Global Utilities

La Trobe University
Department of Civil Engineering and Physical Sciences

Staff profile

Rod Boucher

Honorary Research Associate

Qualifications

  • BAppSci La Trobe; Hons, PhD SA

Teaching areas

  • Geology 110

Professional involvement

  • July 1997 – Present: Director, Linex Pty Ltd., Geological consultants
  • June 1994 - July 1997: Petroleum Geologist, Mines and Energy South Australia (now Primary Industries and Resources South Australia, PIRSA)

Professional memberships

  • GSA, AusIMM, AIG, ASEG, AAPG, PESA
  • Current Victorian AIG State Treasurer, past South Australian PESA State Secretary

Recent publications and presentations

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  • Boucher, R. K., 2001a. Are Cooper Basin ridges structural? MESA Journal. 21:30-32.
  • Boucher, R. K., 2001b. The nature, origin, distribution and significance of the altered zone beneath the Cooper Basin, South Australia. Department of Mines and Energy South Australia. Report Book 2001/012.
  • Boucher, R. K., 2001c. Analysis of Roseneath and Murteree Shale seals, Cooper Basin, South Australia. Department of Mines and Energy South Australia. Report Book 2001/015.
  • O'Driscoll, E. S. T. & Boucher, R. K., 2001. The metal-rich west-northwesterly crustal corridor through the Curnamona Craton, South Australia. Global Tectonics & Metallogeny. 7(3&4):203-207.
  • Boucher, R. K., 2002a. Warburton Basin GIS atlas. Department of Mines and Energy South Australia. Report Book 2001/019.
  • Boucher, R. K., 2002b. Gold deposits revealed by the topographic expression of lineaments, central Victoria, Australia. Global Tectonics & Metallogeny. In prep.
  • Sun, X., Boucher, R. K. & Gatehouse, C. G., 2002. Petroleum potential at the interface between the Cooper and eastern Warburton Basins. APPEA Journal.
  • Roberts, C., Jackson, T, Allwood, K., Shawcross, M., Story, J., Barbetti, L., Tielen, R., Boucher, R. and Norris, N., 2003. Fosterville – Rise of the Phoenix. The emerging goldfield at Fosterville. NewGen Gold 2003.
  • Boucher, R. K., 2004. Utilising sediments to constrain the structural reconstruction of the central Victorian goldfields. AIG News. 76:21-23.
  • Boucher, R. K., 2005. Advanced core logging at the Gold Fields Australasia Lockington project, northern Victoria. In: Boucher, R. K. & Thomas, L., 2005. Victorian Core Logging Symposium. Australian Institute of Geoscientists Bulletin. 43:3.
  • Boucher, R. K. & Thomas, L., 2005. Victorian Core Logging Symposium. Australian Institute of Geoscientists Bulletin. 43
  • Twidale, C. R., Bourne, J., Cambell, I. B. & Boucher, R. K. in press. Crustal structure and mineral deposits. E.S.T. O’Driscoll's contribution to mineral exploration. Rosenberg Publishing Pty Ltd.
  • Boucher, R. K., in press. Examples of key structural geometries developed during simple shearing. In: Twidale, C. R., Bourne, J., Cambell, I. B. & Boucher, R. K. in press. Crustal structure and mineral deposits. E.S.T. O’Driscoll's contribution to mineral exploration. Rosenberg Publishing Pty Ltd..