Staff profiles
Alison KirkbySenior Geophysicist
Qualifications
- BSc, Geology
- MSc, Geology
- PhD, Geophysics
Areas of expertise
- Geophysics: Electromagnetic Methods
- Geophysics: Data analysis
- Geophysics: Geothermal exploration
- Geophysics: Gravity
- Geophysics: Gravity interpretation
- Geophysics: Magnetic Interpretation
- Geophysics: Modelling
- Geophysics: Numerical Methods
- Geophysics: Programming
- Geology: Heat flow and thermal regimes
Major Publications
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- Heat flow in an active plate margin : New Zealand's crustal thermal regime from borehole temperatures and numerical modelling, Tectonophysics 899: article 230638. DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2025.230638. article 230638
- Composition-based estimates of the thermal properties of New Zealand basement rocks, New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics Online: DOI: 10.1080/00288306.2024.2362769.
- The thermal structure of Central Te Riu a Maui/Zealandia continent as determined from the depth to base of magnetic sources, Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth 128(12): 26 p.. DOI: 10.1029/2023JB027557. 26 p.
- Lithospheric conductors reveal source regions of convergent margin mineral systems, Scientific Reports 12: article 8190. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-11921-2. article 8190
- Lower crustal resistivity signature of an orogenic gold system, Scientific Reports 11: article 15807. DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-94531-8. article 15807
- Lithospheric architecture of a Phanerozoic orogen from magnetotellurics: AusLAMP in the Tasmanides, southeast Australia, Tectonophysics 793: article 228560. DOI: 10.1016/j.tecto.2020.228560. article 228560
- The MTPy software package for magnetotelluric data analysis and visualisation, Journal of Open Source Software 4(37): article 1358. DOI: 10.21105/joss.01358. article 1358
- Crustal Structure of the eastern Arunta region, central Australia, from magnetotelluric, seismic, and magnetic data, Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth 124(8): p. 9395-9414. DOI: 10.1029/2018JB016223. p. 9395-9414
- Three-dimensional resistor network modeling of the resistivity and permeability of fractured rocks, Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth 122(4): p. 2653-2669. DOI: 10.1002/2016JB013854. p. 2653-2669
- The resistivity and permeability of fractured rocks
- The resistivity structure of the Penola Trough, Otway Basin from magnetotelluric data, Australian journal of earth sciences 63(5): p. 571-582. DOI: 10.1080/08120099.2016.1232311. p. 571-582
- Relating permeability and electrical resistivity in fractures using random resistor network models, Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth 121(3): p. 1546-1564. DOI: 10.1002/2015JB012541. p. 1546-1564
- Mapping fractures using 1D anisotropic modelling of magnetotelluric data: a case study from the Otway Basin, Victoria, Australia, Geophysical Journal International 201(3): p. 1961-1976. DOI: 10.1093/gji/ggv116. p. 1961-1976
- Using constrained gravity inversions to identify high-heat-producing granites beneath thick sedimentary cover in the Cooper Basin region of central Australia, Geothermics 51: p. 483-495. DOI: doi:10.1016/j.geothermics.2013.10.010. p. 483-495
- Heat flow determinations for the Australian continent : Release 5 DOI: 10.26186/76166. Canberra: Geoscience Australia. Geoscience Australia record 2013/34 33 p.
- Heat flow determinations for the Australian continent : Release 4 Canberra: Geoscience Australia. Geoscience Australia record 2012/75 48 p.
- Heat flow determinations for the Australian continent : Release 2 Canberra: Geoscience Australia. Geoscience Australia record 2011/28 24 p.
- Heat flow determinations for the Australian continent : Release 3 Canberra: Geoscience Australia. Geoscience Australia record 2011/30 60 p.
- Heat flow interpretations for the Australian continent : Release 1 Canberra: Geoscience Australia. Geoscience Australia record 2010/41 29 p.
- A geophysical investigation of the structure and evolution of the southern Kaimai Range and Hauraki Rift 118 p.