EPrf Peter McCabe
School of Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences
College of Science
Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD as Co-Supervisor only - email supervisor to discuss availability.
Research interests include: unconventional resources, architecture of sandstone reservoirs for oil and gas, sequence stratigraphy of nonmarine strata, depositional environments of coal and coal-bearing strata, and assessment of fossil fuel resources.
| Date | Position | Institution name |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 - 2020 | South Australian State Chair of Petroleum Geology | University of Adelaide |
| 2012 - 2014 | Professor of Applied Sedimentology | Queensland University of Technology |
| 2007 - 2012 | Theme Leader | CSIRO |
| 1987 - 2007 | Research Geologist | US Geological Survey |
| Date | Type | Title | Institution Name | Country | Amount |
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| 1999 | Award | Wallace E. Pratt Memorial Award | American Association of Petroleum Geologists, | - | - |
| Date | Institution name | Country | Title |
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| 1971 - 1975 | University of Keele | U.K. | Ph.D. |
| 1968 - 1971 | University of Hull | United Kingdom | B.Sc. |
| Year | Citation |
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| 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. Scopus1 |
| 2024 | Guo, F., McCabe, P., Feng, Z., Zhang, Z., & Peng, W. (2024). Depositional environments of complex lake systems – palaeogeographical evolution and main controls: A case study of the Lower to Middle Permian Roseneath–Epsilon–Murteree strata, Cooper Basin, Australia. Sedimentology, 71(7), 2470-2502. |
| 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 | Guo, F., McCabe, P., Feng, Z., Wu, C., Lyu, X., Peng, W., & Guo, J. (2021). Core-based sedimentological and sequence stratigraphic analysis of shale-dominated gas plays: An example of the early to middle permian Roseneath-Epsilon-Murteree strata in the Cooper basin, Australia. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 129, 21 pages. Scopus5 WoS4 |
| 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. Scopus79 WoS63 |
| 2020 | Dunlop, E. C., Salmachi, A., & McCabe, P. J. (2020). Investigation of increasing hydraulic fracture conductivity within producing ultra-deep coal seams using time-lapse rate transient analysis: A long-term pilot experiment in the Cooper Basin, Australia. International Journal of Coal Geology, 220, 11 pages. Scopus22 WoS22 |
| 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. Scopus15 WoS11 |
| 2020 | Wainman, C. C., & McCabe, P. J. (2020). Correlation of fluvial strata in the subsurface–a review. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 122, 18 pages. Scopus9 WoS7 |
| 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. Scopus13 WoS14 |
| 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. Scopus22 WoS20 |
| 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 |
| 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 WoS15 |
| 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. Scopus19 WoS17 |
| 2017 | Psaltis, S., Farrell, T., Burrage, K., Burrage, P., McCabe, P., Moroney, T., . . . Bednarz, T. (2017). Using population of models to investigate and quantify gas production in a spatially heterogeneous coal seam gas field. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 49, 338-353. Scopus2 WoS2 |
| 2015 | Psaltis, S., Farrell, T., Burrage, K., Burrage, P., McCabe, P., Moroney, T., . . . Mazumder, S. (2015). Mathematical modelling of gas production and compositional shift of a CSG (coal seam gas) field: local model development. Energy, 88, 621-635. Scopus13 WoS13 |
| 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. Scopus36 WoS35 |
| 2002 | Griffith, L. A., McCabe, P. J., & Williams, C. A. (2002). Foreword - Fluvial systems through space and time: from source to sea. BULLETIN OF CANADIAN PETROLEUM GEOLOGY, 50(1), 1-2. |
| 2002 | Ahlbrandt, T. S., & McCabe, P. J. (2002). Global petroleum resources: A view to the future. Geotimes, 47(11), 14-18. Scopus14 WoS8 |
| 2001 | McCabe, P. J. (2001). Energy resources - cornucopia or empty barrel?: Reply. AAPG BULLETIN, 85(6), 1093-1097. WoS2 |
| 2001 | McCabe, P. J. (2001). Sizing things up. GEOTIMES, 46(8), 4. |
| 1998 | McCabe, P. J. (1998). Energy resources - cornucopia or empty barrel?. AAPG Bulletin, 82(11), 2110-2134. Scopus68 WoS43 |
| 1998 | Qiang, J., & McCabe, P. J. (1998). Genetic features of petroleum systems in rift basins of eastern China. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 15(4), 343-358. Scopus43 WoS24 |
| 1997 | Robinson, J. W., & McCabe, P. J. (1997). Sandstone-body and shale-body dimensions in a braided fluvial system: Salt Wash Sandstone Member (Morrison formation), Garfield County, Utah. AAPG BULLETIN-AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGISTS, 81(8), 1267-1291. WoS73 |
| 1994 | Shanley, K. W., & McCabe, P. J. (1994). Perspectives on the sequence stratigraphy of continental strata. American Association of Petroleum Geologists Bulletin, 78(4), 544-568. Scopus941 WoS792 |
| 1992 | McCabe, P. J., & Shanley, K. W. (1992). Organic control on shoreface stacking patterns: bogged down in the mire. Geology, 20(8), 741-744. Scopus43 WoS39 |
| 1992 | KIRSCHBAUM, M. A., & McCABE, P. J. (1992). Controls on the accumulation of coal and on the development of anastomosed fluvial systems in the Cretaceous Dakota Formation of southern Utah. Sedimentology, 39(4), 581-598. Scopus58 WoS50 |
| 1992 | SHANLEY, K. W., McCABE, P. J., & HETTINGER, R. D. (1992). Tidal influence in Cretaceous fluvial strata from Utah, USA: a key to sequence stratigraphic interpretation. Sedimentology, 39(5), 905-930. Scopus253 WoS217 |
| 1992 | Robinson Roberts, L. N., & McCabe, P. J. (1992). Peat accumulation in coastal-plain mires: a model for coals of the Fruitland Formation (Upper Cretaceous) of southern Colorado, USA. International Journal of Coal Geology, 21(3), 115-138. Scopus12 WoS11 |
| 1992 | McCabe, P. J., & Parrish, J. T. (1992). Tectonic and climatic controls on the distribution and quality of Cretaceous coals. Special Paper of the Geological Society of America, 267, 1-15. Scopus74 |
| 1991 | MCCABE, P. J., & SHANLEY, K. W. (1991). AN ORGANIC CONTROL ON SHOREFACE STACKING PATTERNS - FINE TUNING SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHIC CONTROLS. AAPG BULLETIN-AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGISTS, 75(3), 632. |
| 1991 | McCabe, P. J. (1991). Tectonic controls on coal accumulation. Bulletin Societe Geologique De France, 162(2), 277-282. Scopus55 WoS53 |
| 1991 | Shanley, K. W., & McCabe, P. J. (1991). Predicting facies architecture through sequence stratigraphy - an example from the Kaiparowits Plateau, Utah. Geology, 19(7), 742-745. Scopus176 WoS151 |
| 1990 | MCCABE, P. J. (1990). COAL GEOLOGY. GEOTIMES, 35(2), 20. |
| 1989 | McCabe, P. J., Breyer, J. A., Kosters, E. C., Cmura, G. L., & Bailey, A. (1989). Discussion on the sedimentary and botanical factors influencing peat accumulation in the Mississippi Delta: Journal, Vol. 144,1987, pp. 423-434. Journal of the Geological Society, 146(5), 877-880. Scopus4 |
| 1989 | MCCABE, P. J., & BREYER, J. A. (1989). ON THE SEDIMENTARY AND BOTANICAL FACTORS INFLUENCING PEAT ACCUMULATION IN THE MISSISSIPPI DELTA - DISCUSSION. JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, 146, 877-880. WoS7 |
| 1988 | SANCHEZ, J. D., & MCCABE, P. J. (1988). TIDAL CHANNEL DEPOSITS IN UPPER CRETACEOUS OF NORTHERN KAIPAROWITS PLATEAU, UTAH. AAPG BULLETIN-AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGISTS, 72(2), 243. |
| 1987 | McCabe, P. J. (1987). Facies studies of coal and coal-bearing strata. Geological Society Special Publication, 32(1), 51-66. Scopus84 |
| 1987 | MACDONALD, D. E., MCCABE, P. J., & STROBL, R. S. (1987). COALS FORMED IN COASTAL ENVIRONMENTS WITHIN UPPER CRETACEOUS OF ALBERTA BASIN. AAPG BULLETIN-AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGISTS, 71(8), 1010. |
| 1986 | Breyer, J. A., & McCabe, P. J. (1986). Coals associated with tidal sediments in the Wilcox Group ( Paleogene), south Texas ( USA).. Journal of Sedimentary Petrology, 56(4), 510-519. Scopus28 WoS31 |
| 1985 | MCCABE, P. J. (1985). INFLUENCE OF STRIKE-SLIP MOVEMENT ON TERRESTRIAL SEDIMENTATION IN UPPER CARBONIFEROUS OF NOVA-SCOTIA AND NEW-BRUNSWICK. GEOPHYSICS, 50(2), 287. |
| 1984 | MCCABE, P. J. (1984). INFLUENCE OF STRIKE-SLIP MOVEMENT ON TERRESTRIAL SEDIMENTATION IN UPPER CARBONIFEROUS OF NOVA-SCOTIA AND NEW-BRUNSWICK. AAPG BULLETIN-AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGISTS, 68(4), 505. |
| 1981 | MCCABE, P. J. (1981). TECTONIC EFFECTS ON MEANDERING RIVER DEPOSITS, CARBONIFEROUS, NOVA-SCOTIA, CANADA. AAPG BULLETIN-AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGISTS, 65(5), 955. |
| 1980 | Jones, C. M., & McCABE, P. J. (1980). EROSION SURFACES WITHIN GIANT FLUVIAL CROSS-BEDS OF THE CARBONIFEROUS IN NORTHERN ENGLAND. Journal of Sedimentary Research, 50(2), 613-620. Scopus28 WoS25 |
| 1980 | MCCABE, P. J., MCCARTY, K. L., & PLUIM, S. B. (1980). TERRESTRIAL SEDIMENTATION ASSOCIATED WITH STRIKE-SLIP-FAULT MOVEMENT IN MIDDLE CARBONIFEROUS OF NOVA-SCOTIA, CANADA. AAPG BULLETIN-AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGISTS, 64(5), 747-748. WoS1 |
| 1978 | MCCABE, P. J. (1978). COARSE-GRAINED DEPOSITS BY EPHEMERAL STREAMS IN CARBONIFEROUS OF MARITIME PROVINCES, CANADA. AAPG BULLETIN-AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGISTS, 62(3), 542. |
| 1977 | MCCABE, P. J., & JONES, C. M. (1977). FORMATION OF REACTIVATION SURFACES WITHIN SUPERIMPOSED DELTAS AND BEDFORMS. JOURNAL OF SEDIMENTARY PETROLOGY, 47(2), 707-715. WoS74 |
| 1977 | McCABE, P. J. (1977). Deep distributary channels and giant bedforms in the Upper Carboniferous of the Central Pennines, northern England. Sedimentology, 24(2), 271-290. Scopus72 WoS61 |
| 1976 | MCCABE, P. J. (1976). KINDERSCOUTIAN DELTA (CARBONIFEROUS) OF NORTHERN ENGLAND - SLOPE INFLUENCED BY DENSITY CURRENTS. AAPG BULLETIN-AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGISTS, 60(4), 695. |
| 1976 | CANT, D. J., & MCCABE, P. J. (1976). EFFECTS OF ICE ON SEDIMENTS OF SANDY BRAIDED RIVER. AAPG BULLETIN-AMERICAN ASSOCIATION OF PETROLEUM GEOLOGISTS, 60(4), 655. |
| 1975 | McCabe, P. J. (1975). The structure of the viséan limestones between the craven faults, settle, Yorkshire: A discussion. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, 40(4), 563-565. |
| 1973 | McCabe, P. J., & Waugh, B. (1973). Wenlock and Ludlow sedimentation in the Austwick and Horton-in-Ribblesdale Inlier, North-West Yorkshire. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, 39(4), 445-470. Scopus10 |
| 1972 | McCabe, P. J. (1972). The wenlock and lower ludlow strata of the Austwick and Horton-In-Ribblesdale inlier of North - West Yorkshire. Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, 39(2), 167-174. Scopus3 |
| Year | Citation |
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| 1995 | Shanley, K., & McCabe, P. (1995). Sequence stratigraphy of Turonian-Santonian strata, Kaiparowits Plateau, southern Utah, USA: implications for regional correlation and foreland basin evolution. Scopus52 |
| 1993 | Shanley, K. W., & McCabe, P. J. (1993). Alluvial architecture in a sequence stratigraphic framework: a case history from the Upper Cretaceous of southern Utah, USA. Scopus239 |
| 1981 | Gersib, G. A., & McCabe, P. J. (1981). Continental coal-bearing sediments of the Port Hood Formation ( Carboniferous), Cape Linzee, Nova Scotia, Canada.. SEPM Society for Sedimentary Geology. DOI Scopus50 |
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| 2010 | Gautier, D., McCabe, P., Ogden, J., & Demayo, T. (2010). Resources, reserves, and consumption of energy. In T. Graedel, & E. van der Voet (Eds.), Linkages of sustainability (pp. 323-340). United Kingdom: MIT Press. |
| 2009 | Shanley, K. W., & Mccabe, P. J. (2009). Alluvial architecture in a sequence stratigraphie framework: A case history from the Upper Cretaceous of southern Utah, USA. In Geological Modelling of Hydrocarbon Reservoirs and Outcrop Analogues (pp. 21-55). Wiley. DOI Scopus7 |
| 2009 | McCabe, P. J. (2009). Depositional Environments of Coal and Coal-Bearing Strata. In Sedimentology of Coal and Coal Bearing Sequences (pp. 13-42). Wiley. DOI Scopus283 |
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| 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 |
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| 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, 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. 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. (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. |
| 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 |
| - | Wainman, C., & McCabe, P. (2016, April 3). Tectonic and climatic controls on facies distribution in the Jurassic Walloon coal measures, Surat basin, Australia. Poster session presented at the meeting of Global Meeting Abstracts. Society of Exploration Geophysicists. DOI |
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| 2013 | Ryder, R., Qiang, J., McCabe, P., Nuccio, V., & Persits, F. (2013). Shahejie-Shahejie/Guantao/Wumishan and Carboniferous/Permian Coal-Paleozoic total petroleum systems in the Bohaiwan Basin, China: U.S. Geological Survey Scientific Investigations Report 2011-5010. United States of America: United States Geological Survey. |
| Date | Role | Research Topic | Program | Degree Type | Student Load | Student Name |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 - 2022 | Principal 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 |
| 2015 - 2018 | Co-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 |
| 2015 - 2020 | Principal Supervisor | Controls on Gas Production from Permian Ultra-deep Coal Seams of the Cooper Basin: Expanding Reservoir Boundary Theory | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Erik Christopher Dunlop |
| 2015 - 2019 | Principal Supervisor | Sequence stratigraphy, facies architecture and petroleum potential of the Roseneath, Epsilon, and Murteree Formations in the Cooper Basin, Australia | Doctor of Philosophy | Doctorate | Full Time | Mr Fengtao Guo |
| 2014 - 2018 | Principal 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 |
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