Dr. Maria Seton (nee Sdrolias), PhD

Lecturer/ARC Research Associate

Madsen Building (F09), Rm 421
Phone: +61 2 9351 4255
Fax: +61 2 9351 3644
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Maria completed her PhD from the University of Sydney in 2005 on the mechanisms behind back-arc basin formation. She is currently working as a research associate in the School of Geosciences on an ARC-funded project related to subduction process modelling and is also a part of the EarthByte Group. Maria's research interests are in the field of marine geophysics and geodynamics specifically looking at the kinematic controls on subduction and back-arc basin formation and linking these kinematic constraints to subduction modelling. Maria is also interested in examining the relationship between tectonics and palaeo-climate, palaeo-topography and bathymetry and ore-deposit formation.

• Sdrolias, M. and Müller, R.D., 2006, Controls on Back-arc Basin Formation, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems. Vol. 7, Q04016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1029/2005GC001090
• Sdrolias, M., Roest, W.R. and Müller, R.D., 2004, An Expression of Philippine Sea Plate Rotation: the Parece Vela and Shikoku Basins, Tectonophysics, 394, 69-86.
• Sdrolias, M., Müller, R.D., Mauffret, A. and Bernardel G. 2004, The Enigmatic Formation of the Norfolk Basin, SW Pacific: A Plume Influence on Back-arc Extension, Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, Vol. 5, No. 6, 28pp.
• Sdrolias, M., Müller R.D. and Gaina, C., 2003, Tectonic Evolution of the Southwest Pacific Using Constraints from Back-arc Basins, In: Hillis R.R. & Müller R.D. eds. Evolution and Dynamics of the Australian Plate. Geological Society of Australia Special Publication 22 and Geological Society of America Special Paper 372, 343-359.
• Hall, C.E., Gurnis, M., Sdrolias, M., Lavier, L.L. and Müller, R.D., 2003, Catastrophic initiation of subduction following forced convergence at transform boundaries, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 212, 15-30.
• Sdrolias, M., Müller, R. D. and Gaina, C., 2001, Tectonic Evolution of Eastern Australian Marginal Basins, Eastern Australasian Basins, ed. by K. Hill and T. Bernecker, Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia, Special Publ., The Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy, Carlton, VIC, 227-23

• Müller R. D., Sdrolias M. and You J. (2006) Constraining eustatic sealevel variations and paleoclimate through reconstructions of paleobathymetry and continental topography. 2006 AAPG International Conference and Exhibition, Perth, Australia.
• Sdrolias M. and Müller R. D. (2006) Mesozoic Magmatic and Ore Deposit History Along the South American-Antarctic Margin Using Revised Global Plate Reconstructions. AGU Joint Spring Meeting, Baltimore, U.S.A.
• Sdrolias M. and Müller R. D. (2006) The Influence of Subduction Kinematics on Back-arc Basin Spreading. Australian Earth Sciences Convention, Melbourne, Australia.
• Sdrolias M., Müller R. D. and Gurnis, M. (2006) Linking Observations to Subduction Process Modelling. Mastering the Data Explosion in the Earth and Environmental Sciences, Australian Academy of Science White Conference, Canberra, Australia.
• Sdrolias M. and Müller R. D. (2005) Reconstructing Ocean Basins Through Time. Rutgers-DOSECC-EREUPT Mini Conference, New Jersey, U.S.A.
• Sdrolias M. and Müller R. D. (2005) Submarine Fossil Island Arcs and Spreading Ridges East of Australia. Deep Blue Minerals Workshop, CSIRO Exploration and Mining, Sydney, Australia.
• Sdrolias M., Müller R. D., Mauffret, A. and Bernardel, G. (2004) The enigmatic formation of the Norfolk Back-arc Basin, SW Pacific: implications for the Australia-Pacific plate boundary. 17th Australian Geological Convention, Hobart, Australia.
• Sdrolias M. and Müller R. D. (2003) A plate tectonic scenario for the formation of intra-oceanic magmatic arcs and associated back-arc basins. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, U.S.A.
• Müller R. D. and Sdrolias M. (2003) Back-arc basins: Spreading and Convergence History. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, U.S.A.
• Sdrolias M., Müller R. D. and Gaina C. (2003) Seafloor Spreading History and Tectonic Evolution of Western Pacific Back-arc Basins. Seabed Hydrothermal Systems of the Western Pacific: Current Research and New Directions, CSIRO Workshop, Sydney, Australia.
• Sdrolias M., Gurnis M., Müller R. D. and Gaina C. (2002) Plate Configurations in SE Asia from merging plate tectonic reconstructions with geodynamic modelling. Chapman Conference on Continent-Ocean Interactions in East Asian Marginal Seas. San Deigo, CA, USA. Submitted.
• Sdrolias M., Gurnis M. and Müller R. D. (2002) Geodynamic Modelling of the SW Pacific and Its Applications to Petroleum Exploration. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Annual Meeting. AAPG, Houston, U.S.A.
• Sdrolias M., Müller R. D. and Gaina C. (2001) A Geodynamic Framework for Petroleum Exploration in the SW Pacific. In Chapman Conference on Exploration Geodynamics (eds. L. Moresi and R. D. Müller), pp. 158-159, Dunsborough, Western Australia
• Sdrolias M., Müller R. D. and Gaina C. (2000) Tectonic History of SW Pacific Back-arc Basins. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting. EOS Vol. 81, No. 48, San Francisco, U.S.A.

• GEOS 2111/2911 - Natural Hazards: a GIS Approach