Research Interests
Marine Geoscience Palaeontology Petroleum and Coal Geology Sedimentology StratigraphyDr Carmine Wainman
School of Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences
College of Science
I am a Grant Funded Researcher at the Australian School of Petroleum, University of Adelaide. I have expertise in sedimentology, stratigraphy, palynology and basin modelling. My research has applications in understanding past palaeogeographies and a basin's resource potential.
My current research primarily focuses on enhancing our understanding of the Cooper Basin's sedimentary and tectonic evolution. I will use data collected from the project to establish the relationship between depositional environments, coeval tectonism and identifying sites suitable for carbon capture and storage. My other research interests include the evolution of Australia's southern margin using new data acquired from IODP Expedition 369 (September to November 2017), Middle to Upper Jurassic coal-bearing strata in eastern Australia and palaeobotany.
| Date | Position | Institution name |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 - 2022 | Grant Funded Researcher | University of Adelaide |
| 2018 - 2017 | Technical Assistant | University of Adelaide |
| 2017 - 2020 | Postdoctoral Fellow | University of Adelaide |
| 2013 - 2013 | Geology Intern | Woodside Energy |
| 2012 - 2013 | Graduate Geoscientist | RSK Group plc |
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 - 2018 | University of Adelaide | Australia | PhD Geoscience |
| 2008 - 2012 | University of Southampton | United Kingdom | MSci Geology |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2025 | Wainman, C. C., & McCabe, P. J. (2025). Anatomy of the late Pennsylvanian to early Triassic failed rift system of the Cooper Basin, eastern Australia. Gondwana Research, 138, 47-69. |
| 2023 | Riley, D., Pearce, T., Davidson, M., Sirantoine, E., Lewis, C., & Wainman, C. (2023). Application of elemental chemostratigraphy to refine the stratigraphy of the Adavale Basin, Queensland. The APPEA Journal, 63(1), 207-219. |
| 2022 | Wainman, C. C., McCabe, P. J., & Crowley, J. L. (2022). New insights on the age and stratigraphy of the Cisuralian succession in the Cooper Basin, Australia, based on U–Pb CA-TIMS dating of volcanic air-fall tuffs. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 69(4), 497-508. Scopus5 WoS4 |
| 2021 | Maritati, A., Halpin, J. A., Whittaker, J. M., Daczko, N. R., & Wainman, C. C. (2021). Provenance of Upper Jurassic–Lower Cretaceous strata in the Mentelle Basin, southwestern Australia, reveals a trans-Gondwanan fluvial pathway. Gondwana Research, 93, 128-141. Scopus10 WoS10 |
| 2021 | Salmachi, A., Rajabi, M., Wainman, C., Mackie, S., McCabe, P., Camac, B., & Clarkson, C. (2021). History, geology, in situ stress pattern, gas content and permeability of coal seam gas basins in Australia: a review. Energies, 14(9), 2651-1-2651-37. Scopus68 WoS57 |
| 2021 | Tagliaro, G., Wainman, C. C., & Fulthorpe, C. S. (2021). Inherited morphobathymetric controls over contourite drift deposition: a case study from the late Cenozoic Mentelle Basin, Australia. Interpretation, 9(3), T637-T652. Scopus4 WoS3 |
| 2021 | Wolfgring, E., Kaminski, M. A., Waśkowska, A., Wainman, C. C., Petrizzo, M. R., Lee, E. Y., . . . Gong, S. (2021). Foraminiferal stratigraphy and paleoenvironments of a high latitude marginal marine basin – a Late Cretaceous record from IODP Site U1512 (Great Australian Bight). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 580, 1-18. Scopus7 WoS5 |
| 2021 | Foley, E. K., Henderson, R. A., Roberts, E. M., Kemp, A. I. S., Todd, C. N., Knutsen, E. M., . . . Spandler, C. (2021). Jurassic arc: reconstructing the lost world of eastern Gondwana. Geology, 49(11), 1391-1396. Scopus19 WoS19 |
| 2020 | Vahlenkamp, M., De Vleeschouwer, D., Batenburg, S., Edgar, K., Hanson, E., Martinez, M., . . . Participants, E. S. (2020). A lower to middle Eocene astrochronology for the Mentelle Basin (Australia) and its implications for the geologic time scale. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 529, 1-13. |
| 2020 | Lee, E. Y., Wolfgring, E., Tejada, M. L. G., Harry, D. L., Wainman, C. C., Chun, S. S., . . . Kim, Y. (2020). Early Cretaceous subsidence of the Naturaliste Plateau defined by a new record of volcaniclastic-rich sequence at IODP Site U1513. Gondwana Research, 82, 1-11. Scopus22 WoS20 |
| 2020 | MacLeod, K. G., White, L. T., Wainman, C. C., Martinez, M., Jones, M. M., Batenburg, S. J., . . . Xu, Z. (2020). Late Cretaceous stratigraphy and paleoceanographic evolution in the Great Australian Bight Basin based on results from IODP Site U1512. Gondwana Research, 83, 80-95. Scopus16 WoS14 |
| 2020 | Wainman, C. C., Tagliaro, G., Jones, M. M., Charles, A. J., Hall, T., White, L. T., . . . Holford, S. P. (2020). The sedimentological evolution and petroleum potential of a very thick Upper Cretaceous marine mudstone succession from the southern high latitudes—a case study from the Bight Basin, Australia. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 118, 104441-1-104441-19. Scopus14 WoS10 |
| 2020 | Wainman, C. C., & McCabe, P. J. (2020). Correlation of fluvial strata in the subsurface–a review. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 122, 18 pages. Scopus7 WoS6 |
| 2020 | Harry, D. L., Tejada, M. L. G., Lee, E. Y., Wolfgring, E., Wainman, C. C., Brumsack, H., . . . White, L. T. (2020). Evolution of the Southwest Australian Rifted Continental Margin During Breakup of East Gondwana: Results from IODP Expedition 369. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 21(12), 1-26. Scopus22 WoS21 |
| 2019 | Wainman, C. C., Borissova, I., Harry, D. L., Hobbs, R. W., Mantle, D. J., Maritati, A., & Lee, E. Y. (2019). Evidence for non-marine Jurassic to earliest Cretaceous sediments in the pre-breakup section of the Mentelle Basin, southwestern Australia. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 67(1), 89-105. Scopus12 WoS11 |
| 2019 | Wainman, C., Mantle, D., Hannaford, C., & McCabe, P. (2019). Possible freshwater dinoflagellate cysts and colonial algae from the Upper Jurassic strata of the Surat Basin, Australia. Palynology, 43(3), 1-12. Scopus12 WoS12 |
| 2019 | Wainman, C. C., Reynolds, P., Hall, T., McCabe, P. J., & Holford, S. P. (2019). Nature and origin of tuff beds in Jurassic strata of the Surat Basin, Australia: implications on the evolution of the eastern margin of Gondwana during the Mesozoic. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 377, 103-116. Scopus21 WoS19 |
| 2018 | Wainman, C., Hannaford, C., Mantle, D., & McCabe, P. (2018). Utilizing U–Pb CA-TIMS dating to calibrate the Middle to Late Jurassic spore-pollen zonation of the Surat Basin, Australia to the geological time-scale. Alcheringa, 42(3), 402-414. Scopus14 WoS14 |
| 2018 | Wainman, C. C., & McCabe, P. J. (2018). Evolution of the depositional environments of the Jurassic Walloon Coal Measures, Surat Basin, Queensland, Australia. Sedimentology, 66(5), 1673-1699. Scopus18 WoS16 |
| 2018 | Huber, B. T., Hobbs, R. W., Bogus, K. A., Batenburg, S. J., Brumsack, H. J., Do Monte Guerra, R., . . . Xu, Z. (2018). Tectonic, paleoclimate, and paleoceanographic history of high-latitude southern margins of Australia during the Cretaceous. International Ocean Discovery Program Preliminary Reports, (369), 1-39. Scopus1 |
| 2018 | Wainman, C., McCabe, P., & Crowley, J. (2018). Solving a tuff problem: Defining a chronostratigraphic framework for Middle to Upper Jurassic nonmarine strata in eastern Australia using U-Pb CA-TIMS zircon dates. AAPG Bulletin, 102(6), 1141-1168. Scopus35 WoS34 |
| 2016 | Salmachi, A., Rajabi, M., Reynolds, P., Yarmohammadtooski, Z., & Wainman, C. (2016). The effect of magmatic intrusions on coalbed methane reservoir characteristics: A case study from the Hoskissons coalbed, Gunnedah Basin, Australia. International Journal of Coal Geology, 165, 278-289. Scopus39 WoS34 |
| 2016 | Hill, R., Beer, Y., Hill, K., Maciunas, E., Tarran, M., & Wainman, C. (2016). Evolution of the eucalypts - an interpretation from the macrofossil record. Australian Journal of Botany, 64(8), 600-608. Scopus33 WoS36 Europe PMC7 |
| 2015 | Wainman, C., McCabe, P., Crowley, J., & Nicoll, R. (2015). U-Pb zircon age of the Walloon Coal Measures in the Surat Basin, southeast Queensland: implications for paleogeography and basin subsidence. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 62(7), 807-816. Scopus33 WoS32 |
| - | Hobbs, R. W., Huber, B. T., & Bogus, K. A. (2019). Volume 369: Australia Cretaceous Climate and Tectonics. |
| - | Hobbs, R. W., Huber, B. T., & Bogus, K. A. (2019). Volume 369: Australia Cretaceous Climate and Tectonics. |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2019 | Wainman, C. C., Taligaro, G., & McCabe, P. (2019). New insights on the Upper Cretaceous Tiger Supersequence of the Bight Basin from International Ocean Discovery Hole U1512. In Australian Exploration Geoscience Conference (AEGC) 2019 Conference Papers Vol. 2019 (pp. 1-2). online: ASEG. DOI Scopus1 |
| 2015 | Salmachi, A., Wainman, C., Rajabi, M., & McCabe, P. (2015). Effect of volcanic intrusions and mineral matters on desorption characteristics of coals (Case Study). In Proceedings Asia Pacific Unconventional Resources Conference and Exhibition (pp. SPE-176841-MS-1-SPE-176841-MS-13). Brisbane, QLD: Society of Petroleum Engineers. DOI Scopus1 |
| - | Wainman, C. C., & McCabe, P. J. (2022). Understanding the interplay between basin architecture, depositional environments and sediment pathways in the Cooper Basin. In Exploring Australia’s Resource Frontier. etroleum Exploration Society of Australia (PESA). DOI |
| Year | Citation |
|---|---|
| 2018 | Wainman, C. C. (2018). Recognising base level shifts in the Upper Jurassic Walloon Coal Measures of the Surat Basin, Australia. Poster session presented at the meeting of Australian Geoscience Council Convention. Adelaide, Australia. |
| 2018 | McCabe, P., Holford, S., Huber, B., Hobbs, R., Bogus, K., & Wainman, C. C. (2018). Sedimentological and palynological investigations from Mesozoic strata of the Bight and Mentelle Basins, Australia: Preliminary results from IODP Expedition 369.. Poster session presented at the meeting of Australian Geoscience Council Convention. Adelaide, Australia. |
| 2017 | Wainman, C. C., & McCabe, P. J. (2017). Overcoming challenges in nonmarine stratigraphy using a multidisciplinary approach: an example from Mesozoic basins of eastern Australia. Poster session presented at the meeting of EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts. Vienna, Austria. |
| 2017 | Wainman, C., & McCabe, P. (2017). Using precise CA-TIMS ages of volcanic air-fall tuff beds in correlating the Walloon Coal Measures of the Surat Basin, Australia. Poster session presented at the meeting of The APPEA Journal. CSIRO Publishing. DOI |
| 2016 | Wainman, C. C., & mccabe. (2016). The Correlation of Fluvio-Lacustrine Strata Using Volcanic Tuffs in the Jurassic Walloon Coal Measures, Surat Basin, Australia: A New Technique in the Exploration Tool Box. Poster session presented at the meeting of Geological Society of London Janet Watson Meeting 2016: The Future of Hydrocarbon Exploration. London, United Kingdom. |
| 2016 | Wainman, C. C., & mccabe. (2016). The Correlation of Fluvio-Lacustrine Strata with Dated Volcanic Tuffs: An Example from the Jurassic Walloon Coal Measures, Australia. Poster session presented at the meeting of Australian Earth Sciences Convention. Adelaide, Australia. |
| 2016 | Wainman, C. C., & mccabe. (2016). Climate or Subsidence? Geologic Controls on the Stratigraphic Distribution of Coal Beds in the Jurassic Walloon Coal Measures, Surat Basin, Australia. Poster session presented at the meeting of AESC 2016 – Australian Earth Sciences Convention. Adelaide, Australia. |
| 2016 | Wainman, C. C., & McCabe, P. J. (2016). Correlation of Fluvio-Lacustrine Strata Using Volcanic Tuffs: New Insights From the Jurassic Walloon Coal Measures, Surat Basin, Australia. Poster session presented at the meeting of AAPG Annual Convention and Exhibition. Calgary, Canada. |
| 2016 | Wainman, C., & McCabe, P. (2016). Tectonic and climatic controls on facies distribution in the Jurassic Walloon coal measures, Surat basin, Australia. Poster session presented at the meeting of International Conference and Exhibition, Barcelona, Spain, 3-6 April 2016. Society of Exploration Geophysicists and American Association of Petroleum Geologists. DOI |
| 2015 | Wainman, C. C., & McCabe, P. (2015). Mires in the dark: high latitude coals in the Jurassic Walloon Subgroup of the Surat Basin, Australia. Poster session presented at the meeting of Abstracts of AAPG/SEG International Conference and Exhibition. Melbourne, Australia: AAPG Datapages. DOI |
Sedimentary evolution of the Ceduna Sub-basin and associated palaeoceanographic changes during the Late Cretaceous (Australian Research Council’s LIEF funding scheme [LE160100067])
PetroEng 2005 - Sedimentology and Stratigraphy for Petroleum Engineers
Sydney Basin Field Trip
| Date | Role | Membership | Country |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 - ongoing | Member | European Geoscience Union | Germany |
| 2015 - ongoing | Member | SEPM - Society for Sedimentary Geology | United States |
| 2015 - ongoing | Member | Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists | Australia |
| 2014 - ongoing | Member | American Association of Petroleum Geologists | United States |
| 2014 - ongoing | Member | Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia | Australia |
| 2013 - ongoing | Member | Geological Society of London | United Kingdom |
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