Dr Patrice Rey, PhD

Senior Lecturer

Madsen Building (F09), Rm 437
Phone: +61 2 9351 2067
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Patrice is a tectonicist interested in (1) the evolution of the continental lithosphere through tectonic processes, and (2) the evolution of tectonic processes through time. His research activities are therefore problem-driven and process-oriented. They are supported by research strategies involving quantitative multidisciplinary approaches, based on field work, numerical modelling and physical modelling. In the past Patrice has been working on the seismic structure of the continental crust and its relation to mountain building processes. He has produced work on the seismic reflectivity of ductile shear zones in the crust. In Europe he has worked on the evolution of the Variscan belt and its tectonic relationships with the Caledonides. In the last five years he has been investigating the tectonics processes that have shaped the surface of the early Earth in the Archaean era (4.03 to 2.5 Ga).

Patrice Rey has acted as main Chief Investigator in three successive ARC-funded research projects. The most recent, titled "From synchrotron characterization of single fluid inclusions to Archaean geodynamics: An integrated study of fluid-rock intereaction in the primitive crust.", has received $360,000 over the 2003-2005 period. The outline of this project is as follows:

In the primitive Earth, a wide range of phenomena including the initiation of biological activity and the formation of ore deposits were related to the mobilisation of mineralised fluids through the crust. In the Archaean craton of the Pilbara (WA), we have identified, within its tectonic framework, a crustal-scale plumbing system that channelled large volumes of mineralised hydrothermal solutions. Our objective is to understand the development of this plumbing system in relation to Archaean crustal geodynamics using a combination of structural geology, metamorphic petrology, geochronology, geochemistry, and the analysis of single-fluid inclusion using synchrotron and other X-ray sources. This research project is a collaborative effort involving an international team of geoscientists from Sydney, Canberra, Adelaide and Paris.

• P. Rey, P. Philippot, and N. Thebaud (2003) Contribution of Mantle Plume, Crustal Thickening and Greenstone Blanketing to the 2.75-2.65 Ga Global Crisis. Precambrian Res. V. 127, pp 43-60.
• P. Rey, P. Philippot, and N. Thebaud (2003) Contribution of Mantle Plume, Crustal Thickening and Greenstone Blanketing to the 2.75-2.65 Ga Global Crisis. Precambrian Res.
• P. Rey, O. Vanderhaeghe, and C. Teyssier (2001) Gravitational Collapse of the continental crust: Definition, Regimes, and Modes. Tectonophysics, v.342, pp.435-449.
• P. Rey, (2001) From Lithospheric Thickening and Divergent Collapse to Active Continental Rifting. In Miller, J.A., Buick, I.S., Hand, M., and Holdsworth, R.E., (eds).Continental Reworking and Reactivation, Geological Society of London Special Publication, Nº184, pp. 372-398.
• O'Halloran, G., and P. Rey, (1999) Isostatic constraints on the Central Victorian lower crust: Implication for the tectonic evolution of the Lachlan Fold Belt. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, v. 46, pp. 633-639.
• P. Rey, D. Fountain and T. Boundy (1998) Kinematic indicators in eclogite-facies shear zones. in Snoke, A.W., Tullis, J.A, and Todd, V.R., eds., Atlas of Mylonitic and Fault-Related Rocks, Princeton University Press, pp. 444-447.
• P. Rey, J.P Burg and M. Casey (1997) The Scandinavian Caledonides and their relationship to the Variscan belt. In Burg, J.P., and M. Ford (eds), Orogeny Through Time, Geological Society of London, Spec. Pub., Nº121, pp. 179-200.
• S. Costa and P. Rey (1995) Lower crustal rejuvenation and crustal growth during post-thickening collapse: Insights from a crustal cross section through a metamorphic core complex. Geology , v. 23, pp. 905-908.
• P. Rey, D.Fountain and W. Clement (1994) P-waves velocity across a non-coaxial ductile shear zone: consequences for the upper-crustal reflectivity. Journal of Geophysical Research, 99, B3, pp. 4533-4548.
• P. Rey (1993) Seismic and tectono-metamorphic characters of the lower continental crust in phanerozoic areas: a consequence of post-thickening extension. Tectonics , 12, 2, pp. 580-590.
• P. Rey , J.P. Burg and J.M. Caron (1992) Middle and late-carboniferous extension in the Variscan Belt: Structural and petrological evidences from the Vosges Massif (Eastern France). Geodinamica Acta, 5, 1-2, pp. 17-36.

• GEOS 2111/2911 - Natural Hazards: a GIS Approach
• GEOS 2114/2914 - Volcanoes, Hot Rocks and Minerals
• GEOS 2124/2924 - Fossils and Tectonics
• GEOS 3008/3908 - Field Geology and Geophysics
• GEOS3101/3801 - The Earth's Structure and Evolution