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Research output per year
Personal profile
Qualifications
BSc Hons. I University of Edinburgh
PhD University of California at Los Angeles
Biography
I received a BSc in geology from the University of Edinburgh in 1977 and a PhD from the University of California at Los Angeles in 1981. Since then I have been a researcher at Monash University, at the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation, Australia, and most recently at the University of Western Australia.
My research is in structural geology, the mechanics of hydrothermal systems, computer modelling of coupled deforming systems with heat and fluid transport and the thermodynamics of chaotic systems. My interests are in applying the tools developed for nonlinear dynamical systems, particularly multifractal analysis and recurrence plots, to large data sets on alteration assemblages, deformation and mineralisation in mineralising systems in order to quantify and fingerprint various classes of hydrothermal mineralising systems.
My goal is to develop a new paradigm for mineral exploration based on nonlinear dynamics.
External positions
Visiting Professor, Hefei University of Technology
May 2015 → …
Industry keywords
- Mining and Resources
Research expertise keywords
- Structural geology
- Computational geoscience
- Mineral geodynamics
- Predictive mineral discovery
- Nonlinear dynamics
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Computational Simulation of Chemical Osmosis Induced Flow and Solute Concentration Variation Problems in Solution-Saturated Semi-permeable Porous Materials
Zhao, C., Liu, Y., Hobbs, B. E., Ord, A. & Zhang, X., Feb 2025, In: Transport in Porous Media. 152, 2, p. 1-26 26 p., 17.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Creep deformation of polycrystalline quartz in controlled chemical environments
Wang, J. N., Hobbs, B. E., Ord, A., Boland, J. N. & Lister, G., Apr 2025, In: Journal of Materials Science. 60, 15, p. 6477-6495 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Theoretical analyses of solute concentration-gradient driven water flow and solute concentration variation in solution-saturated semi-permeable materials
Liu, Y., Zhao, C., Hobbs, B., Ord, A. & Zhang, X., 15 Apr 2025, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Science China Technological Sciences. 68, 5, 11 p., 1520702.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Theoretical Investigation of Boundary Condition Effects on Chemical Osmosis-Induced Water Flow and Solute Concentration Variation in a Horizontal Layer of the Solution-Saturated Semi-permeable Medium
Zhao, C., Liu, Y., Hobbs, B. E., Ord, A. & Zhang, X., Sept 2025, In: Transport in Porous Media. 152, 9, 62.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Three critical issues associated with the computational simulation of hydrothermal ore deposits within the Earth’s upper crust
Zhao, C., Hobbs, B. E., Ord, A. & Zhang, X., Jun 2025, In: Hydrogeology Journal. 33, 4, p. 893-907 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Projects
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The Quantification of Hydrothermal Mineralising Systems
Ord, A. (Investigator 01), Hobbs, B. (Investigator 02) & Kruhl, J. (Investigator 03)
1/01/13 → 31/12/14
Project: Research
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Multiscale Dynamics of Hydrothermal Mineral Systems
Ord, A. (Investigator 01) & Hobbs, B. (Investigator 02)
Minerals Research Institute of Western Australia
1/12/12 → 31/12/15
Project: Research
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Multiscale Dynamics of Ore Body Formation
McCuaig, C. (Chief Investigator), Gessner, K. (Chief Investigator), Hobbs, B. (Chief Investigator), Ord, A. (Chief Investigator), Gorczyk, W. (Chief Investigator), Liu, J. (Chief Investigator), Gerya, T. (Chief Investigator), Lester, D. (Chief Investigator) & Cawood, P. (Chief Investigator)
ARC Australian Research Council
1/01/10 → 4/09/15
Project: Research
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Multiscale Dynamics of Ore Body Formation
McCuaig, C. (Chief Investigator), Gessner, K. (Chief Investigator), Hobbs, B. (Chief Investigator), Ord, A. (Chief Investigator), Gorczyk, W. (Chief Investigator), Liu, J. (Chief Investigator), Gerya, T. (Chief Investigator), Lester, D. (Chief Investigator) & Cawood, P. (Chief Investigator)
ARC Australian Research Council
1/01/10 → 4/09/15
Project: Research
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Multiscale Dynamics of Ore Body Formation
APAI, N. N. (Investigator 01), McCuaig, C. (Investigator 02), Gessner, K. (Investigator 03), APAI, U. (Investigator 04), Hobbs, B. (Investigator 05), Cawood, P. (Investigator 06), Ord, A. (Investigator 07), Gorczyk, W. (Investigator 08), Gerya, T. (Investigator 09), Liu, J. (Investigator 10) & Lester, D. (Investigator 11)
ARC Australian Research Council
1/01/10 → 31/12/15
Project: Research
Prizes
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Fellow of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering
Ord, A. (Recipient), 2010
Prize: Other distinction