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 studying deepwater fold-thrust belts, in particular the impact of the detachment lithology, thickness and strength on structural style. I am also working on natural fracture systems in the Cooper and northern Perth basins.

My previous work at the Australian School of Petroleum has been on two ARC funded projects. The first project I worked on during 2005-2008 "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. The second project I worked on during 2008-2010 "Present-day Stress and Tectonics of Delta to Deepwater Fold-Thrust Belt Systems (DDFTBs)". Petroleum geomechanics, structural geology and analogue and numerical modelling were 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 studied a number of delta systems worldwide; including the Baram, Gulf of Mexico, Mahakam, Niger and Nile delta systems, as well as the White Pointer and Hammerhead deltas in the Ceduna Basin. 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.

Why not come and study an honours project or PhD project with Ros. She offers a range of projects in tectonics, structural geology and geomechanics:

• Impact of Detachments on Deepwater Fold-Thrust Belts
• Structural Evolution of Deepwater Fold-Thrust Belts in Australiasia.
• Timing and Evolution of the Cape Fold Belt, South Africa
• Understanding In-Situ Stresses and Natural Fractures for the Geothermal, Petroleum and Shale Gas Industries.
• Numerical Modelling of Salt Diapirs

Publications

In Review

King, R.C., Backé, G., Tingay, M.R.P., Hillis, R.R. & Mildren, S., in review. Stress deflections around salt diapirs in the Gulf of Mexico. In: Faulting Fracturing and Igneous Intrusions in the Earth's Crust. The Geological Society of London Special Publication.

MacDonald, J., Backé, G., King, R., Holford, S. & Hillis, R., in review. Geomechanical modelling of fault reactivation in ther Ceduna Sub-basin, Bight Basin, Australia. In: Faulting Fracturing and Igneous Intrusions in the Earth's Crust. The Geological Society of London Special Publication.

Tuitt, A.K., King, R.C., Hergert, T., Tingay, M.R.P. & Hillis, R.R., in review. Modelling of sediment wedge movement along low-angle detachments using ABAQUS. In: Faulting Fracturing and Igneous Intrusions in the Earth's Crust. The Geological Society of London Special Publication.

2011

Morley, C.K., King, R.C., Hillis, R.R., Tingay, M.R.P. & Backé, G., 2011. Deepwater fold and thrust belt classification, tectonics, structure and hydrocarbon prospectivity: A review. Earth Science Reviews 104, 41-91.

2010

King, R.C. & Backé, G., 2010. A balanced 2D structural model of the Hammerhead Delta-Deepwater Fold-Thrust Belt, Bight Basin, Australia. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences 57, 1005-1012.

King, R.C., Backé, G., Morley, C.K., Hillis, R.R. & Tingay, M.R.P., 2010. Balancing deformation in NW Borneo: Quantifying plate-scale vs gravitational tectonics in a Delta and Deepwater Fold-Thrust Belt System. Marine and Petroleum Geology 27, 238-246. 

King, R.C., Hillis, R.R., Tingay, M.R.P. & Damit, A.-R., (2010). Present-day stresses in Brunei, NW Borneo: superposition of deltaic and active margin tectonics. Basin Research 22, 236-247.

King, R.C., Neubauer, M.C., Hillis, R.R. & Reynolds, S.D. (2010). Vertical Stress Magnitudes in the Carnarvon Basin, NW Shelf, Australia. In: Frontiers of Stress Research, Heidbach, O., Tingay, M. & Wenzel, F. (Eds.). Tectonophysics 482, 73-81, doi:10.1016/j.tecto.2009.06.018.

King, R.C., Tingay, M.R.P., Hillis, R.R., Morley, C.K. & Clark, J., 2010. Present-day stress orientations and tectonic provinces of the NW Borneo Collisional Margin. Journal of Geophysical Research 115, B10415.

MacDonald, J.D., King, R.C., Hillis, R.R. & Backé, G., (2010). Structural style of the white pointer and Hammerhead Delta—Deepwater Fold-Thrust Belts, Bight Basin, Australia: Implications for hydrocarbon migration and accumulation. Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association Journal, 50.

Tingay, M., Morley, C., King, R., Hillis, R., Coblentz, D., Hall, R. (2010). Present-Day Stress Field of Southeast Asia. In: Frontiers of Stress Research, Heidbach, O., Tingay, M. & Wenzel, F. (Eds.). Tectonophysics 482, 92-104. 

2009

King, R.C., Hillis, R.R., Tingay, M.R.P. & Morley, C.K., 2009. Present-day stress and neotectonic provinces of the Baram Delta and deepwater fold-thrust belt. Journal of the Geological Society, London 166, 197-200. 

King, R.C., Hodgson, D.M., Flint, S., Potts, G.J. & van Lente, B., 2009. 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.J. & McCaffrey, B. (Eds.). External Controls on Deep-Water Depositional Systems. SEPM Special Publication 92, 261-278.

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. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin 93, 75-100. 

Tingay, M., Morley, C., King, R., Hillis, R. & Coblentz, D., 2009. Southeast Asian Stress Map: Implications for petroleum exploration and production. First Break 27(11), 81-88.

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, BO9410, doi:10.1029/2007JB005324.

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 – Rock Mechanics Meeting Society’s Challenges and Demands, 1, 705-711.

Professional Associations

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia (SA Branch Vice President)

The Geological Society of London, Member

American Association of Petroleum Geologists (AAPG), Member

Entry last updated: Tuesday, 12 Jul 2011