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Associate Professor Stuart Clark

Associate Professor Stuart Clark

Associate Professor
  • Graduate Certificate in University Learning and Teaching (University of New South Wales, 2022)
  • PhD in Geophysics (University of Sydney, 2007)
  • Master of Arts (University of Melbourne, 2004)
  • BSc.(Hons)/B. Arts (University of Sydney, 2002)
Engineering
Civil and Environmental Engineering

Stuart Clark obtained his PhD from the University of Sydney in numerical modelling of back-arc basin development in 2007. From 2007-2011, Stuart worked in Simula Research Laboratory and led several petroleum industry-funded R&D projects in plate tectonics and paleogeography. From 2011-2014, Stuart was the Head of Computational Geoscience at Simula Research Laboratory and in 2014 was appointed as Director of Research for a small-medium enterprise software company, Kalkulo AS. In 2017, Stuart returned to Australia as a Senior Lecturer in the Minerals and Energy Resources School at UNSW and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2021. In 2024, he moved to Civil and Environmental Engineering at UNSW and was appointed to the role of Director of Governance for the Faculty of Engineering. In 2025, he was promoted to Professor. Stuart's research interests are in understanding the influence on deep Earth processes on the development of sedimentary basins and the use of machine learning in developing geological models. Stuart has a passion for innovative teaching, learning from others and collaborative research solving real world research problems.
Mobile
+61468332796
E-mail
stuart.clark@unsw.edu.au
Location
Civil and Environmental Engineering (H20), Level 6, Room 605
  • Book Chapters | 2012
    Vynnytska L; Clark S; Rognes ME, 2012, 'Dynamic Simulations of Convection in the Earth’s Mantle', in Logg A; Mardal K-A; Wells GN (ed.), Automated Solution of Differential Equations by the Finite Element Method, Springer, pp. 587 - 602
    Book Chapters | 2012
    Vynnytska L; Clark SR; Rognes ME, 2012, 'Dynamic simulations of convection in the Earth’s mantle', in Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering, Springer Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 585 - 600, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23099-8_31
    Book Chapters | 2012
    Vynnytska L; Clark SR; Rognes ME, 2012, 'Dynamic simulations of convection in the earth’s mantle', in Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering, pp. 585 - 600, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23099-8__31
    Book Chapters | 2000
    Müller D; Gaina C; Clark S, 2000, 'Seafloor Spreading Around Australia', in Veevers JJ (ed.), Billion-year Earth History of Australia and Neighbours in Gondwanaland, GEMOC Press, pp. 18 - 28
  • Journal articles | 2024
    Kuang J; Ge L; Ng AHM; Clark SR; Karimzadeh S; Matsuoka M; Du Z; Zhang Q, 2024, 'Monitoring slope stabilization of a reactivated landslide in the Three Gorges Reservoir Region (China) with multi-source satellite SAR and optical datasets', Landslides, 21, pp. 2227 - 2247, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10346-024-02289-7
    Journal articles | 2024
    Makuluni P; Hauser J; Clark S, 2024, 'Developing a probabilistic compaction model for the Northern Carnarvon Basin using Bayesian inference', Basin Research, 36, http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/bre.70005
    Journal articles | 2024
    Makuluni P; Hauser J; Langhi L; Clark S, 2024, 'Kinematic reconstruction of the Jurassic intraplate rift deformation in the Northern Carnarvon Basin, Australia', Tectonophysics, 875, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2024.230255
    Journal articles | 2024
    Makuluni P; Johnson LM; Langhi L; Hauser J; Clark S, 2024, 'The spatio-temporal variation of exhumation and its impacts on the resource distribution in the Northern Carnarvon Basin, Australia', Marine and Petroleum Geology, 165, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2024.106898
    Journal articles | 2023
    Alzubaidi F; Nalinakumar H; Clark SR; Lie JE; Mostaghimi P; Armstrong RT, 2023, 'Improved Fracture Segmentation from Unwrapped Drill-Core Images Using an Innovative Two-Stage Segmentation Approach', Mathematical Geosciences, 55, pp. 829 - 857, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11004-023-10053-1
    Journal articles | 2023
    Kuang J; Ng AHM; Ge L; Metternicht GI; Clark SR, 2023, 'Joint Use of Optical and Radar Remote Sensing Data for Characterizing the 2020 Aniangzhai Landslide Post-Failure Displacement', Remote Sensing, 15, http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rs15020369
    Journal articles | 2022
    Alarji H; Clark S; Lieb KR, 2022, 'The effect of different CO2 phases on wormhole development in carbonate rocks', Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering, 108, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jngse.2022.104779
    Journal articles | 2022
    Alarji H; Clark S; Regenauer-Lieb K, 2022, 'Wormholes effect in carbonate acid enhanced oil recovery methods', Advances in Geo-Energy Research, 6, pp. 492 - 501, http://dx.doi.org/10.46690/AGER.2022.06.06
    Journal articles | 2022
    Almedallah MK; Clark S; Walsh SDC, 2022, 'Schedule Optimization To Accelerate Offshore Oil Projects While Maximizing Net Present Value in the Presence of Simultaneous Operations, Weather Delays, and Resource Limitations', SPE Production and Operations, 37, pp. 54 - 71, http://dx.doi.org/10.2118/205521-PA
    Journal articles | 2022
    Alohali R; Al-Zubaidi F; Van Kranendonk M; Clark S, 2022, 'Automated Fault Detection in the Arabian Basin', Geophysics, 87, pp. 1 - 37, http://dx.doi.org/10.1190/geo2021-0474.1
    Journal articles | 2022
    Altaheini S; Mostaghimi P; Clark SR, 2022, 'Incorporating adaptive well conditions into numerical reservoir simulators constrained by well and reservoir performance data', Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 208, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2021.109684
    Journal articles | 2022
    Alzubaidi F; Makuluni P; Clark SR; Lie JE; Mostaghimi P; Armstrong RT, 2022, 'Automatic fracture detection and characterization from unwrapped drill-core images using mask R–CNN', Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 208, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2021.109471
    Journal articles | 2022
    Lodhia BH; Clark SR, 2022, 'Computation of vertical fluid mobility of CO₂, methane, hydrogen and hydrocarbons through sandstones and carbonates.', Sci Rep, 12, pp. 10216 - 10216, http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-022-14234-6
    Journal articles | 2022
    Makuluni P; Hauser J; Clark S, 2022, 'Tilting of the Australian continent: New evidence from the subsidence and deposition history of the Northern Carnarvon Basin', Marine and Petroleum Geology, 137, pp. 105483, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2021.105483
    Journal articles | 2022
    Vilacís B; Hayek JN; Stotz IL; Bunge HP; Friedrich AM; Carena S; Clark S, 2022, 'Evidence for active upper mantle flow in the Atlantic and Indo-Australian realms since the Upper Jurassic from hiatus maps and spreading rate changes', Proceedings of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 478, http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspa.2021.0764
    Journal articles | 2022
    2022, 'Automated fault detection in the Arabian Basin', GEOPHYSICS, 87, pp. IM101 - IM109, http://dx.doi.org/10.1190/geo2021-0474.1
    Journal articles | 2021
    ALMEDALLAH M; ALTAHEINI SK; CLARK S; WALSH S, 2021, 'Combined stochastic and discrete simulation to optimise the economics of mixed single-horizontal and multilateral well offshore oil developments', Petroleum Exploration and Development, 48, pp. 1183 - 1197, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S1876-3804(21)60101-5
    Journal articles | 2021
    Almedallah M; Altaheini SK; Clark S; Walsh S, 2021, 'Combined stochastic and discrete simulation to optimise the economics of mixed single-horizontal and multilateral well offshore oil developments', Shiyou Kantan Yu Kaifa/Petroleum Exploration and Development, 48, pp. 1023 - 1034, http://dx.doi.org/10.11698/PED.2021.05.14
    Journal articles | 2021
    Almedallah MK; Al Mudhafar AA; Clark S; Walsh SDC, 2021, 'Vector-based three-dimensional (3D) well-path optimization assisted by geological modelling and borehole-log extraction', Upstream Oil and Gas Technology, 7, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.upstre.2021.100053
    Journal articles | 2021
    Alzubaidi F; Mostaghimi P; Swietojanski P; Clark SR; Armstrong RT, 2021, 'Automated lithology classification from drill core images using convolutional neural networks', Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, 197, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.petrol.2020.107933
    Journal articles | 2021
    Makuluni P; Johnson LM; Hauser J; Langhi L; Clark S, 2021, 'Quantifying exhumation using compaction and vitrinite reflectance in the Southern Bonaparte Basin, North West Shelf, Australia', Marine and Petroleum Geology, 134, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2021.105318
    Journal articles | 2019
    Bugge AJ; Erik Lie J; Evensen AK; Faleide JI; Clark S, 2019, 'Automatic extraction of dislocated horizons from 3D seismic data using nonlocal trace matching', Geophysics, 84, pp. IM77 - IM86, http://dx.doi.org/10.1190/geo2019-0029.1
    Journal articles | 2019
    Makuluni P; Clark S; Hauser J, 2019, 'The impact and causes of subsidence in the exmouth sub-basin, northern carnarvon basin', Exploration Geophysics, 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/22020586.2019.12073035
    Journal articles | 2019
    Regenauer-Lieb K; Blach T; Singh A; Halim A; Clark S; Schrank C, 2019, 'Rock physics for multiscale, multiphysics data assimilation from molecular to laboratory scale', ASEG Extended Abstracts, 2019, pp. 1 - 4, http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/22020586.2019.12073200
    Journal articles | 2018
    Bugge AJ; Clark S; Lie JE; Faleide JI, 2018, 'A case study on semiautomatic seismic interpretation of unconformities and faults in the southwestern Barents Sea', Interpretation, 6, pp. SD29 - SD40, http://dx.doi.org/10.1190/INT-2017-0152.1
    Journal articles | 2018
    Clark SR, 2018, 'Uncertainty in the breakup, spreading history, and velocity variations of Gondwana', Gondwana Research, 53, pp. 189 - 196, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2017.04.029
    Journal articles | 2018
    Vibe Y; Bunge HP; Clark SR, 2018, 'Anomalous subsidence history of the West Siberian Basin as an indicator for episodes of mantle induced dynamic topography', Gondwana Research, 53, pp. 99 - 109, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gr.2017.03.011
    Journal articles | 2018
    Vibe Y; Friedrich AM; Bunge H-P; Clark S, 2018, 'Correlations of oceanic spreading rates and hiatus surface area in the North Atlantic realm', Lithosphere, 10, pp. 677 - 684, http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/L736.1
    Journal articles | 2017
    Lavecchia A; Thieulot C; Beekman F; Cloetingh S; Clark S, 2017, 'Lithosphere erosion and continental breakup: Interaction of extension, plume upwelling and melting', Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 467, pp. 89 - 98, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2017.03.028
    Journal articles | 2017
    Noack MM; Clark S, 2017, 'Acoustic wave and eikonal equations in a transformed metric space for various types of anisotropy', Heliyon, 3, pp. e00260, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.heliyon.2017.e00260
    Journal articles | 2016
    Lavecchia A; Beekman F; Clark SR; Cloetingh SAPL, 2016, 'Thermo-rheological aspects of crustal evolution during continental breakup and melt intrusion: The Main Ethiopian Rift, East Africa', Tectonophysics, 686, pp. 51 - 62, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tecto.2016.07.018
    Journal articles | 2016
    Lavecchia A; Clark S; Beekman F; Cloetingh SAPL; Burov E, 2016, 'Thermal perturbation, mineral assemblages and rheology variations induced by dyke emplacement in the crust', Tectonics, 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2016TC004125
    Journal articles | 2015
    Nerlich R; Clark S; Bunge H-P, 2015, 'An outlet for Pacific mantle: The Caribbean Sea?', GeoResJ, 7, pp. 59 - 65
    Journal articles | 2015
    Said A; Moder C; Clark S; Abdelmalak MM, 2015, 'Sedimentary budgets of the Tanzania coastal basin and implications for uplift history of the East African Rift System', Journal of African Earth Sciences, 111, pp. 288 - 295, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2015.08.012
    Journal articles | 2015
    Said A; Moder C; Clark S; Ghorbal B, 2015, 'Cretaceous-Cenozoic sedimentary budgets of the Southern Mozambique Basin: implications for uplift history of the South African Plateau', Journal of African Earth Sciences, 109, pp. 1 - 10, http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1464343X1500117X
    Journal articles | 2014
    Colli L; Stotz I; Bunge H-P; Smethurst M; Clark S; Iaffaldano G; Tassara A; Guillocheau F; Bianchi MC, 2014, 'Rapid South Atlantic Spreading Changes and Coeval Vertical Motion in Surrounding Continents: Evidence for Temporal Changes of Pressure-Driven Upper Mantle Flow', Tectonics, 32, http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/2014TC003612
    Journal articles | 2014
    Nerlich R; Clark S; Bunge H-P, 2014, 'Reconstructing the Link Between the Galapagos Hotspot and the Caribbean Plateau', GeoResJ, 1-2, pp. 1 - 7
    Journal articles | 2013
    Vynnytska L; Rognes ME; Clark S, 2013, 'Benchmarking FEniCS for Mantle Convection Simulations', Computers & Geosciences, 50, pp. 95 - 105
    Journal articles | 2013
    Wei W; Clark S; Su H; Wen M; Cai X, 2013, 'Balancing Efficiency and Accuracy for Sediment Transport Simulations', Computational Science & Discovery, 6, pp. 015011 - 015011, http://dx.doi.org/10.1088/1749-4699/6/1/015011
    Journal articles | 2012
    Clark S; Skogseid J; Smethurst M; Tarrou C; Stensby TV; Bruaset AM; Thurmond AK, 2012, 'On the Fly Visualization of Multilayer Geoscientific Datasets Using 4DPlates', Computers & Geosciences, 47, pp. 46 - 51, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2012.03.015
    Journal articles | 2012
    Nerlich R; Clark S; Bunge H-P, 2012, 'The Scotia Sea Gateway: No Outlet for Pacific Mantle', Tectonophysics, 604, pp. 41 - 50
    Journal articles | 2010
    Clark S, 2010, 'What's up sunshine?', New Scientist, 206, pp. 30 - 35, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0262-4079(10)61439-X
    Journal articles | 2008
    Clark S; Müller D, 2008, 'Convection Models in the Kamchatka Region Using Imposed Plate Motion and Thermal Histories', Journal of Geodynamics, 46, pp. 1 - 9
    Journal articles | 2008
    Clark S; Stegman D; Müller D, 2008, 'Episodicity in Back-Arc Tectonic Regimes', Physics of the Earth and Planetary Interiors, 171, pp. 265 - 279
    Journal articles | 2008
    Clark S, 2008, 'Unknown Earth: How come Earth got all the good stuff?', New Scientist, 199, pp. 29 - 30, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0262-4079(08)62435-5
    Journal articles | 2007
    Goyette S; Takatsuka M; Clark S; Müller D; Rey P; Stegman D, 2007, 'Increasing the Usability and Accessibility of Geodynamic Modelling Tools to the Geoscience Community: UnderworldGUI', Visual Geosciences, 13, pp. 25 - 36
  • Other | 2024
    Clark S; Lou P, 2024, The Acceleration of Uplift in the Central Taurides due to Continental Fragment Collision in the Subduction Zone of the Eastern Anatolian Region, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-7174
    Other | 2024
    Makuluni P; Hauser J; Clark S, 2024, Dynamic Evolution of the Northern Carnarvon Basin: An Integrated Kinematic Approach, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-5514
    Other | 2024
    Nalinakumar H; Clark SR, 2024, Basin evolution and Paleo reconstruction of the Mesoproterozoic South Nicholson Region, NE Australia, http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu24-21753
    Preprints | 2023
    Altaheini S; Clark SR, 2023, Comparing Constant and Adaptive Well Conditions within Genetic Optimizations, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4370499
    Other | 2023
    Lavecchia A; Tallarico A; Serlenga V; Stabile TA; Prosser G; Filippucci M; Clark S, 2023, Effects of rheological variations, erosion, and geotherm characteristics on tectonic setting and seismic activity in the Val d’Agri (Southern Italy), http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-1017
    Preprints | 2023
    Makuluni P; Hauser J; Langhi L; Clark SR, 2023, Kinematic Reconstruction of the Jurassic Intraplate Rift Deformation in the Northern Carnarvon Basin, Australia, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4416332
    Preprints | 2023
    Makuluni P; Hauser J; Langhi L; Clark SR, 2023, The Spatiotemporal Variation of Exhumation and its Impacts on the Resource Distribution in the Northern Carnarvon Basin, Australia, , http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4408360
    Other | 2023
    Vilacís B; Hayek JN; Stotz IL; Bunge H-P; Friedrich AM; Carena S; Clark SR, 2023, Pressure-driven upper-mantle flow in the Indo-Atlantic Realm since the Upper Jurassic inferred from continent-scale hiatus surfaces and oceanic spreading rate variations, , http://dx.doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu23-2575
    Preprints | 2022
    Marfo G; Makuluni P; Clark S, 2022, The Magnitude of Exhumation in the Kidson Sub-basin, Western Australia, using Thermal and Compaction Techniques, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1161714/v2
    Preprints | 2022
    Marfo G; Makuluni P; Palu T; Clark S, 2022, The Magnitude of Exhumation in the Kidson Sub-basin, Western Australia, using Thermal and Compaction Techniques, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1161714/v1
    Preprints | 2021
    Lodhia B; Clark S, 2021, The mobility of fluids through rocks, http://dx.doi.org/10.21203/rs.3.rs-1126318/v1
    Conference Papers | 2020
    Alnaseef FH; Almedallah MK; Clark SR; Walsh SDC, 2020, 'An integrated model to optimize artificial islands developments in shallow water fields', in International Petroleum Technology Conference 2020, IPTC 2020
    Conference Papers | 2020
    Alnaseef FH; Almedallah MK; Clark SR; Walsh SDC, 2020, 'An integrated model to optimize artificial islands developments in shallow water fields', in International Petroleum Technology Conference 2020, IPTC 2020, http://dx.doi.org/10.2523/iptc-19598-ms
    Conference Papers | 2020
    Alsaddah A; Almedallah MK; Clark SR; Walsh SDC, 2020, 'A numerical model to assist with the selection of non-metallic piping materials for offshore developments', in International Petroleum Technology Conference 2020, IPTC 2020
    Conference Papers | 2020
    Alsaddah A; Almedallah MK; Clark SR; Walsh SDC, 2020, 'A numerical model to assist with the selection of non-metallic piping materials for offshore developments', in International Petroleum Technology Conference 2020, IPTC 2020, http://dx.doi.org/10.2523/iptc-19626-ms
    Conference Papers | 2019
    Bugge AJ; Lie JE; Evensen AK; Clark S, 2019, 'A new data-driven seismic interpretation workflow using unsupervised machine learning and non-local trace matching', in 81st EAGE Conference and Exhibition 2019, London, UK, presented at EAGE London 2019, London, UK, 03 June 2019 - 06 June 2019, http://dx.doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.201901509
    Conference Papers | 2018
    Bugge AJ; Lie JE; Clark S, 2018, 'Automatic facies classification and horizon tracking in 3D seismic data', in 1st EAGE/PESGB Workshop on Machine Learning, http://dx.doi.org/10.3997/2214-4609.201803010
    Conference Papers | 2017
    Wheaton SR; Clark SR; Cruickshank P, 2017, 'The solan field subsea oil storage tank after one year's operation west of shetland, uk - is it a concept that has delivered?', in Society of Petroleum Engineers - SPE Offshore Europe Conference and Exhibition 2017
    Reports | 2015
    Clark S, 2015, Oil: From Earth to the Cloud
    Conference Posters | 2015
    Vibe Y; Clark S, 2015, 'Vertical plate motions in the West Siberian Basin', http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2015/EGU2015-9019.pdf
    Conference Papers | 2014
    Noack M; Gillberg T; Clark S, 2014, 'Fast and accurate Solutions of the Eikonal and Transport Equations'
    Conference Posters | 2014
    Said A; Moder C; Ghorbal B; Clark S, 2014, 'Sedimentation Rates in the Coastal Basins of Southern and Eastern Africa: a Bimodal Pattern'
    Conference Presentations | 2013
    Clark S, 2013, 'Flexible Finite Element Methods for Geodynamics'
    Conference Presentations | 2013
    Clark S, 2013, 'South Atlantic Spreading Velocities and Timescales'
    Conference Papers | 2013
    Feinberg J; Clark S, 2013, 'RoseDist: Generalized Tool for Simulating With Non-Standard Probability Distributions', in Boland J; Piantadosi J (ed.), MODSIM2013, 20th International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand Inc.
    Conference Posters | 2013
    Hippchen S; Ghorbal B; Moder C; Clark S, 2013, 'Revisited Block Boundaries in South America - a Study of Intraplate Deformation'
    Conference Posters | 2013
    Nerlich R; Clark S; Bunge H-P, 2013, 'Testing the Linkage Between the Galapagos Hotspot and the Caribbean Large Igneous Province (CLIP) Based on a Globally Consistent Plate Kinematic Model'
    Conference Presentations | 2013
    Nerlich R; Clark S; Bunge H-P, 2013, 'The Scotia Sea: an Outlet for Pacific Mantle?'
    Conference Posters | 2013
    Said A; Moder C; Ghorbal B; Clark S, 2013, 'Sediment Accumulation History in the Southern Mozambique Marginal Basin and Vertical Motion of the South African Plateau During Meso-Cenozoic Time'
    Conference Posters | 2012
    Clark S; Vynnytska L; Schroll A, 2012, 'An Inverse Approach to Stratigraphic Modelling'
    Conference Presentations | 2012
    Hippchen S; Ghorbal B; Moder C; Clark S, 2012, 'Geology, Tectonics, and Intraplate Deformation in South America: Revisited Block Boundaries'
    Conference Presentations | 2012
    Nerlich R; Clark S; Bunge H-P, 2012, 'The Scotia Sea: No Asthenosphere Outlet From Under the Pacific'
    Conference Posters | 2012
    Nerlich R; Moder C; Clark S; Bunge H-P, 2012, 'Numerical Models of the Scotia Sea With Globally Consistent Boundary and Initial Conditions'
    Conference Posters | 2012
    Nerlich R; Moder C; Clark S; Bunge H-P, 2012, 'The Scotia Sea: Mantle Dynamics + Plate Forces'
    Conference Posters | 2012
    Said A; Smethurst M; Clark S; Moder C; Skogseid J, 2012, 'Plate Reconstruction of the Western Mediterranean: Derived Age-Grid and Residual Topography'
    Conference Posters | 2012
    Vynnytska L; Stegman D; Clark S, 2012, 'The Afar Region: Numerical Modeling Using Geological Data'
    Conference Papers | 2011
    Clark S, 2011, 'Calculating Uncertainty in Geodynamic Models of Subduction', in MODSIM 2011, Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand
    Conference Papers | 2011
    Vynnytska L; Clark S, 2011, 'FEniCS Framework in Geoscientific Applications', in Chan F; Marinova D; Anderssen RS (eds.), MODSIM 2011, Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, pp. 655 - 661
    Conference Posters | 2010
    Bender HC; Thurmond A; Skogseid J; Clark S, 2010, 'Microplate Modeling of the Afar Depression Using 4D Lithospheric Model (4DLM) and Splates: Implications for Development of Plate Boundaries'
    Conference Papers | 2010
    Clark S; Wei W; Cai X, 2010, 'Numerical Analysis of a Dual-Sediment Transport Model Applied to Lake Okeechobee, Florida', in Ozturan C (ed.), Proceedings of the 2010 Ninth International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Computing, IEEE Computer Society Press, pp. 189 - 194, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ISPDC.2010.29
    Conference Papers | 2009
    Clark S; Bruaset AM; Sømme TO; Løseth TM, 2009, 'A Flexible Stochastic Approach to Constraining Uncertainty in Forward Stratigraphic Models', in Anderssen RS; Braddock RD; Newham LTH (eds.), 18th World IMACS Congress and MODSIM09 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand and International Association for Mathematics and Computers in Simulation
    Conference Papers | 2009
    Clark SR; Bruaset AM; Sømme TO; Løseth TM, 2009, 'A flexible stochastic approach to constraining uncertainty in forward stratigraphic models', in 18th World IMACS Congress and MODSIM 2009 - International Congress on Modelling and Simulation: Interfacing Modelling and Simulation with Mathematical and Computational Sciences, Proceedings, pp. 4191 - 4198
    Conference Papers | 2009
    Osnes H; Clark S; Sundnes J, 2009, 'Uncertainty Analysis of the Mechanics of the Heart', in Damkilde L; Andersen L; Kristensen AS; Lund E (eds.), Proceedings of the Twenty Second Nordic Seminar on Computational Mechanics, Aalborg University. Department of Civil Engineering
    Conference Posters | 2009
    Wei W; Clark S; Cai X; Bruaset AM, 2009, 'Parallel Simulation of Dual Lithology Sedimentation'
    Conference Presentations | 2008
    Clark S; Bruaset AM; Løseth TM, 2008, 'Handling Uncertainty in Numerical Models of Sedimentary Deposition: a Stochastic Approach'
    Conference Presentations | 2008
    Clark S; Gurnis M; Müller D, 2008, 'Slabs in the Mantle - Dynamic Topography and Mantle Rheology in the South-Western Pacific'
    Conference Presentations | 2008
    Clark S, 2008, 'Geodynamics: the Physics and Mathematics of Terrestrial and Extra-Terrestrial Processes'
    Conference Posters | 2008
    Clark S, 2008, 'Lithospheric Modelling: Research Directions at Simula'
    Conference Presentations | 2008
    Clark S, 2008, 'Simulating and Visualising the Earth As a Dynamic System'
    Theses / Dissertations | 2008
    Clark S, 2008, The Time-Dependent Evolution of Subduction Zones : Interactions of the Lithosphere and Mantle, University of Sydney
    Conference Presentations | 2007
    Clark S, 2007, 'The Time-Dependant Evolution of Subduction Zones: Interactions of the Lithosphere and Mantle', http://www.geophysik.uni-muenchen.de/teaching/seminars/talkdetails/394
    Preprints |
    Alarji H; Clark S; Regenauer-Lieb K, Do Wormholes in Carbonates Affect the Oil Recovery for Acid Enhanced Oil Recovery Methods?, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4085283
    Preprints |
    Alarji H; Clark S; Regenauer-Lieb K, Do Wormholes in Carbonates Affect the Oil Recovery for Acid Enhanced Oil Recovery Methods?, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4095848
    Preprints |
    Makuluni P; Langhi L; Hauser J; Clark SR, The Influence of Tectonics on the Distribution of Exhumation in the Northern Carnarvon Basin, Australia, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4046651
    Preprints |
    Marfo G; Palu T; Makuluni P; Clark SR, The Magnitude of Exhumation in the Kidson Sub-Basin, Western Australia, Usingthermal and Compaction Techniques, http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4041291

Current research grants:

  • S. Clark (Australian Lead CI), H.P. Bunge (German Lead CI), P. Makuluni, B. Vilacis, E. Babina, Geodynamical Assessments of Subsidence in the North West Shelf in Australia (2024-2025)
  • N. Khalili; A. Rajabifard; T. Chan; S. Zlatanova; B. Samali; C. Wang; I. Canbulat; H. Ronagh; S. Perera; W. Gao; S. Parameswaran; D. Prasad; C. Sammut; S. Barr; W. Zhang; B. Li; X. Shen; J. Barton; M. Cholette; S. Clark; J. Aryal; S. Raval; L. Ma; B. Shahbodagh; M. Vahab; J. Mathew; H. Gong; C. Holland; Y. Chen; M. Dunkley; S. Coleman; J. Linke; L. Zhao; S. Ghouse; K. Liu; G. Kernich; D. Paull; B. Nicholls; D. Nguyen; L. Liria; F. Gonzalez; T. Clewes-de Castella (2021-2027), ARC Industry Transformation Research Hub for Resilient and Intelligent Infrastructure Systems (RIIS) in Urban, Resources and Energy Sectors
  • S. Clark, J. Hauser, K. Regenauer-Lieb, T. Salles, H-P. Bunge and J. Lie (2020-2023), Kinematica: Inference-Based Rapid Resource Exploration Scenario Testing. Australian Research Council Linkage
  • K. Regenauer-Lieb, J. Afonso, S. Clark, S. Walsh, S. Thiel, K. Czarnota, T. Poulet and A. Jones (2019-2022), Illuminating AusLAMP: Thermodynamics inversion for mineral systems, Australian Research Council
  • S. Clark (2018-2021), 3D Dynamic Sedimentary Basin Reconstructions, Lundin Energy
  • S. Clark (2018-2021), Basin Reconstructions of the Northwest Shelf of Australia, CSIRO Deep Earth Imaging Future Science Platform

Prof. Stuart Clark is a geophysicist with an interest in understanding the evolution of sedimentary basins through imaging and reconstructions of the Earth to better utilise our basins towards sustainable resource use and exploration. In the last 3 years, Stuart has published 19 journal articles (14 in top 10% journals), led an ARC Linkage, a CSIRO project and a German-Australian Collaboration Grant and has supervised 10 PhD and research masters degrees to completion. In 2021, Stuart was awarded the Arc Postgraduate Student Council Award for Supervision Excellence. Current research activities include:

  • Quantitative sedimentary basin dynamics
  • Machine learning applied to geophysical and geological data
  • Numerical simulations of Earth processes, such as subduction and sediment transport.

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My Research Supervision

I am currently supervising the following students:

  • Harikrishnan Nalinakumar - Basin Evolution and Resource Potential of the Isa Superbasin and South Nicholson Basin
  • Elena Babina - The Influence of Dynamic Topography on the Formation and Evolution of the Barents Sea Basin with Computational Methods
  • Aseem Bin Sulaiman - Exploration for Salt domes Using Gravity and Seismic Data
  • Lisa Tannock - Fracture Mechanics in Basement Rocks

My recent higher degree research completions include:

  • Peigen Luo - Slab Dynamics and the Evolution of the Aegean-Anatolian Region since the Oligocene
  • Hang Yin - Maximizing CO2 storage in subsurface formations (as secondary supervisor)
  • Lize Hermogenes De Mendonca - Neotropical Biogeography (as secondary supervisor)
  • George Marfo - High-Resolution Sequence-Stratigraphy of Mudstones and their Organic Rich Beds, Amadeus Basin, Australia (Secondary supervisor, Tehani Palu, Geoscience Australia)
  • Ruaa Alohali - Enhance the accuracy of multi-member clastic reservoir mapping and its fluid distribution. A case study in a heavily eroded reservoir in Central Arabia (Primary supervisor Prof. Martin van Kranendonk, UNSW)
  • Mackenzie Baker - The impact of the tectonics of the Australian plate on the paleogeography (Joint supervisor A/Prof. Malte Ebach, UNSW)
  • Patrick Makuluni - Automated Restoration of the Northwest Shelf, Australia (Secondary supervisors Dr. Juerg Hauser and Dr. Laurent Langhi, CSIRO and A/Prof. Ryan Armstrong, UNSW)
  • Mohammed Almedallah - Optimisation of Drilling Paths and Oil Rig Placement (Secondary supervisors Dr. Stuart Walsh, Monash University and A/Prof. Ryan Armstrong, UNSW)
  • Suleiman Altaheini - Studying 3D models of reservoir geology built from numerical models of rift and passive margin development (Co-Supervisor A/Prof. Peyman Mostaghimi, UNSW)
  • Aina Bugge - University of Oslo - Filtering techniques and numerical solutions related to image enhancement and automated geological interpretation of seismic data (Joint supervision with Prof. Jan Inge Faleide, UiO, Dr. Jan Erik Lie, Lundin Norway).

My Teaching

I teaching the following courses:

Undergraduate

Postgraduate