Associate Professor Kathryn Amos

• Appointments

  Date	Position	Institution name
  2023 - ongoing	Associate Professor, School of Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences	University of Adelaide
  2022 - 2022	Associate Professor	University of Adelaide
  2020 - 2022	Head of School	University of Adelaide
  2018 - 2019	Director, Student Experience	University of Adelaide
  2015 - 2021	Senior Lecturer	University of Adelaide
  2009 - 2014	Lecturer	University of Adelaide
  2007 - 2009	Research Fellow	University of Adelaide
  2005 - 2007	Postdoctoral Research Associate	University of New South Wales @ ADFA
  2004 - 2005	Postdoctoral Research Associate	University of Leeds

• Awards and Achievements

  Date	Type	Title	Institution Name	Country	Amount
  2013	Teaching Award	ECMS Prize for Excellence in Teaching	Faculty of Engineering, Computer and Mathematical Sciences, University of Adelaide	-	-
  2011	Recognition	Geological Society of America Exceptional Reviewer	Geological Society of America	-	-

• Education

  Date	Institution name	Country	Title
  2004	University of East Anglia	United Kingdom	PhD
  1999	Unviersity of East Anglia	United Kingdom	BSc (Hons) Environmental Science

• Research Interests

  Energy Sedimentology Stratigraphy

• Journals

  Year	Citation
  2023	Kernen, R., Amos, K., Abu, C., Allen, J., Ahmed, S., Birgenheier, L., . . . Rysak, B. (2023). Creating and promoting genderequity and diversity in professional geological societies: a focus on AAPG. Journal of Geoethics and Social Geosciences. DOI
  2023	Lloyd, J. C., Preiss, W. V., Collins, A. S., Virgo, G. M., Blades, M. L., Gilbert, S. E., . . . Amos, K. J. (2023). Geochronology and formal stratigraphy of the Sturtian Glaciation in the Adelaide Superbasin. Geological Magazine, 160(7), 1-24. DOI
  2023	Tibby, J., Marshall, J. C., Lobegeiger, J. S., Amos, K. J., Pickering, G., & Myburgh, T. (2023). Sedimentation from landscape clearance-induced soil erosion threatens waterhole persistence in a semi-arid river system, southern Queensland, Australia. Marine and Freshwater Research, 74(12), 1050-1070. DOI
  2022	Mann, S. J., & Amos, K. J. (2022). Sedimentology and geomorphology of Lake Yamma Yamma - A long-lived structurally controlled playa lake of the Lake Eyre Basin, Australia. Transactions of the Royal Society of South Australia, 146(1), 1-28. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
  2022	Lloyd, J. C., Collins, A. S., Blades, M. L., Gilbert, S. E., & Amos, K. J. (2022). Early Evolution of the Adelaide Superbasin. Geosciences, 12(4), 28 pages. DOI Scopus7 WoS3
  2021	Virgo, G. M., Collins, A. S., Amos, K. J., Farkaš, J., Blades, M. L., & Subarkah, D. (2021). Descending into the “snowball”: High resolution sedimentological and geochemical analysis across the Tonian to Cryogenian boundary in South Australia. Precambrian Research, 367, 106449. DOI Scopus5 WoS4
  2020	Herbert, C. M., Alexander, J., Amos, K. J., & Fielding, C. R. (2020). Unit bar architecture in a highly-variable fluvial discharge regime: Examples from the Burdekin River, Australia. SEDIMENTOLOGY, 67(1), 576-605. DOI Scopus18 WoS12
  2020	Craig, M. J., Baas, J. H., Amos, K. J., Strachan, L. J., Manning, A. J., Paterson, D. M., . . . Baker, M. L. (2020). Biomediation of submarine sediment gravity flow dynamics. Geology, 48(1), 72-76. DOI Scopus25 WoS11
  2020	Alexander, J., Herbert, C. M., Fielding, C. R., & Amos, K. J. (2020). Controls on channel deposits of highly variable rivers: Comparing hydrology and event deposits in the Burdekin River, Australia. Sedimentology, 67(5), 26 pages. DOI Scopus8 WoS6
  2020	Lloyd, J. C., Blades, M. L., Counts, J. W., Collins, A. S., Amos, K. J., Wade, B. P., . . . Drabsch, M. (2020). Neoproterozoic geochronology and provenance of the Adelaide Superbasin. Precambrian Research, 350, 1-29. DOI Scopus35 WoS25
  2019	Counts, J. W., Dalgarno, C. R., Amos, K. J., & Hasiotis, S. T. (2019). Lateral facies variability along the margin of an outcropping salt-withdrawal minibasin, South Australia. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 89(1), 28-45. DOI Scopus7 WoS5
  2018	Morón, S., & Amos, K. (2018). Downstream grain-size changes associated with a transition from single channel to anabranching. Sedimentology, 65(5), 1590-1610. DOI Scopus6 WoS3
  2017	Morón Polanco, S., Amos, K., Edmonds, D., Payenberg, T., Sun, X., & Thyer, M. (2017). Avulsion triggering by El Niño−Southern Oscillation and tectonic forcing: the case of the tropical Magdalena River, Colombia. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 129(9/10), 1300-1313. DOI Scopus12 WoS8
  2017	Morón, S., Edmonds, D., & Amos, K. (2017). The role of floodplain width and alluvial bar growth as a precursor for the formation of anabranching rivers. Geomorphology, 278, 78-90. DOI Scopus13 WoS9
  2016	Counts, J. W., Rarity, F., Ainsworth, R. B., Amos, K. J., Lane, T., Moron Polanco, S., . . . Nanson, R. (2016). Sedimentological interpretation of an Ediacaran delta: Bonney Sandstone, South Australia. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 63(3), 257-273. DOI Scopus15 WoS14
  2016	Counts, J., & Amos, K. (2016). Sedimentology, depositional environments and significance of an Ediacaran salt-withdrawal minibasin, Billy Springs Formation, Flinders Ranges, South Australia. Sedimentology, 63(5), 1084-1123. DOI Scopus11 WoS6
  2014	Amos, K. J., Moron, S., & Mann, S. (2014). Fluvial reservoirs in dryland endorheic basins: the Lake Eyre basin as a world class modern analogue. Australian Petroleum Production and Exploration Association (APPEA) Journal, 119-134.
  2012	Amos, K., & McGowan, U. (2012). Integrating academic reading and writing skills development with core content in science and engineering. Journal of Learning Development in Higher Education, Spec. Ed., 1-24.
  2012	Amos, K., Goodwin, C., & Soria Jauregui, A. (2012). Incised valleys in marginal-lacustrine depositional environments: A new reservoir analogue from Lake Eyre, Central Australia. APPEA Journal, 2012, 513-524.
  2012	Ainsworth, R., Hasiotis, S., Amos, K., Krapf, C., Payenberg, T., Sandstrom, M., . . . Lang, S. (2012). Tidal signatures in an intracratonic playa lake. Geology, 40(7), 607-610. DOI Scopus31 WoS28
  2011	Croke, J., Jansen, J., Amos, K., & Pietsch, T. (2011). A 100 ka record of fluvial activity in the Fitzroy River Basin, tropical northeastern Australia. Quaternary Science Reviews, 30(13-14), 1681-1695. DOI Scopus33 WoS31
  2010	Amos, K., Peakall, J., Bradbury, P., Roberts, M., Keevil, G., & Gupta, S. (2010). The influence of bend amplitude and planform morphology on flow and sedimentation in submarine channels. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 27(7), 1431-1447. DOI Scopus52 WoS47
  2009	Amos, K., Croke, J., Timmers, H., Owens, P., & Thompson, C. (2009). The application of caesium-137 measurements to investigate floodplain deposition in a large semi-arid catchment in Queensland, Australia: a low-fallout environment. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 34(4), 515-529. DOI Scopus23 WoS20
  2009	Fitzsimmons, K., Magee, J., & Amos, K. (2009). Characterisation of aeolian sediments from the Strzelecki and Tirari Deserts, Australia: Implications for reconstructing palaeoenvironmental conditions. Sedimentary Geology, 218(1-4), 61-73. DOI Scopus53 WoS43
  2008	Corney, R., Peakall, J., Parsons, D., Elliott, L., Best, J., Thomas, R., . . . Amos, K. (2008). Reply to discussion of Imran et al. on "The orientation of helical flow in curved channels" by Corney et al., Sedimentology, 53, 249–257. Sedimentology, 55(1), 241-247. DOI Scopus28 WoS28
  2008	Amos, K., Croke, J., Hughes, A., Chapman, J., Takken, I., & Lymburner, L. (2008). A catchment-scale assessment of anabranching in the 143 000 km2 Fitzroy River catchment, northeastern Australia. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 33(8), 1222-1241. DOI Scopus20 WoS17
  2007	Peakall, J., Amos, K., Keevil, G., Bradbury, P., & Gupta, S. (2007). Flow processes and sedimentation in submarine channel bends. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 24(6-9), 470-486. DOI Scopus115 WoS102
  2006	Keevil, G., Peakall, J., Best, J., & Amos, K. (2006). Flow structure in sinuous submarine channels: Velocity and turbulence structure of an experimental submarine channel. Marine Geology, 229(3-4), 241-257. DOI Scopus111 WoS105
  2006	Corney, R., Peakall, J., Parsons, D., Elliott, L., Amos, K., Best, J., . . . Ingham, D. (2006). The orientation of helical flow in curved channels. Sedimentology, 53(2), 249-257. DOI Scopus93 WoS87
  2006	Amos, K., & Peakall, J. (2006). Down by the river. Planet Earth, (Winter), 26-27.
  2004	Amos, K., Alexander, J., Horn, A., Pocock, G., & Fielding, C. (2004). Supply limited sediment transport in a high-discharge event of the tropical Burdekin River, North Queensland, Australia. Sedimentology, 51(1), 145-162. DOI Scopus70 WoS68
  -	Virgo, G. M., Collins, A. S., Blades, M. L., & Amos, K. J. (n.d.). Tectonic, eustatic and climate controls on facies architecture during the transition to the Neoproterozoic icehouse in the Adelaide Superbasin, Australia. Sedimentologika, (1). DOI

• Book Chapters

  Year

  Citation

  2012

  Hasiotis, S., Platt, B., Reilly, M., Amos, K., Lang, S., Kennedy, D., . . . Todd, E. (2012). Actualistic studies of the spatial and temporal distribution of terrestrial and aquatic organism traces in continental environments to differentiate lacustrine from fluvial, eolian, and marine deposits in the geologic record. In Memoir 95 - Lacustrine Sandstone Reservoirs & Hydrocarbon (Vol. 95, 1 ed., pp. 433-490). USA: The American Association of Petroleum Geologists. DOI Scopus17

• Conference Papers

  Year	Citation
  2013	Moron Polanco, S., & Amos, K. (2013). Avulsion in anabranching dryland rivers. In 10th International Conference in Fluvial Sedimentology (pp. 0 pages). United Kingdom: University of Brighton.
  2012	Futalan, K., Mitchell, A., Amos, K., & Backe, G. (2012). Seismic facies analysis and structural interpretation of the Sandakan Sub-basin, Sulu Sea, Philippines. In Proceedings of AAPG 2012 International Conference and Exhibition (pp. 1-18). Singapore: AAPG.
  2010	Backe, G., Giles, D., Baines, G., & Amos, K. (2010). 3D geological modelling of potential geothermal energy reservoirs in the Flinders Ranges, Australia. In Proceedings World Geothermal Congress 2010 (pp. 1-5). CD: World Press.
  2010	Amos, K. J., Soria, A., & Krapf, C. (2010). The geomorphology of dryland river terminations around Lake Eyre, central Australia. In X. Ubeda, D. Vericat, & R. J. Batalla (Eds.), Avances de la Geomorfologia en Espana, 2008 - 2010 (pp. 189-192). Lerida, Spain.

• Conference Items

  Year	Citation
  2017	Craig, M. J., Baas, J., Manning, A., Amos, K., & Strachan, L. (2017). Not just along for the ride – the influence of extracellular polymeric substances on fine-grained sediment gravity flows. Poster session presented at the meeting of Geological Society of London Lyell Meeting. London, United Kingdom.
  2017	Craig, M. J., Baas, J., Manning, A., Amos, K., & Strachan, L. (2017). Does Organic Matter Have an Unacknowledged Influence on the Dynamics and Deposits of Fine-Grained Submarine Sediment Gravity Flows?. Poster session presented at the meeting of AAPG ACE. Houston, United States of America.
  2016	Craig, M. J., Baas, J., Amos, K., Strachan, L., & Baker, M. (2016). How does organic matter affect the head velocity and run-out distance of cohesive sediment gravity flows?. Poster session presented at the meeting of EGU General Assembly. Vienna, Austria.
  2016	Craig, M. J., Baas, J., Amos, K., Strachan, L., & Baker, M. (2016). Experimental analogue study - How does organic matter affect the head velocity and run-out distance of cohesive sediment gravity flows?. Poster session presented at the meeting of Australian Earth Sciences Convention. Adelaide, Australia.
  2015	Counts, J., & Amos, K. (2015). A rare insight into the sedimentology and stratigraphy of a salt-withdrawal minibasin : outcrop investigation of the neoproterozoic Billy Springs Formation, South Australia. Poster session presented at the meeting of Search and Discovery. Melbourne, Vic.: AAPG/Datapages.
  2015	Counts, J., & Amos, K. (2015). A clastic fluvial-deltaic highstand system from the neoproterozoic of South Australia: an excellent outcrop analog for marginal marine deposits in the subsurface. Poster session presented at the meeting of Search and Discovery. Melbourne,Vic.: AAPG/Datapages.
  2014	Nanson, R. A., Lane, T. I., Rarity, G. F., Nyberg, B. B., Amos, K., Vakarelov, B. V., . . . Ishak, N. (2014). The Geometry and Heterolithic Fill of Tide Influenced Channels in the Gulf of Carpentaria, Australia. Poster session presented at the meeting of GeoConventio Focus 2014 - Canadian Society of Petroleum Geologists. Calgary, Canada.

BSc Hons (Petroleum Geology and Geophysics):

PETROGEO4010, Fundamentals of Petroleum Geoscience I - modules in facies analysis, core description and interpretation, depositional environments and their interpretation

PETROGEO4020/4021, Honours Research Project - supervision of Hons students

Masters in Petroleum Geoscience:

PETROGEO7010, Fundamentals of Petroleum Geoscience I - modules in facies analysis, core description and interpretation, depositional environments and their interpretation

PETROGEO7020, Advanced Petroleum Geoscience I - modules in sedimentology and stratigraphy, field-scale palaeogeographic reconstruction

BEng (Petroleum Engineering):

PETROENG2005, Sedimentology and Stratigraphy for Petroleum Engineers

• Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

  Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
  2018 - 2023	Principal Supervisor	Palaeoenvironments of the Tonian to Cryogenian transition in the Adelaide Superbasin	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Georgina Mitford Virgo
  2018 - 2022	Co-Supervisor	Geochronology, Provenance, and Tectonic Evolution of the Adelaide Superbasin, South Australia	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Dr Jarred Cain Lloyd
  2016 - 2022	Co-Supervisor	Controls on the Sedimentology and Paleoenvironmental Evolution of the Permian and Triassic of the Sydney Basin, New South Wales, Australia	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	Miss Chen Yu
  2014 - 2018	Co-Supervisor	Controls on the Geometry, Stratigraphic Distribution and Quality of Coals of Middle to Upper Jurassic Strata in Eastern Australia	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Dr Carmine Christopher Wainman
  2014 - 2018	Principal Supervisor	A Focus on the Sedimentology of Transgressions in Interior Seaways: Utilising Modern and Outcrop Analogues to Interpret the Subsurface Cretaceous Murta Formation, Eromanga Basin, Australia	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Ms Sandra Jean Mann
  2013 - 2016	Principal Supervisor	Sedimentology, Provenance, and Salt-Sediment Interaction in the Ediacaran Pound Subgroup, Flinders Ranges, South Australia	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr John Waldon Counts
  2012 - 2016	Principal Supervisor	Understanding the Origin and Controls on the Development of Anabranching Rivers	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Sara Eugenia Moron Polanco
  2010 - 2015	Principal Supervisor	Impact Sedimentation of the Tookoonooka and Talundilly Marine Impact Structures, Australia: An Impact Reservoir Generated by Cratering in a Petroleum Basin	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Part Time	Ms Katherine Bron

• Committee Memberships

  Date	Role	Committee	Institution	Country
  2011 - 2013	Member	Faculty Research Advisory Committee	Faculty of ECMS, University of Adelaide	-
  2010 - 2014	Member	Centre for Tectonics, Resources and Exploration Management Committee	University of Adelaide	-
  2010 - 2013	Member	Faculty Learning and Teaching Committee	Faculty of ECMS, University of Adelaide	-

• Consulting/Advisories

  Date	Institution	Department	Organisation Type	Country
  2013 - ongoing	-	-	-	-

• Offices Held

  Date	Office Name	Institution	Country
  2016 - ongoing	Post-graduate Co-ordinator	Australian School of Petroleum, The University of Adelaide	-
  2013 - 2015	School SGDE and Blended Learning Co-ordinator	Australian School of Petroleum, University of Adelaide	-
  2011 - 2015	Petroleum Geoscience Honours and MSc Degree Programs Co-ordinator	University of Adelaide	-

• Position: Associate Professor
• Phone: 83134309
• Email: kathryn.amos@adelaide.edu.au
• Fax: 83134345
• Campus: North Terrace
• Building: Mawson, floor First Floor
• Room: 120
• Org Unit: Earth Sciences