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
11
PhD degrees supervised since 2016. We are looking for motivated PhD students to join our group & work on the forefront of cutting-edge research in Geoscience.
15
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.
- Perris L.: The influence of coral reef spur and groove morphology on wave attenuation, Honours Thesis, University of Sydney, 2020.
- Boyd M.: Understanding how tectonics and landscape evolution interact to control basin infilling during early rifting: insights for the Early Cretaceous Otway Basin, Master Thesis, University of Sydney, 2021.
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.
- Liu, W.: Quantitative analysis of source-to-sink systems in the Qaidam Basin, NW China, PhD Thesis, China University of Petroleum, started 2020.
- Williams, C.: Quaternary coral reef and carbonate platform development on the North East Australian margin (GBR) and North West Australian margin over the last 1 million years using forward stratigraphic modelling tools, PhD Thesis, University of Sydney, started 2021.
- Deo, R.: Deep neural learning coupled with geophysical modeling, PhD Thesis, University of Sydney, started 2021.
- Perris, L.: Effects of climate change on the coral reef eco-morphodynamics?, PhD Thesis, University of Sydney, started 2022.
- Leonard, J.: The rise and demise of Earth’s massive reef systems over geological timescales, PhD Thesis, University of Sydney, started 2022.
- Hadler Boggiani, B.: Interlinks between climate, tectonics and surface processes: how did they affect the geological record and shape the biodiversity over the last 200 million years?, PhD Thesis, University of Sydney, started 2022.
- Lorcery, M.: Tectonic reshaping of the biosphere, PhD Thesis, University of Grenoble Alpes, started 2022.
Research Outputs
40+
papers since 2016 covering a variety of topics in peer reviewed journals.
80+
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.: 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.
- Manley K. et al.: Modeling the Dynamic Landscape Evolution of a Volcanic Coastal Environment Under Future Climate Trajectories, Frontiers Earth Sci., 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.
- Braz C. et al.: Modelling the role of dynamic topography and eustasy in the evolution of the Great Artesian Basin, Basin Research, 2021.
- Wan L. et al.: Comparison between the depositional systems on ramp type and S type of passive margins: Insights from stratigraphic forward models, Natural Gas Geoscience, 2022.
- Bahadori A. et al.: Coupled influence of tectonics, climate, and surface processes on landscape evolution in southwestern North America, Nature Communications, 2022.
- Rey P. et al.: A glimpse into a possible geomorphic future of Tibet, Nature Review Earth & Environment, 2022.
- Petit C. et al.: River incision, 10Be production and transport in a source-to-sink sediment system (Var catchment, SW Alps), Earth Surface Dynamics, 2023.
- Salles T. et al.: Hundred million years of landscape dynamics from catchment to global scale, Science, 2023.
Physiography & biodiversity
- Salles et al.: bioLEC: A Python package to measure Landscape Elevational Connectivity, Journal of Open Source Software, 2019.
- Salles T. et al.: Mapping landscape connectivity under tectonic and climatic forcing, Earth Surface Dynamics, 2019.
- Salles T. et al.: Quaternary landscape dynamics boosted species dispersal across Southeast Asia, Nature Communications Earth & Environment, 2021.
- Husson L. et al.: Javanese Homo erectus on the move in SE Asia circa 1.8 Ma, Nature Scientific Reports, 2022.
- Salles T. et al.: Landscape dynamics and the Phanerozoic diversification of the biosphere, Nature, 2023.
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 Scientific Report, 2020.
- Wan L. et al.: Evolution of a delta-canyon-fan system on a typical passive margin using stratigraphic forward modelling, Marine Geology, 2020.
- Talavera et al.: Morphodynamic controls for growth and evolution of a rubble coral island, Remote Sens., 13(8), 2021.
- Wan L. et al.: Morphological controls on delta-canyon-fan systems: Insights from stratigraphic forward models, Sedimentology, 2021.
- Wan L. et al.: The roles and seismic expressions of turbidites and mass transport deposits using stratigraphic forward modelling and seismic forward modelling, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 2022.
- Wan L. et al.: Combining stratigraphic forward modeling and susceptibility mapping to investigate the origin and evolution of submarine canyons, Geomorphology, 2022.
- Liu J. et al.: Factors controlling carbonate slope failures: Insight from stratigraphic forward modelling, Earth-Science Reviews, 2022.
- Liu J. et al.: The formation of atolls: new insights from numerical simulations, JGR-Earth Surface, 2022.
- Lee K. et al.: Tidal dynamics drive ooid formation in the Capricorn Channel since the Last Glacial Maximum, Marine Geology, 2022.
- Williams C. et al.: Environmental controls on the survival of Scott Reefs, NWS, Australia since the Miocene, Marine & Petroleum Geology, 2023.
- Smith C. et al.: Offshore wave climate of the Great Barrier Reef, Coral Reefs, 2023.
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.
- Puzyrev, V., et al.: Geophysical model generation with generative adversarial networks, Geoscience Letters, 2022.