Staff profile

Dr Rod Boucher

Honorary Research Associate

Faculty of Science, Technology and Engineering

School of Engineering and Mathematical Sciences
Department of Civil Engineering and Physical Sciences

Bendigo

 

Qualifications

BAppSci La Trobe; Hons, PhD SA

Membership of professional Associations

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

Area of study

Civil Engineering

Teaching Units

Geology 110

Consulting

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 S.A.)

Recent Publications

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..