-18/2/99, Australian Crustal Research Centre, Monash University Clayton Vic Australia, pp. 11-12.
Ailleres, L., Jeffries, D., Giles, D., Betts, P.G., Hough, M., 1999, Overview and recent ideas of the structural evolution of the Eastern Successions of the Mount Isa terrane during the Isan Orogeny, Qld, Australia, Geological Society of Australia SGTSG Conference Abstracts, Halls Gap, Victoria 14-18/2/99, Australian Crustal Research Centre, Monash University Clayton Vic Australia, pp. 1-2.
Hough, M., Hulscher, B., Ailleres, L., Lister, G.S., Giles, D., 1999, Structural Analysis of the Soldiers Cap Terrane, Sandy Creek Area, Mount Isa Inlier, Australia, Geological Society of Australia SGTSG Conference Abstracts, Halls Gap, Victoria 14-18/2/99, Australian Crustal Research Centre, Monash University Clayton Vic Australia, pp. 110-111.
Jeffries, D., Ailleres, L., Giles, D., Hough, M., 1999, Three dimensional analysis of superposed fold sequences, Snake Creek Anticline, Easter Fold Belt, Mount Isa Inlier, Geological Society of Australia SGTSG Conference Abstracts, Halls Gap, Victoria 14-18/2/99, Australian Crustal Research Centre, Monash University Clayton Vic Australia, pp. 114-116.
Lister, G.S., Duboz, C., Ailleres, L., 1997, 4-D reconstruction modelling on the continental scale, Spring GOCAD Meeting, Articles and Abstracts, Nancy, France, June 1997, Nancy School of Geology, Computer Science Dept, Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy Cedex France, pp. 1-5.
Ailleres, L., Vaughan, S., 1999, A Compilation of Research in the Mount Isa Terrane CD-ROM, A compilation of Research in the Mount Isa Terrane CD-ROM, including two PhD theses, various abstracts and non-confidential technical publications, Australian Crustal Research Centre, Monash University Clayton Vic Australia.
Rawling, T.J., Ailleres, L., 1999, Mount Isa Tectonic Synthesis: CD-ROM database, A compilation of all research in the Mount Isa Terrane done by the ACRC, including confidential material, For Sponsors only, Australian Crustal Research Centre, Monash Univ Melbourne Victoria.
Ailleres, L., Giles, D., Jessell, M.W., 1997, Linking Noddy and gOcad: Applications in Geophysical Modelling and Restoration, Spring gOcad meeting, Articles and Abstracts, Nancy School of Geology (ASGA/CRIN/CRPG), Vandoeuvre-les-Nancy France.
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