"Yond Cassius has a lean and hungry look;
He thinks to much: such men are dangerous."
-William Shakespeare
"The only way to atone for being occasionally a little over-dressed is by being always absolutely over-educated."
-Oscar Wilde
"Tim-may!"
-Timmy
Craig O'Neill
Rsearch Associate
The School of Geosciences
Department of Geology and Geophysics
Edgeworth David Building F05
The University of Sydney
NSW, 2006.
Ph: (+6 02) 9351
3682
Email: craig@geosci.usyd.edu.au
Craig O'Neill is a Research associate
in geophysics and planetary science at the University of Sydney. His
background is in numerical modeling and Archean geodynamics.
Current research interests include modeling the Archean thermal and tectonic
regime, diamond stability, Australian heat flow, Australian impact structures
and looking at how hotspots move relative to each other (the myth of the
hotspot reference frame). Craig completed his BSc (Adv) in 2000, and has recently submitted his PhD.
When I'm not sitting in front of a computer suffering irreparable back damage
from poor posture, my recreational activities range from judo (see :Sydney Uni Judo Club), fencing,
and bass playing to crocodile wrestling.
In reality, however, most of
the after hours are spent enduring unending train trips, drinking far too
much beer and staying up late to watch Buffy the vampire slayer.
- Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists
- American Geophysical Union
- Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia
- O'Neill, C., Mueller, R.D., Steinberger, B. (2003) Geodynamic implications of moving Indian Ocean hotspots, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 215, 151-168.
- O'Neill, C., Moresi, L. (2003) How long can diamonds remain stable in the continental lithosphere?, Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 213, 43-52.
- O’Neill, C., Moresi, L., Lenardic, A., Cooper, K. (2003) Inferences on Australia’s Heat Flow and Thermal Structure from Mantle Convection Modelling Results, In Evolution and Dynamics of the Australian Plate (eds. R. Hillis and R.D. Mueller). Geological Society of America and Australia Joint Publication, Special Publication 22, Sydney, 163-178.
- Müller, R. D., Mihut, D., Heine, C., O'Neill, C., and Russell, I. (2002) Tectonic and volcanic history of the Carnarvon Terrace: Constraints from seismic interpretation and geodynamic modelling, In: The sedimentary basins of western Australia 3, (ed. J. Gorter), Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia, Perth, 719-740.
- O'Neill, C. J., Moresi, L., Modeling Archean sub-continental mantle dynamics and heat flow using diamond stability constraints, Abstract for the 7th Workshop on Numerical Modeling of Mantle Convection and Lithospheric Dynamics, Aussois (France) June 2-6, 2001.
- O'Neill, C. J., Refining diamond exploration models using obseravtional constraints and results from geodynamical modeling, Abstract for the Chapman Conference on Exploration Geodynamics, Western Australia, August 19-24, 2001.
- O'Neill, C. J., Moresi, L., Simulations of the crust-mantle thermal interaction in the Archaean using diamond stability constraints, Abstract for the 4th International Archaean Symposium, Perth, Western Australia, September 24-28, 2001.
- O’Neill, C., Mueller, R.D., Steinberger, B. (2001) Integrating the Motion of the Kerguelen Hotspot with Plate Reconstruction Models. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA, 10-14 December, 2001.
- O'Neill, C. (2002) A tale of two worlds: Comparative geodynamics of Venus and the Early Earth; Geological Society of Australia, NSW Branch, Monthly Meeting (Invited talk), Sydney, NSW.
- O'Neill, C. (2002), Geodynamic setting of diamond deposits; Geological Society of America Annual Meeting (Invited talk for the American Society of Exploration Geologists Special Session), Denver, 23-27 October, 2002.
- Collier, M., O'Neill, C., Moresi, L. and Lenardic, A. The feedback between planetary evolution, melt production and tectonic regimes. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA, 8-12 December, 2003.
- O'Neill, C., and Heine, C., Reconstructing the shock wave from the Wolfe Creek meteorite impact. American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA, 8-12 December, 2003.
- O'Neill, C. Muller, R.D., Steinberger, B., Revised Indo-Atlantic absolute plate rotations and their uncertainties based on moving hotspots, American Geophysical Union Fall Meeting, San Francisco, USA, 8-12 December, 2003.
Contact: craig@geosci.usyd.edu.au
