
Dr Derrick Hasterok
Lecturer
School of Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences
Faculty of Sciences, Engineering and Technology
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.
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My research focuses on the study of heat and fluids deep within the Earth's crust and upper mantle. Much of the work is large scale, looking at continental to global scale patterns of heat flow and crustal radioactivity, or regional utilizing electromagnetic soundings and laboratory measurements to understand crustal hydration. Lately, my work has drifted into global geochemistry and data analytics, specifically looking at temporal evolution of granites and the sources of variability in radiogenic heat production.
For more information, you can check out my personal website: http://dhasterok.wixsite.com/world-of-wonder/
Several projects have required the compilation of large datasets including the Global Heat Flow Database (http://www.heatflow.org) and a global geochemical database (https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2592822). I also have been releasing some of the codes that I used to analyze and process the data on GitHub (https://github.com/dhasterok), which includes links to codes for global geochemistry, protolith prediction, and global plate and province models.
Here's a video about the Global Geochemical Database that my group has compiled.
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Appointments
Date Position Institution name 2013 - ongoing Lecturer (geophysics) University of Adelaide -
Language Competencies
Language Competency English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review -
Education
Date Institution name Country Title University of Utah United States PhD University of Utah United States MSc Caltech United States BS -
Postgraduate Training
Date Title Institution Country 2010 - 2013 Cecil and Ida Green Scholar Scripps Institution of Oceanography United States
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Journals
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Book Chapters
Year Citation 2020 Hasterok, D., & Chapman, D. S. (2020). Isostasy, Thermal. In H. K. Gupta (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Solid Earth Geophysics (Vol. PartF4, pp. 847-854). Springer International Publishing.
2016 Sclater, J. G., Hasterok, D., Goutorbe, B., Hillier, J., & Negrete, R. (2016). Marine heat flow. In Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series (Vol. Part 2, pp. 449-460). Springer Netherlands.
2011 Hasterok, D., & Chapman, D. S. (2011). Isostasy, Thermal. In H. K. Gupta (Ed.), Encyclopedia of Solid Earth Geophysics (Vol. Part 5, pp. 662-668). Springer.
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Conference Papers
Year Citation 2011 Wannamaker, P., Maris, V., Hasterok, D., & Doerner, W. (2011). Crustal scale resistivity structure, magmatic-hydrothermal connections, and thermal regionalization of the Great Basin. In Transactions - Geothermal Resources Council Vol. 35 2 (pp. 1787-1790). San Diego, California.
Scopus72010 Wannamaker, P. E., Maris, V., Hasterok, D. P., & Doerner, W. M. (2010). Extensional tectonism, magmatic-hydrothermal connections and geothermal systems of the southwestern United States as revealed through magnetotelluric surveying. In Society of Exploration Geophysicists International Exposition and 80th Annual Meeting 2010, SEG 2010 (pp. 3908-3913). Society of Exploration Geophysicists.
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Conference Items
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Theses
Year Citation 2010 Hasterok, D. P. (2010). Thermal Regime of the Continental and Oceanic Lithosphere. (PhD Thesis, University of Utah). 2005 Hasterok, D. P. (2005). Thermal Isostasy on Continents: Applications to North America. (Master's Thesis, University of Utah). -
Datasets
Year Citation 2022 Hasterok, D., Halpin, J., Collins, A., Hand, M., Kreemer, C., Glorie, S., & Gard, M. (2022). New maps of global geologic provinces and tectonic plates: global tectonics data and QGIS project file.
2022 Hasterok, D., Halpin, J., Collins, A., Hand, M., Kreemer, C., Glorie, S., & Gard, M. (2022). New maps of global geologic provinces and tectonic plates: global tectonics data and QGIS project file.
2021 Sanchez, G., Halpin, J., Gard, M., Stål, T., Raimondo, T., Peters, S., & Burton-Johnson, A. (2021). PetroChron Antarctica – a geological database for interdisciplinary use.
2019 Hasterok, D., Gard, M., Bishop, C., & Kelsey, D. (2019). Geochemical data for protolith classification testing.
2019 Gard, M., & Halpin, J. (2019). Global whole-rock geochemical database compilation.
2008 Hasterok, D. P. (2008). Revised global heat flow database.
ARC DP180104074
Understanding the future stability of of Antarctica's ice sheets are extremely important to mitigating the potential for sea-level rise associated with global warming. One of the key parameters in these models is the basal thermal conditions of the ice sheet. Our ARC discovery project aims to produce accurate estimates of crustal heat production, temperatures and geothermal heat loss that can be used to improve glacial models of ice flow and growth/retreat.
Collaborators: Martin Hand (UA), Jacqueline Halpin (UTas), Sandra McLaren (UM)
Students involved: Matt Gard and Simon Wilcox
ARC DP160104637
Deep (electrical) fluid pathways which extend to the near surface of the Earth are associated with some world-class mineral deposits. In this project, we investigate the effect of hydration on the electrical conductivity of the lower crust and the interpretation of deep electromagnetic soundings of the crust including the potential for identification of deep fluid pathways.
Students involved: Sam Jennings
I am the honours degree coordinator in Earth Sciences. If you wish to study an honours degree, feel free to contact me. To submit an application, you can submit an expression of interest on the Faculty of Sciences website. For a sampling of the types of projects that we have on offer you may peruse our program booklet.
Geophysics IIIA/IIIB – an introduction to geophysical fields and their application to the Earth. This course is primarily theory-based, exploring the physical properties of the Earth and their effect on gravity, magnetic, and temperature fields (IIIA), and electrical and seismic fields (IIIB). We relate the physical theory and mathematics to develop simplified models of the Earth that provide insight into its gross composition, structure and evolution.
Tectonics III – examines the prevailing theories for how the solid Earth evolves, with a focus on plate tectonics. In this course, we discuss how to identify tectonic processes and their physical controls, boundary forces, and surface expression and temporal evolution. We also cover non-tectonic processes that help us understand tectonics and widen the theory to a whole Earth theory for mantle convection. We wrap-up by exploring the evidence or lack thereof for tectonics within the solar system.
Geoscience Data Analysis – A short course for honours students covers a wide range of data analysis techniques used in Earth Sciences. The course is about a week long and covers topics in basic statistics, hypothesis testing, regression, multidimensional data visualization and analysis, geospatial visualization and interpolation, time-series analysis, and issues related to geochemical data.
Other courses I have taught in the past include:
- Earth's Interior I
- Geology for Engineers
- Exploration Methods III
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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2022 Co-Supervisor Magnetotelluric AusLAMP geophysics-seismic Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr David Brian Baker -
Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)
Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name 2018 - 2023 Principal Supervisor Constraining Subglacial Heat Flux in Antarctica from Thermal Conductivity and Subglacial Lakes Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Simon Robert Willcocks 2018 - 2021 Principal Supervisor Nature of the Lower Crust Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Samuel Scott Jennings 2018 - 2022 Co-Supervisor Understanding Marine Magnetotellurics Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Jake Elias MacFarlane 2016 - 2021 Principal Supervisor Constraints on the thermal state of the continental lithosphere Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Part Time Mr Matthew Geoffrey Gard 2016 - 2020 Co-Supervisor Hydrologic and Isotopic Lake Modelling for Palaeoclimate Research Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Martin James Ankor 2015 - 2018 Co-Supervisor Electrokinetic Methods and Applications in Australian Aquifer Settings: High-Dimension Electrical Tomography Imaging and Neural Network Filtration Techniques Master of Philosophy Master Full Time Joseph Rugari 2014 - 2018 Co-Supervisor Advances in Magnetotelluric Modelling: Time-Lapse Inversion, Bayesian Inversion and Machine Learning Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Dennis John Conway 2014 - 2019 Co-Supervisor Understanding interpretation limitations due to MT inversion variability: examples from the Mount Isa Province, Queensland, Australia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mrs Janelle Maree Simpson 2013 - 2016 Co-Supervisor The resistivity and permeability of fractured rocks Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mrs Alison Louise Kirkby
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Committee Memberships
Date Role Committee Institution Country 2019 - ongoing Board Member International Heat Flow Commission International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics Norway -
Memberships
Date Role Membership Country 2009 - ongoing Member Geochemical Society United States 2008 - ongoing Member American Geophysical Union United States -
Presentation
Date Topic Presented at Institution Country 2021 - 2021 EP12D-02 - Improving thermal properties estimates of the Antarctic crust and their uncertainties (Invited) Fall Meeting 2021 American Geophysical Union United States 2021 - ongoing The Lithosphere-Asthenosphere Boundary: Perspectives from Thermal Studies (Invited) International Lithosphere Program CoLiBrI Switzerland 2021 - ongoing The Global Geochemical Database Online AuScope Geochemistry Network - 2019 - 2019 C21F-1509 - Constraining Geothermal Heat Flux Beneath Ice Sheets Using Thermal Isostasy Fall Meeting 2021 American Geophysical Union United States 2019 - 2019 S22C-01 - Advances in thermal models for the lithosphere: geotherm construction, uncertainties, and validation (Invited) Fall Meeting 2019 American Geophysical Union United States
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