Biography/ Background
Qualifications
Teaching Interests
Research Interests
Publications
Professional Associations
Files

Dr Guillaume Backe

Telephone	+61 8 8303 8014
Position	Lecturer
Email	guillaume.backe@adelaide.edu.au
Fax	+61 8 8303 4345
Building	Santos Petroleum Engineering Building
Floor/Room	1 12
Campus	North Terrace
Org Unit	Petroleum Engineering, Australian School of

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Biography/ Background

I recently joined the Australian School of Petroleum, following a two year Post Doctoral research position at the Centre for Mineral Exploration Under Cover (CMXUC) of the University of Adelaide. I obtained my Master of Geophysics at the University of Toulouse III in France in June 2002, and completed my PhD at the University of Pau et des Pays de l’Adour in December 2006 with a dissertation on the tectonic evolution of the Venezuelan Andes (Venezuela), the Southern Central Andes and the Neuquén basin (Argentina).

My main research interest lies in the integration of geophysics and geology for the construction of accurate and validated three-dimensional models of the Earth's sub-surface, in particular for petroleum, geothermal or geological storage of carbon dioxide applications.

Qualifications

PhD, 2006. University of Pau, France. Strain partitioning in oblique convergent settings: the Venezuelan Andes and Neuquén basin case-studies. Supervised by Y. Hervouët and D. Dhont
Msc, 2002, University Paul Sabatier - Toulouse III, France.
Bsc, 2001, University of Pau, France.

Teaching Interests

Structural geology
Petroleum geology
Non-seismic geophysics for petroleum exploration
Field geology

Research Interests

3D geomodelling: Integration of geophysics (e.g, seismic data and potential field data) with geology (satellite imagery, geological maps, structural maps and field work) to construct 3D models of the Earth sub-surface
Cross-section and 3D model restoration/validation, using geophysics (forward modelling of potential fields), kinematics as well as geomechanics methods
Recent tectonics: from the joint analysis of seismological records, Radar imagery, Digital elevation models and structural geology.
Geological sequestration of CO2: 3D geomodelling, static description and dynamic modelling of fractures network

Publications

See attached file

Professional Associations

American Geophysical Union (AGU)
Geological Society of Australian (GSA)
Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA – South Australia Committee Member)

Files

Publications and conference proceedings - pub_list.pdf [96.4K] (application/pdf)

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