A unique set of scientific codes
We develop numerical tools to investigate sediment transport over geological time scales.
In addition to source codes, we also share our pre- & post-processing workflows.
Research Grants & Fundings
Our reputation for innovative research in numerical Geoscience wins us several grants, sponsorships & scholarships.
Allowing our researchers, students & industry partners to reach for the best.
ARC Linkage Project Kinematica: Inference-Based Rapid Resource Exploration Scenario Testing 2020
ARC Linkage Project Evolution of Proterozoic multistage rift basins – key to mineral systems 2020
University of Sydney HPC Artemis Grand Challenge 2017
Research Supervision
4
PhD degrees awarded since 2016. We are looking for motivated PhD students to join our group & work on the forefront of cutting-edge research in Geoscience.
14
Honours & MPhil completed degrees since 2016. We are always looking for motivated candidates eager to make a difference preferably with background in geoscience & computer sciences.
Honours & MPhil degrees
- Hardiman L.: Landscape dynamic in pull-apart basins, Honours Thesis, University of Sydney, 2016.
- Ross S.: Modelling the formation of transient river knickpoints on growing anticlines and domes, Honours Thesis, University of Sydney, 2017.
- Colbourn S.: Influence of dynamic topography on African landscape evolution over the last 80 Ma, Honours Thesis, University of Sydney, 2017.
- Harrington L.: Flooding and emergence of PNG and the Eromanga Seaway in the context of mantle convection and surface processes, Honours Thesis, University of Sydney, 2017.
- Pall J.: Bayesreef: Reef evolution using Bayesian inference, Honours Thesis, University of Sydney, 2017.
- Manley K.: Modeling landscape evolution of the Tweed caldera drainage basin under different climatic scenarios through the 26th century, Honours Thesis, University of Boulder Colorado, 2018.
- East M.: Sediment fates across mixed carbonate-siliciclastic margins: The interplay of climate, sea level and carbonate growth over geologic timescales, Honours Thesis, University of Sydney, 2018.
- Johansson L.: Spur and Groove Morphology and their impact on coral reef wave dissipation, Honours Thesis, University of Sydney, 2018.
- Smith C.: Wave climate characterisation of the Coral Sea, Honours Thesis, University of Sydney, 2019.
- Clinton-Gray C.: The interplay of tectonics, eustasy and surface processes on the North Slope of Alaska since the Jurassic, Honours Thesis, University of Sydney, 2019.
- Gilbert, L.: Modelling the impacts of relative sea level and precipitation changes on the development of the Burdekin river system delta during the Holocene, Master Thesis, University of Sydney, 2020.
- Alfonso, C.: Evolution of the Nile delta over the last 40 Ma, Honours Thesis, University of Sydney, 2020.
- Chan S.: Reconstruction of the sedimentation patterns along the Norway margin over the past 70 Ma, Honours Thesis, University of Sydney, 2020.
- Perry L.: The influence of coral reef spur and groove morphology on wave attenuation, Honours Thesis, University of Sydney, 2020.
PhD degrees
- Ding X.: Towards sequence stratigraphy 2.0: Dynamic topography, sea level change and sediment transfer from source to sink, PhD Thesis, 20665, University of Sydney, 2019.
- Wan L.: Bathymetry factors controlling sedimentation on a passive margin using stratigraphic forward modelling, PhD Thesis, University of Queensland, 2020
- Thran, A.: Understanding the influence of passive continental margin geometry on shallow and deep hydrodynamic and sedimentary processes, PhD Thesis, University of Sydney, 2020.
- Garrett, R.: Constraining upland erodibility and marine deposition: source-to-sink sediment transfer in the Gulf of Papua, PhD Thesis, University of Sydney, 2020.
Research Outputs
27
papers since 2016 covering a variety of topics in peer reviewed journals.
50+
talks at international conferences, workshops & meetings around the world.
Technical papers on landscape and basin models
- Salles, T.: Badlands: A parallel basin and landscape dynamics model, SoftwareX, 2016.
- Salles, T. et al.: Badlands: An open-source, flexible and parallel framework to study landscape dynamics, Computers & Geosciences, 2016.
- Salles, T: eSCAPE: parallel global-scale landscape evolution model. Journal of Open Source Software, 2018.
- Salles, T. et al.: Badlands: A framework to simulate sediment transport, landscape dynamics and basin stratigraphic evolution through space and time, PloS One, 2018.
- Salles, T.: eSCAPE: Regional to Global Scale Landscape Evolution Model v2.0, Geoscientific Model Development, 2019
- Salles et al.: bioLEC: A Python package to measure Landscape Elevational Connectivity, Journal of Open Source Software, 2019.
- Salles et al.: goSPL: Global Scalable Paleo Landscape Evolution, Journal of Open Source Software, 2020.
Applied papers on source-to-sink systems
- Salles T. et al.: Influence of mantle flow on the drainage of eastern Australia since the Jurassic Period, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2017.
- Ding X. et al.: Quantitative stratigraphic analysis in a source-to-sink numerical framework, Geoscientific Model Development, 2019.
- Pechlivanidou S. et al.: Tipping the balance: Shifts in sediment production in an active rift setting, Geology, 2019.
- Rochette P. et al.: Pantasma: Evidence for a Pleistocene circa 14 km diameter impact crater in Nicaragua, Meteoritic & Planetary Science, 2019.
- Zahirovic S. et al.: From Paleogeographic maps to Evolving Deep‐time Digital Earth models, Acta Geologica Sinica, 2019.
- Ding X. et al.: Drainage and sedimentary responses to dynamic topography, Geophysical Research Letters, 2019.
- Salles T. et al.: Mapping landscape connectivity under tectonic and climatic forcing, Earth Surface Dynamics, 2019.
- Manley K. et al.: Modeling the Dynamic Landscape Evolution of a Volcanic Coastal Environment Under Future Climate Trajectories, Frontiers Earth Sci., 2020.
- Wan L. et al.: Evolution of a delta-canyon-fan system on a typical passive margin using stratigraphic forward modelling, Marine Geology, 2020.
- Brocard G. et al.: Top-down and bottom-up controls on mountain-hopping erosion: insights from detrital 10Be and river profile analysis in Central Guatemala, Earth Surface Dynamics, 2021.
- Brocard G. et al.: Fast Pliocene integration of the Central Anatolian Plateau drainage: evidence, processes and driving forces, Geosphere, 2021.
Machine learning applied to landscape evolution models
- Chandra R. et al.: A Bayesian inference approach for parameter uncertainty quantification in Badlands, Computers & Geosciences, 2019.
- Chandra, R., et al.: Multicore parallel tempering Bayeslands for basin and landscape evolution, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 2019.
Coral reef & stratigraphic forward applications
- Salles T. et al.: Exploring coral reef responses to millennial-scale climatic forcings: insights from the 1-D numerical tool pyReef-Core v1.0., Geoscientific Model Development, 2018.
- Salles T. et al.: A unified framework for modelling sediment fate from source to sink and its interactions with reef systems over geological times, Nature Scientific Report, 2018.
- Pall J. et al.: Bayesreef: A Bayesian inference framework for modelling reef growth in response to environmental change and biological dynamics, Environmental Modelling & Software, 2020.
- Smith C. et al.: RADWave: Python code for ocean surface wave analysis by satellite radar altimeter, Journal of Open Source Software, 5(47), 2020.
- Thran A. C. et al.: The influence of carbonate platforms on the geomorphological development of a mixed carbonate‐siliciclastic margin (Great Barrier Reef, Australia), Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 21, 2020.
- Riazi A. et al.: Improved drag coefficient and settling velocity for carbonate sands, Nature Sci. Report, 2020.
- Talavera et al.: Morphodynamic controls for growth and evolution of a rubble coral island, Remote Sens., 13(8), 2021.