Assoc Prof Peter Betts - Researcher Profile

Biography

New approach to map what lies beneath us

Dr Peter Betts is an explorer at heart. As a geophysicist, his ideal adventure might be a journey to the centre of the Earth. But until technology catches up with science fiction, he is creating alternative means to explore what lies deep in the Earth’s crust. This includes a world-leading blend of geophysics, geology, mathematics and computer programming to map what lies beneath our feet, and which could soon reveal the location of valuable new mineral deposits.

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Keywords

3D modelling, structural geology and tectonics, aeromagnetic and gravity interpretation and modelling, geological evolution Australia, Precambrian tectonics and crustal evolution, geological interpretation of the Earth's gravity and magnetic fields, tectonic environments of resources

Qualifications

PHD

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 1998

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

Institution: Monash University

Year awarded: 1993

Publications

Books

Betts, P.G., 1999, Palaeoproterozoic mid-basin inversion in the Northern Mount Isa terrane, Qld Australia, Australian Crustal Research Centre, Monash University Clayton Vic Australia.

Betts, P.G., 1999, Potential field modelling of lithospheric scale structure of the Gawler Craton, Australian Crustal Research Centre, Monash University Clayton Vic Australia.

Betts, P.G., 1999, Potential field modelling of lithospheric scale structure of the Gawler Craton-Executive Summary, Australian Crustal Research Centre, Monash University Clayton Vic Australia.

Betts, P.G., 1999, Tectonic and Structural Evolution of the Mount Woods Inlier: Implications for the Palaeo-to Mesoproterozoic tectonic history of northern Gawler Craton, Australian Crustal Research Centre, Monash University Clayton Vic Australia.

Betts, P.G., 1999, Tectonic and Structural Evolution of the Mount Woods Inlier: Implications for the Palaeo-to Mesoproterozoic tectonic history of northern Gawler Craton - Executive Summary, Australian Crustal Research Centre, Monash University Clayton Vic Australia.

Book Chapters

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.

O'Dea, M.G., Lister, G.S., Maccready, T.C., Betts, P.G., Oliver, N.H., Pound, K.S., Huang, W., Valenta, R., 1997, Geodynamic evolution of the Proterozoic Mount Isa terrain, in Orogeny Through Time, The Geological Society, Bath UK, pp. 99-122.

Betts, P.G., 1997, Geological Overview of the Mount Isa Terrane, 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. 1-16.

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.

Lister, G.S., Betts, P.G., Giles, D., Maccready, T.C., 1997, The active tectonic environment of ore deposition in the Mount Isa Terrane, 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, ACRC Monash University Melbourne Australia, pp. 117-130.

Potma, W., Betts, P.G., 1997, The role of basin inversion in the evolution of the Mitakooki 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. 75-90.

Journal Articles

Moore, D.H., Betts, P.G., Hall, W.D.M., 2013, Towards understanding the early Gondwanan margin in southeastern Australia, Gondwana Research [P], vol online, Elsevier B.V., Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 1-18.

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.

Betts, P.G., Mason, W.G., Moresi, L., 2012, The influence of a mantle plume head on the dynamics of a retreating subduction zone, Geology [P], vol 40, issue 8, Geological Society of America, Boulder USA, pp. 739-742.

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.

Pankhurst, M., Schaefer, B., Betts, P., Phillips, N., Hand, M., 2011, A mesoproterozoic continental flood rhyolite province, the Gawler Ranges, Australia: the end member example of the large igneous province clan, Solid Earth [P], vol 2, Copernicus Publication, Gottchjen, Germany, pp. 1-9.

Pankhurst, M., Schaefer, B., Betts, P., 2011, Geodynamics of rapid voluminous felsic magmatism through time, Lithos [P], vol 123, issue 1-4, Elsevier Science BV, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 92-101.

Baines, G., Giles, D., Betts, P., Backe, G., 2011, Locating a major Proterozoic crustal boundary beneath the Eastern Officer Basin, Australia, Precambrian Research [P], vol 191, issue 3-4, Elsevier Science BV, Netherlands, pp. 120-140.

Betts, P., Giles, D., Aitken, A., 2011, Palaeoproterozoic accretion processes of Australia and comparisons with Laurentia, International Geology Review [P], vol 53, issue 11-12, Taylor and Francis, Philadelphia USA, pp. 1357-1376.

Forbes, C.J., Giles, D., Hand, M., Betts, P.G., Suzuki, K., Chalmers, N., Dutch, R., 2011, Using P-T paths to interpret the tectonothermal setting of prograde metamorphism: An example from the northeastern Gawler Craton, South Australia, Precambrian Research [P], vol 185, issue 1-2, Elsevier Science BV, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 65-85.

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.

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.

Stewart, J., Betts, P., 2010, Implications for Proterozoic plate margin evolution from geophysical analysis and crustal-scale modeling within the western Gawler Craton, Australia, Tectonophysics [P], vol 483, issue 1-2, Elsevier Science BV, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 151-177.

Stewart, J., Betts, P., 2010, Late paleo-mesoproterozoic plate margin deformation in the southern Gawler Craton: insights from structural and aeromagnetic analysis, Precambrian Research [P], vol 177, issue 1-2, Elsevier Science BV, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 55-72.

Mason, W., Moresi, L., Betts, P., Miller, M., 2010, Three-dimensional numerical models of the influence of a buoyant oceanic plateau on subduction zones, Tectonophysics [P], vol 483, issue 1-2, Elsevier Science BV, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 71-79.

Mclean, M., Wilson, C., Boger, S., Betts, P.G., Rawling, T., Damaske, D., 2009, Basement interpretations from airborne magnetic and gravity data over the Lambert Rift region of East Antarctica, Journal of Geophysical Research [P], vol 114, issue B06101, American Geophysical Union, Washington DC, USA, pp. 1-20.

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., Weinberg, R.F., Gray, D., 2009, Constrained potential field modeling of the crustal architecture of the Musgrave Province in central Australia: Evidence for lithospheric strengthening due to crust-mantle boundary uplift, Journal of Geophysical Research [P], vol 114, issue B12405, American Geophysical Union, Washington DC, USA, pp. 1-23.

Aitken, A.R.A., Betts, P.G., 2009, Constraints on the Proterozoic supercontinent cycle from the structural evolution of the south-central Musgrave Province, central Australia, Precambrian Research [P], vol 168, issue 3-4, Elsevier Science BV, Amsterdam, Netherlands, pp. 284-300.

Williams, H.A., Stewart, J.R., Betts, P.G., 2009, Imposition of a Proterozoic salient on a Palaeozoic orogen at the eastern margin of Gondwana, Gondwana Research [P], vol 16, issue 3-4, Elsevier BV, Amsterdam, Netherlands, pp. 669-686.

Betts, P.G., Giles, D., Foden, J., Schaefer, B.F., Mark, G., Pankhurst, M., Forbes, C., Williams, H.A., Chalmers, N.C., Hills, Q.G., 2009, Mesoproterozoic plume-modified orogenesis in eastern Precambrian Australia, Tectonics [P], vol 28, American Geophysical Union, Washington DC, USA, pp. 1-28.

Stewart, J.R., Betts, P.G., Collins, A., Schaefer, B., 2009, Multi-scale analysis of Proterozoic shear zones: An integrated structural and geophysical study, Journal of Structural Geology [P], vol 31, issue 10, Elsevier BV, Amsterdam, Netherlands, pp. 1238-1254.

Aitken, A.R.A., Betts, P.G., 2009, Multi-scale integrated structural and aeromagnetic analysis to guide tectonic models: An example from the eastern Musgrave Province, Central Australia, Tectonophysics [P], vol 476, issue 3-4, Elsevier BV, Amsterdam, Netherlands, pp. 418-435.

Williams, H.A., Betts, P.G., 2009, The Benagerie Shear Zone: 1100 Myr of reactivation history and control over continental lithospheric deformation, International Association for Gondwana Research, vol 15, Elsevier BV, Amsterdam, Netherlands, pp. 1-13.

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.

Aitken, A.R.A., Betts, P.G., Schaefer, B.F., Rye, S.E., 2008, Assessing uncertainty in the integration of aeromagnetic data and structural observations in the Deering Hills region of the Musgrave Province, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol 55, issue 5, Geological Society of Australia (Taylor and Francis), Oxon, UK, pp. 1127-1138.

Betts, P.G., Giles, D., Schaefer, B.F., 2008, Comparing 1800-1600 Ma accretionary and basin processes in Australia and Laurentia: Possible geographic connections in Columbia, Precambrian Research, vol 166, issue 1-4, Elsevier BV, Amsterdam, Netherlands, pp. 81-92.

Aitken, A.R.A., Betts, P.G., 2008, High-resolution aeromagnetic data over central Australia assist Grenville-era (1300-1100 Ma) Rodinia reconstructions, Geophysical Research Letters, vol 35, issue 1, American Geophysical Union, Washington DC, USA, pp. 1-6.

Forbes, C.J., Betts, P.G., Giles, D., Weinberg, R.F., 2008, Reinterpretation of the tectonic context of high-temperature metamorphism in the Broken Hill Block, NSW, and implications on the Palaeo- to Meso-Proterozoic evolution, Precambrian Research, vol 166, issue 1-4, Elsevier BV, Amsterdam, Netherlands, pp. 338-349.

McLean, M., Rawling, T.J., Betts, P.G., Phillips, G., Wilson, C.J., 2008, Three-dimensional inversion modelling of a Neoproterozoic basin in the southern Prince Charles Mountains, East Antarctica, Tectonophysics, vol 456, issue 3-4, Elsevier BV, Amsterdam, Netherlands, pp. 180-193.

Betts, P.G., Giles, D., Schaefer, B.F., Mark, G., 2007, 1600-1500 Ma hotspot track in eastern Australia: implications for mesoproterozoic continental reconstructions, Terra Nova, vol 19, issue 6, Blackwell Nova, England, pp. 496-501.

Forbes, C.J., Giles, D., Betts, P.G., Weinberg, R.F., Kinny, P., 2007, Dating prograde amphibolite and granulite facies metamorphism using in situ monazite U-Pb SHRIMP analysis, Journal of Geology, vol 115, issue 4, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, pp. 691-705.

Williams, H.A., Betts, P.G., 2007, Imaging links between lithospheric architecture and surface geology in the Proterozoic Curnamona Province, Australia, Journal of Geophysical Research, vol 112, issue B07411, American Geophysical Union, Washington DC, pp. 1-18.

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.

Potma, W., Betts, P.G., 2006, Extension-related structures in the Mitakoodi Culmination: Implications for the nature and timing of extension, and effect on later shortening in the eastern Mt. Isa Inlier, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol 53, issue 1, Taylor and Francis Ltd, UK, pp. 55-67.

Betts, P.G., Goleby, B.R., 2006, Mt Isa tectonics, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol 53, issue 1, Taylor & Francis, Australia, pp. 1-3.

Vos, I.M.A., Bierlein, F.P.C., Barlow, M.A., Betts, P.G., 2006, Resolving the nature and geometry of major fault systems from geophysical and structural analysis: The Palmerville Fault in NE Queensland, Australia, Journal of Structural Geology, vol 28, issue 11, Pergamon, UK, pp. 2097-2108.

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.

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.

Betts, P.G., Giles, D., 2006, The 1800-1100 Ma tectonic evolution of Australia, Precambrian Research, vol 144, issue 1-Feb, Elsevier B. V., Netherlands, pp. 92-125.

Forbes, C.J., Betts, P.G., Weinberg, R.F., Buick, I.S., 2005, A structural metamorphic study of the Broken Hill Block, NSW, Australia, Journal of Metamorphic Geology, vol 23, issue 8, Blackwell Publishing Ltd, UK, pp. 745-770.

Ganne, J., Betts, P.G., Weinberg, R.F., Noble, M.P., 2005, Structural complexity in the Curnamona Province (South Australia): polyphase strain partitioning and reactivation, Precambrian Research, vol 143, issue 1-Apr, Elsevier B. V., Netherland, pp. 50-74.

Rosenbaum, G., Giles, D., Saxon, M., Betts, P.G., Weinberg, R.F., Duboz, C., 2005, Subduction of the Nazca Ridge and the Inca Plateau: Insights into the formation of ore deposits in Peru, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol 239, Elsevier B.V., Netherlands, pp. 18-32.

Giles, D., Betts, P.G., Lister, G., 2004, 1.8-1.5-Ga links between the North and South Australian Cratons and the Early-Middle Proterozoic configuration of Australia, Tectonophysics, vol 380, issue 1-2, Elsevier B.V., Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 27-41.

Betts, P.G., Giles, D., Lister, G., 2004, Aeromagnetic patterns of half-graben and basin inversion: implications for sediment-hosted massive sulfide Pb-Zn-Ag exploration, Journal of Structural Geology, vol 26, issue 6-7, Elsevier Ltd, Oxford UK, pp. 1137-1156.

Forbes, C.J., Betts, P.G., 2004, Development of type 2 fold interference patterns in the Broken Hill Block: implications for strain partitioning across a detachment during the Olarian Orogeny, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol 51, issue 2, Blackwell Publishing, Australia, pp. 173-188.

Forbes, C.J., Betts, P.G., Lister, G., 2004, Synchronous development of Type 2 and Type 3 fold interference patterns: evidence for recumbent sheath folds in the Allendale Area, Broken Hill, NSW, Australia, Journal of Structural Geology, vol 26, issue 1, Pergamon - Elsevier Science Ltd., Oxford UK, pp. 113-126.

Bierlein, F.P.C., Betts, P.G., 2004, The Proterozoic Mount Isa Fault Zone, northeastern Australia: is it really a ca. 1.9 Ga terrane-bounding suture?, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol 225, issue 3-Apr, Elsevier B.V., Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 279-294.

Betts, P.G., Valenta, R., Finlay, J., 2003, Evolution of the Mount Woods Inlier, northern Gawler Craton, Southern Australia: an integrated structural and aeromagnetic analysis, Tectonophysics, vol 366, issue 1-2, Elsevier Science B. V., Amsterdam The Netherlands, pp. 83-111.

McLean, M.A., Betts, P.G., 2003, Geophysical constraints of shear zones and geometry of the Hiltaba Suite granites in the western Gawler Craton, Australia, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol 50, issue 4, Blackwell Publishing Asia, Carlton Vic Australia, pp. 525-541.

Hills, Q.G., Betts, P.G., Lister, G., 2003, Geophysical interpretation and modelling of the Olary Domain under cover: a hidden inverted rift system, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol 50, issue 4, Blackwell Publishing Asia, Carlton Vic Australia, pp. 633-644.

Betts, P.G., Giles, D., Lister, G., 2003, Tectonic environment of shale-hosted massive sulfide Pb-Zn-Ag deposits of Proterozoic Northeastern Australia, Economic Geology, vol 98, issue 3, Economic Geology Publishing Co., Littleton USA, pp. 557-576.

Betts, P.G., Giles, D., Lister, G., Frick, L.R., 2002, Evolution of the Australian lithosphere, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol 49, issue 4, Blackwell Publishing, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 661-695.

Giles, D., Betts, P.G., Lister, G., 2002, Far-field continental backarc setting for the 1.80-1.67 Ga basins of northeastern Australia, Geology, vol 30, issue 9, Geological Society of America, Colorado USA, pp. 823-826.

Betts, P.G., Lister, G., 2002, Geodynamically indicated targeting strategy for shale-hosted massive sulfide Pb-Zn-Ag mineralisation in the Western Fold Belt, Mt Isa terrane, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol 49, issue 6, Blackwell Publishing, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 985-1010.

Betts, P.G., Lister, G., 2001, Comparison of the 'strike-slip' versus the 'episodic rift-sag' models for the origin of the Isa Superbasin, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol 48, issue 2, Blackwell Science Asia, Carlton Vic Australia, pp. 265-280.

Betts, P.G., 2001, Three dimensional structure along the inverted Palaeoproterozoic Fiery Creek fault system, Mount Isa Terrane, Australia, Journal of Structural Geology, vol 23, issue 12, Elsevier Science, Oxford UK, pp. 1953-1969.

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., 2000, Asymmetric Extensional lithosphere and its influence on Palaeoproterozoic Pb-Zn deposits of the Western Fold Belt, Mount Isa, Journal of the Virtual Explorer, vol 1 issue 1, Australian Crustal Research Centre, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 28-42.

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.

Betts, P.G., Lister, G.S., Pound, K.S., 1999, Architecture of a Palaeoproterozoic rift system, evidence from the Fiery Creek Dome region, Mt. Isa Terrane, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol 46/4, Blackwell Science Asia, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 553-554.

Betts, P.G., 1999, Palaeoproterozoic mid-basin inversion in the Northern Mount Isa terrane, Qld Australia, Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol 46/5, Blackwell Science Asia, Melbourne Vic Australia, pp. 735-748.

Conference Proceedings

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.

Baines, G., Giles, D., Betts, P., 2010, 3D geophysical modelling of the northern Gawler Craton, South Australia, GOMA (Gawler Craton-Officer Basin-Musgrave Province-Amadeus Basin) seismic and MT workshop 2010 Extended Abstracts, 25 November 2010, Geoscience Australia, Canberra ACT Australia, pp. 95-107.

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.

Betts, P., Armit, R., Baines, G., Giles, D., Schaefer, B., 2010, Crustal boundaries of the marginal terranes of the northern Gawler Craton, GOMA (Gawler Craton-Officer Basin-Musgrave Province-Amadeus Basin) seismic and MT workshop 2010 Extended Abstracts, 25 November 2010, Geoscience Australia, Canberra ACT Australia, pp. 128-137.

Mason, W., Aben, G., Meijer, J., Richter, C., Bonnington, C., Moresi, L., Betts, P., 2010, Facilitating research collaboration in the Australian geoscience community using CloudStor, 2010 Sixth IEEE International Conference on e-science, 7 December 2010 to 10 December 2010, IEEE Computer Society, Brisbane Australia, pp. 106-112.

Korsch, R., Kositcin, N., Blewitt, R., Fraser, G., Baines, G., Kennett, B., Neumann, N., Reid, A., Preiss, W., Giles, D., Armit, R., Betts, P., 2010, Geodynamic implications of the deep seismic reflection line 08GA-OM1: Gawler Craton-Officer Basin-Musgrave Province-Amadeus Basin (GOMA), South Australia and Northern Territory, GOMA (Gawler Craton-Officer Basin-Musgrave Province-Amadeus Basin) seismic and MT workshop 2010 Extended Abstracts, 25 November 2010, Geoscience Australia, Canberra ACT Australia, pp. 138-146.

Armit, R., Betts, P., Schaefer, B., 2010, Lu-Hf isotope characteristics of the marginal terranes of the northern Gawler Craton, GOMA (Gawler Craton-Officer Basin-Musgrave Province-Amadeus Basin) seismic and MT workshop 2010 Extended Abstracts, 25 November 2010, Geoscience Australia, Canberra ACT Australia, pp. 118-127.

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.

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.

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.

Mason, W.G., Moresi, L., Betts, P.G., 2008, 3D Thermochemical numerical model of a convergent zone with an overriding plate, Eos Trans. AGU, Fall Meet. Suppl, 15 December 2008 to 19t December 2008, Eos, USA, p. 1.

Mason, W.G., Moresi, L., Betts, P.G., 2008, Modelling the thermochemical properties of subduction, Patterns in our planet: Defining new cincepts for the application of multiscale non-equilibrium thermodynamics to Earth System science, 12 May 2008 to 16 May 2008, CSIRO, Australia, p. 14.

Mason, W.G., Moresi, L., Betts, P.G., 2008, Thermochemical controls on the subduction of oceanic plateaus, 19th Australian Earth Sciences Convention (AESC) 2008: New Generation Advances in Geoscience, 20 July 2008 to 24 July 2008, Geological Society of Australia, Australia, p. 170.

Mason, W.G., Moresi, L., Betts, P.G., Miller, M.S., 2007, Influence of the Ogasawara Plateau on the Izu-Bonin-Mariana subduction zone: interpretations from numerical modelling, Joint NSF-MARGINS and IFREE Workshop: Subduction Factory Studies in the Izu-Bonin-Mariana Arc System: Results and Future Plans, 07/11/2007 to 10/11/2007, MARGINS, Palisades, NY, USA, p. 42.

Miller, M., Mason, W., Moresi, L., Stegman, D., Betts, P., 2006, Effects of a bouyant aseismic ridge on an inter-oceanic subducted slab: case study of the Izu-Bonin-Mariana subduction zone, Australian Earth Sciences Convention 2006 Convention Handbook, 2-6 July 2006, The Australian Society of Exploration Geophysics and the Geological Society of Australia, Osboorne Park, WA, aUSTRALIA, p. 113.

Forbes, C.J., Betts, P.G., Weinberg, R.F., 2004, Significance of early high-temperature shear zones in the Broken Hill Block, NSW, 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. 57-60.

Forbes, C.J., Betts, P.G., Lister, G., 2003, Early high-temperature shear zones in the Broken Hill Block, NSW, Specialst Group: Tectonics & Structural Geology Field Meeting 2003, Kalbarri, Western Australia, 22/9/03 to 26/9/03, Promaco Conventions Pty Ltd, Canning Bridge WA Australia, p. 62.

Noble, M.P., Fry, K.M., Betts, P.G., Forbes, C.J., Lister, G., 2003, High temperature shear zones of the Curnamona Province, Broken Hill Exploration Initiative: Abstracts frm the July 2003 Conference. Geoscience Australia Record 2003/13, July 2003, Geoscience Australia, Canberra ACT Australia, pp. 120-121.

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.

Forbes, C.J., Betts, P.G., 2003, Non-coaxial folding in the Allendale Mine area, Broken Hill, NSW, Broken Hill Exploration Initiative: Abstracts from the July 2003 Conference. Geoscience Australia Record 2003/13, July 2003, Geoscience Australia, Canberra ACT Australia, pp. 42-45.

Betts, P.G., Giles, D., 2003, Proterozoic reconstruction of Australia: Curnamona Province and its neighbours, Broken Hill Exploration Initiative: Abstracts from the July 2003 Conference. Geoscience Australia Record 2003/13, July 2003, Geoscience Australia, Canberra ACT Australia, pp. 10-13.

Forbes, C.J., Betts, P.G., 2003, Strain partitioning and a detachment in the Broken Hill block, NSW, 17th Victorian Universities Earth Sciences Conference, September 2003, Geological Society of Australia Abstracts, 05/09/2003, Geological Society of Australia Incorporated, Sydney NSW Australia, p. 38.

Robertson, R.S., Betts, P.G., Burtt, A.C., Conor, C.C., Crooks, A.F., Preiss, W.V., Webb, G., 2003, The Curnamona Province in South Australia: Recent developments, ideas old and new, future directions, Broken Hill Exploration Initiative: Abstracts from the July 2003 Conference. Geoscience Australia Record 2003/13., July 2003, Geoscience Australia, Canberra ACT Australia, pp. 148-151.

Betts, P., Giles, D., Lister, G., 2003, The Hiltaba Event - an example of hotspot related flat subduction?, SGTSG Field Meeting 2003, Kalbarri, Western Australia, 22/09/2003 to 26/09/2003, Promaco Conventions Pty Ltd, WA Australia, p. 67.

Lorini, C., Betts, P.G., 2003, The structural evolution of the Dead Horse Synform, Olary Domain, South Australia, 17th Victorian Universities Earth Sciences Conference, September 2003, Geological Society of Australia Abstracts, 05/09/2003, Geological Society of Australia Incorporated, Sydney NSW Australia, p. 39.

Fry, K.M., Betts, P.G., 2003, The structural evolution of the Gum Creek Field area, Olary Domain, South Australia, 17th Victorian Universities Earth Sciences Conference, September 2003, Geological Society of Australia Abstracts, 05/09/2003, Geological Society of Australia Incorporated, Sydney NSW Australia, p. 35.

Betts, P.G., 1999, Evidence for a mid-basin inversion in the Paleoproterozoic Mount Isa Terrane, Geological Society of Australia SGTSG Conference Abstracts, Halls Gap, Victoria 14-18/2/99, Australian Crustal Research Centre, Monash University Clayton Vic Australia, pp. 8-10.

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.

Betts, P.G., Lister, G.S., 1997, Asymmetric Extension During the Mount Isa Rift Event, Geodynamics and Ore Deposits Conference: conference abstracts, Ballarat Univ., Victoria, Australia, 19-21/02/97, AGCRC, Nedlands WA Australia, pp. 102-104.

Other

Betts, P.G., 1997, The Mount Isa Rift Event: An example of Middle Proterozoic Intracontinental Extension.

Postgraduate Research Supervisions

Current Supervision

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

A Potential Field Approach to Defining Lithospheric-Scale Structure across the West Australian Craton.

Supervisors:

Ailleres, L (Joint), Betts, P (Joint-co).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

A caldera in the Pussy Cat Group; is this the story of the Kathleen Ignimbrite? An investigation of a potential 1Ga caldera system within the Bentley Supergroup, West Musgrave Province, Central Australia..

Supervisors:

Betts, P (Joint), Cas, R (Joint-co), Werner, M (Associate), Smithies, H (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

A geophysical investigation into the subsurface structure and morphology of maar volcanoes within the Cainozoic newer volcanics province of south eastern Australia..

Supervisors:

Ailleres, L (Joint-co), Betts, P (Joint).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Application of geophysical methods toward investigating structural controls on an intraplate basaltic volcanic province, newer volcanic province..

Supervisors:

Ailleres, L (Joint), Betts, P (Joint-co).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Deep Australia - Understanding plate architecture and its evolution; an example from Mt. Isa Inlier.

Supervisors:

Ailleres, L (Joint-co), Betts, P (Joint).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Geodynamic evolution of the Precambrian terranes along the northern margin of the Gawler Craton.

Supervisors:

Betts, P (Main).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Potential field inversions - using geostatistics to constrain heterogeneous property inversions in VPmg..

Supervisors:

Ailleres, L (Main), Betts, P (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Structural analysis and tectonic evolution of the Birimian Greenstone belts in the Sefwi-Sunyani-Comoe region of Ghana and Ivory Coast, West Africa.

Supervisors:

Ailleres, L (Joint), Betts, P (Joint-co).

Program of Study:

(MASTER'S BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Structural and stratigraphic architecture of the central Curnamona Province and controls on Cu mineralising processes through time: a geophysically-constrained geological interpretation.

Supervisors:

Betts, P (Main), Ailleres, L (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

Tectonic evaluation and hydrocarbon potential of Farasan Islands, Saudi Arabia.

Supervisors:

Ailleres, L (Joint-co), Betts, P (Joint).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

The Proterozoic and early Paleozoic tectonic and structural history of Bass Strait..

Supervisors:

Betts, P (Main), Ailleres, L (Associate), Hall, W (Associate).

Program of Study:

(DOCTORATE BY RESEARCH).

Thesis Title:

The sensitivity of ice sheets to geothermal heat flux.

Supervisors:

Betts, P (Main), Moresi, L (Associate), Ailleres, L (Associate), Wilson, C (Associate).

Completed Supervision

Student:

Aitken, A.

Program of Study:

The analysis of tectonic systems using potential fields: the Musgrave Province, central Australia. (PHD) 2008.

Supervisors:

Betts, P (Main).

Student:

Chalmers, N.

Program of Study:

Geodynamic evolution of the St Peter Suite, Gawler Craton, South Australia: Stratigraphic, Geochemical and Isotopic investigation. (Masters) 2009.

Supervisors:

Betts, P (Main).

Student:

Chalmers, N.

Program of Study:

Geodynamic evolution of the Western Gawler Craton. 2005.

Supervisors:

Schaefer, B (Main), Beresford, S (Associate), Betts, P (Associate).

Student:

Forbes, C.

Program of Study:

HIGH-TEMPERATURE METAMORPHISM IN POLY-DEFORMED OROGENS: A CASE STUDY OF THE PROTEROZOIC BROKEN HILL BLOCK, AUSTRALIA. (PHD) 2004.

Supervisors:

Betts, P (Joint-Co), Weinberg, R (Joint).

Student:

Freeman, D.

Program of Study:

Geophysical signature of ancient sutures. 2005.

Supervisors:

Betts, P (Main).

Student:

Fry, K.

Program of Study:

"The structural evolution of the Bulloo North area Olary Domain, South Australia: implications for the Proterozoic Tectonic evolution of Eastern Australia". (Masters) 2005.

Supervisors:

Betts, P (Main).

Student:

Fry, K.

Program of Study:

Integrated Structural and metamorphic Geology in Olary Block, Curnamona Craton. 2003.

Supervisors:

Betts, P (Main).

Student:

Lorini, C.

Program of Study:

"Structural Evolution of Weekaroo Inlier, Olary Province". 2004.

Supervisors:

Betts, P (Main).

Student:

Mason, W.

Program of Study:

Applications of high performance computing, grid and data technologies to computational geodynamics in Australia. (PHD) 2012.

Supervisors:

Moresi, L (Main), Betts, P (Associate), Bonnington, P (Associate).

Student:

Mcgregor, N.

Program of Study:

Stratigraphic architecture of Curnamona Province. 2004.

Supervisors:

Betts, P (Main).

Student:

Mclean, M.

Program of Study:

Geophysical constraints of shear zones and geometry of the Hiltaba Suite granites in the western Gawler Craton, Australia. (Masters) 2003.

Supervisors:

Betts, P (Main).

Student:

Mclean, M.

Program of Study:

geophysical study of the emplacement mechanism of granits. 2002.

Supervisors:

Betts, P (Main), Lister, G (Joint-Co).

Student:

Neilson, I.

Program of Study:

. 2001.

Supervisors:

Lister, G (Main), Betts, P (Joint-Co).

Student:

Neilson, I.

Program of Study:

The early Proterozoic evolution of the Eldee Structure, north-west Broken Hill, NSW". (Masters) 2004.

Supervisors:

Betts, P (Main).

Student:

Ross, G.

Program of Study:

Structural/econokmic geology of Peake and Denison range - South Australia. 2005.

Supervisors:

Betts, P (Main), Schaefer, B (Associate).

Student:

Stewart, J.

Program of Study:

Integrated structural geology and geophysical analysis of crustal-scale shear zones in the Gawler Craton, South Australia. (PHD) 2010.

Supervisors:

Betts, P (Main).

Student:

Symington, N.

Program of Study:

Magmatic to sub-solidus deformation and anatexis of the Palaeoproterozoic St. Peter suite, South Australia. 2012.

Supervisors:

Weinberg, R (Main), Betts, P (Associate).

Student:

Vos, I.

Program of Study:

Multi-disciplinary investigations of the tectono-metallogenic evolution of the Tasman Fold Belt System in northeastern Queensland, Australia. (PHD) 2005.

Supervisors:

Bierlein, F (Main), Betts, P (Associate).

Student:

Williams, H.

Program of Study:

Geophysical lineaments and other continental-scale anomalies: a regional tectonic perspective of the Proterozoic Curnamona Province, Australia. (PHD) 2008.

Supervisors:

Betts, P (Joint-Co), Weinberg, R (Joint).

Student:

Wright, A.

Program of Study:

The structural metamorphic evolution of the old Boolcoomatta Field area, Olary, South Australia. (Masters) 2007.

Supervisors:

Betts, P (Main), Boger, S (Associate).