Dr Rosalind King

Qualifications

Ph.D. Structural evolution of the Cape Fold Belt and SW Karoo Basin: Implications on sediment storage and routeing to the SW Karoo Basin, South Africa. University of Liverpool, UK (February 2002 - May 2005) My project focused of the structural evolution of the Cape Fold Belt, as part of the SLOPE Project, a field based project in South Africa that integrated structural geology, sedimentology and geochemistry to better understand the Permian deepwater systems of the SW Karoo Basin. SLOPE was funded by an oil industry consortium (Chevron, ConocoPhillips, ExxonMobil and Statoil). Supervisors: Professor Stephen Flint & Dr. Graham Potts

Geology BSc. (Hons) - accredited by the Geological Society, London. University of Liverpool, UK (September 1998 - July 2001) Honours Mapping Project carried out on the Ross of Mull, Scotland. The geology conisted of Neoproterozoic Moine metasediments, Caledonian zoned Ross of Mull granite, the area was effected by four phases of deformation. Supervisor: Professor Tony Harris

Research Interests

My main research interests include Structural Geology, Tectonics and Petroleum Geomechanics.

I am currently working on a Australian Research Council (ARC) funded project "Present-day Stress and Tectonics of Delta to Deepwater Fold-Thrust Belt Systems (DDFTBs)". Petroleum geomechanics, structural geology and analogue and numerical modelling are being employed in this project to understand the concept of critical-taper wedge theory in DDFTBs, including the geometry and mechanics of evolution of these systems.We are studying a number of delta systems worldwide; including the Baram, Gulf of Mexico, Mahakam, Niger and Nile delta systems, as well as the Whitepointer and Hammerhead deltas in the Ceduna Basin.

My previous work here at the Australian School of Petroleum has been on another ARC funded project "Present-day Stress and Neotectonics of an Active Collisional Margin - NW Borneo". The project integrated petroleum geomechanics and structural geology to understand the evolution of the NW Borneo active margin as well as the significant petroleum systems; in the Baram Delta and offshore from Sarawak and Sabah.

My other research interests include:

Fold Mechanics; Control of Detachment Type/Lithology/Thickness on Structural Style; Deformation Styles in Fold-Thrust Belts; Salt Tectonics; Source to Sink, and; Structurally controlled Sedimentation.

Publications

In press

King, R. C., Backé, G., Morley, C. K., Hillis, R. R. & Tingay, M. R. P. (in press). Balancing deformation in NW Borneo: Quantifying plate-scale vs gravitational tectonics in a Delta and Deepwater Fold-Thrust Belt System. Marine and Petroleum Geology (accepted April 2009).

King, R. C., Hillis, R. R., Tingay, M. R. P. & Damit, A.-R., 2009 (in press). Present-day stresses in Brunei, NW Borneo: superposition of deltaic and active margin tectonics. Basin Research (accepted March 2009).

King, R. C., Neubauer, M. C., Hillis, R. R. & Reynolds, S. D. (in press). Vertical Stress Magnitudes in the Carnarvon Basin, NW Shelf, Australia. In: Frontiers of Stress Research. Tectonophysics Special Publication (accepted May 2009).

King, R. C., Hodgson, D. M., Flint, S., Potts, G. J. & van Lente, B., 2009 (in press). Development of subaqueous fold belts as a control on the timing and distribution of deepwater sedimentation: an example from the southwest Karoo Basin, South Africa. In: Kneller, B. & Martinsen, O. (Eds.). External Control on Deep water Depositional Systems. SEPM Special Publication (accepted September 2007).

Tingay, M., Morley, C., King, R., Hillis, R., Coblentz, D., Hall, R. (in review). Present-Day Stress Field of Southeast Asia. In: Frontiers of Stress Research. Tectonophysics Special Publication (submitted September 2008).

 

2009

King, R. C., Hillis, R. R. & Tingay, M. R. P., 2009. Present-day stress and neotectonic provinces of delta to deepwater fold-thrust belt systems: Insights from NW Borneo. Journal of the Geological Society, London 166, 197-200.

Tingay, M., Hillis, R., Morley, C., King, R., Swarbrick, R., & Damit, A., 2009. Present-day stress and neotectonics of Brunei: implications for petroleum exploration and production. AAPG Bulletin 93, 75-100. 

 

2008

King, R. C., Hillis, R. R. & Reynolds, S. D., 2008. In situ stresses and natural fractures in the Northern Perth Basin, Australia. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences 55, 685-701.

Morley, C. K., Tingay, M. R. P., Hillis, R. R. & King, R. C., 2008. Relationship between structural style, overpressures and modern stress, Baram Delta province, NW Borneo. Journal of Geophysical Research. 113, B09410.

 

2007

Neubauer, M.C., Hillis, R.R., King, R.C. & Reynolds, S.D., 2007. The contemporary stress field of the offshore Carnarvon Basin, North West Shelf, Western Australia. Proceedings of 1st Canada-US Rock Mechanics Symposium. Paper 65.

 

Professional Associations

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (SA Branch Committee Member)

Geological Society of London, UK

Entry last updated: Tuesday, 23 Jun 2009