Areas of expertise

• Probability Theory 010404
• Seismology And Seismic Exploration 040407
• Optimisation 010303
• Geophysics 0404
• Geophysics Not Elsewhere Classified 040499

Publications

• Magyar, J & Sambridge, M 2023, 'Hydrological objective functions and ensemble averaging with the Wasserstein distance', Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, vol. 27, no. 5, pp. 991-1010.
• Sambridge, M, Jackson, A & Valentine, A 2022, 'Geophysical inversion and optimal transport', Geophysical Journal International, vol. 231, no. 1, pp. 172-198.
• Chen, M, Huang, Z, Campbell, I et al. 2022, 'Simultaneous fractionation of sulfur dioxide explains mass independent fractionation of sulfur isotopes in Archean sedimentary pyrites', Chemical Geology, vol. 587, pp. 1-11.
• Scheiter, M, Valentine, A & Sambridge, M 2022, 'Upscaling and downscaling Monte Carlo ensembles with generative models', Geophysical Journal International, vol. 230, no. 2, pp. 916-931.
• Li, Y, Miller, M, Tkalčić, H, Sambridge, M 2021, 'Small-scale heterogeneity in the lowermost mantle beneath Alaska and northern Pacific revealed from shear-wave triplications', Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 559, no. 11678, pp. 1-11.
• Mousavi, S, Tkalčić, H, Hawkins, R & Sambridge M 2021, 'Lowermost Mantle Shear-Velocity Structure From Hierarchical Trans-Dimensional Bayesian Tomography', Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, vol. 126, no. 9.
• Valentine, A & Sambridge, M 2020, 'Gaussian process models-II. Lessons for discrete inversion', Geophysical Journal International, vol. 220, no. 3, pp. 1648-1656.
• Valentine, A & Sambridge, M 2020, 'Gaussian process models-I. A framework for probabilistic continuous inverse theory', Geophysical Journal International, vol. 220, no. 3, pp. 1632-1647.
• Sambridge, M & Jackson, A 2020, 'National COVID numbers — Benford’s law looks for errors', Nature, vol. 581, p. 384.
• Stephenson, J, Tkalčić, H & Sambridge, M 2020, 'Evidence for the innermost inner core: Robust parameter search for radially varying anisotropy using the Neighbourhood Algorithm', Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, vol. 126, pp. 1-17.
• Hawkins, R, Bodin, T, Sambridge, M et al 2019, 'Trans-Dimensional Surface Reconstruction With Different Classes of Parameterization', Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, vol. 20, no. 1, pp. 505-529.
• Benavente, R, Dettmer, J, Cummins, P et al 2019, 'Efficient Bayesian uncertainty estimation in linear finite fault inversion with positivity constraints by employing a log-normal prior', Geophysical Journal International, vol. 217, no. 1, pp. 469-484.
• Enemark, T, Peeters, L, Mallants, D et al 2019, 'Hydrogeological Bayesian Hypothesis Testing through Trans-Dimensional Sampling of a Stochastic Water Balance Model', Water, vol. 11, no. 7.
• Hawkins, R & Sambridge, M 2019, 'An Adjoint Technique for Estimation of Interstation Phase and Group Dispersion from Ambient Noise Cross Correlations', Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, vol. 109, no. 5, pp. 1716-1728.
• Pejić, T, Hawkins, R, Sambridge, M and Tkalčić, H 2019, 'Transdimensional Bayesian Attenuation Tomography of the Upper Inner Core, Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 124, https://doi.org/10.1029/2018JB0164002019.
• Haynes, M, Horowitz, F, Sambridge, M et al 2018, 'Australian mean land-surface temperature', Geothermics, vol. 72, pp. 156-162pp.
• Jackson, A, Sambridge, M, Parker, R et al 2018, 'The inverse problem of unpolarized infrared spectroscopy of geological materials: Estimation from noisy random sampling of a quadratic form', American Mineralogist, vol. 103, no. 8, pp. 1176-1184PP.
• Emetc, V, Tregoning, P, Morlighem, M et al 2018, 'A statistical fracture model for Antarctic ice shelves and glaciers', Cryosphere, vol. 12, no. 10, pp. 3187-3213.
• Pfeffer, J, Tregoning, P, Purcell, A et al 2018, 'Multitechnique assessment of the interannual to multidecadal variability in steric sea levels: A comparative analysis of climate mode fingerprints', Journal of Climate, vol. 31, no. 18, pp. 7583-7597pp.
• Hawkins, R, Brodie, R & Sambridge, M 2018, 'Trans-dimensional Bayesian inversion of airborne electromagnetic data for 2D conductivity profiles', Exploration Geophysics (Aus), vol. 49, no. 2, pp. 134-147pp.
• Valentine, A & Sambridge, M 2018, 'Optimal regularization for a class of linear inverse problem', Geophysical Journal International, vol. 215, no. 2, pp. 1003-1021pp.
• Pham, T-S, Tkalčić, H, Sambridge, M et al 2018, 'Earth's Correlation Wavefield: Late Coda Correlation', Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 45, no. 7, pp. 3035-3042.
• Pejić, T, Tkalčić, H, Sambridge, M, Benavente, R 2017, 'Attenuation tomography of the upper inner core', Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, pp. 1-25pp.
• Dettmer, J, Hawkins, R, Cummins, P et al 2016, 'Tsunami source uncertainty estimation: The 2011 Japan tsunami', Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, vol. 121, no. 6, pp. 4483-4505pp.
• Sambridge, M 2016, 'Reconstructing time series and their uncertainty from observations with universal noise', Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, vol. 121, no. 7, pp. 4990-5012.
• Davies, R, Goes, S & Sambridge, M 2015, 'On the relationship between volcanic hotspot locations, the reconstructed eruption sites of large igneous provinces and deep mantle seismic structure', Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 411, pp. 121-130.
• Joannes-Boyau, R, Bodin, T, Sambridge, M et al 2015, 'Using Benford's law to investigate natural hazard dataset homogeneity', Scientific Reports, vol. 5.
• Hawkins, R & Sambridge, M 2015, 'Geophysical imaging using trans-dimensional trees', Geophysical Journal International, vol. 203, no. 2, pp. 972-1000.
• Rawlinson, N, Fichtner, A, Sambridge, M et al 2014, 'Seismic Tomography and the Assessment of Uncertainty', Advances in Geophysics, vol. 55, pp. 1-76.
• Dettmer, J, Benavente Bravo, R, Cummins, P et al. 2014, 'Trans-dimensional finite-fault inversion', Geophysical Journal International, vol. 199, no. 2, pp. 735-751.
• Sagar, S, Brando, V & Sambridge, M 2014, 'Noise estimation of remote sensing reflectance using a segmentation approach suitable for optically shallow waters', IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, vol. 52, no. 12, pp. 7504-7512.
• Balfour, N, Salmon, M & Sambridge, M 2014, 'The Australian Seismometers in Schools Network: Education, Outreach, Research, and Monitoring', Seismological Research Letters, vol. 85, no. 5, pp. 1063-1068.
• Sambridge, M 2014, 'A parallel tempering algorithm for probabilistic sampling and multimodal optimization', Geophysical Journal International, vol. 196, no. 1, pp. 357-374.
• Balfour, N, Salmon, M & Sambridge, M 2014, 'The Australian Seismometers in Schools network: a multipurpose network for education, research and monitoring', Australian Earthquake Engineering Society 2013 Conference, ed. Webmaster: Adam Pascale; Secretariat: Sharon Anderson, Online, Australia, pp. 1-8.
• Iaffaldano, G, Hawkins, R & Sambridge, M 2014, 'Bayesian noise-reduction in Arabia/Somalia and Nubia/Arabia finite rotations since similar to 20 Ma: Implications for Nubia/Somalia relative motion', Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 845-854.
• Grun, R, Eggins, S, Kinsley, L et al 2014, 'Laser ablation U-series analysis of fossil bones and teeth', Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, vol. 416, pp. 150-167.
• Iaffaldano, G, Sambridge, M, Bodin, T et al 2014, 'REDBACK: Open-source software for efficient noise-reduction in plate kinematic reconstructions', Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, vol. 15, no. 4, pp. 1663-1670.
• Ingham, E, Heslop, D, Roberts, AP, Hawkins, R & Sambridge, M 2014, 'Is there a link between geomagnetic reversal frequency and paleointensity? A Bayesian approach', Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 119, no. 7, pp. 5290-5304.
• Lambeck, K, Rouby, H, Purcell, A et al 2014, 'Sea level and global ice volumes from the Last Glacial Maximum to the Holocene', PNAS - Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, vol. 111, no. 43, pp. 15296-15303.
• Sambridge, M., 2014. A Parallel Tempering algorithm for probabilistic sampling and multi-modal optimization, Geophys. J. Int., 196, 357-374, doi: 10.1093/gji/ggt342.
• Zaroli, C, Sambridge, M, Leveque, J et al 2013, 'An objective rationale for the choice of regularisation parameter with application to global multiple-frequency S-wave tomography', Solid Earth, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 357-371.
• Robinson, D, Sambridge, M, Snieder, R et al 2013, 'Relocating a cluster of earthquakes using a single seismic station', Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, vol. 103, no. 6, pp. 3057-3072.
• Iaffaldano, G, Bodin, T & Sambridge, M 2013, 'Slow-downs and speed-ups of India-Eurasia convergence since similar to 20 Ma: Data-noise, uncertainties and dynamic implications', Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 367, pp. 146-156.
• Fournier, A, Mosegaard, K, Omre, H et al 2013, 'Assessing uncertainty in geophysical problems - Introduction', Advances in Geophysics, vol. 78, no. 3, pp. WB1-WB2.
• Sambridge, M, Tkalčić, H, Bodin, T et al 2013, 'Transdimensional inference in the geosciences', Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society Series A, vol. 371, no. 1984, pp. -.
• Tkalčić, H, Bodin, T, Young, M et al 2013, 'On the nature of the P-wave velocity gradient in the inner core beneath Central America', Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol. 24, no. 5, pp. 699-705.
• Tkalčić, H, Young, M, Bodin, T et al 2013, 'The shuffling rotation of the Earth's inner core revealed by earthquake doublets', Nature Geoscience, vol. 6, no. 6, pp. 497-502.
• Young, M, Tkalčić, H, Bodin, T et al 2013, 'Global P wave tomography of Earth's lowermost mantle from partition modeling', Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 118, no. 10, pp. 5467-5486.
• Iaffaldano, G, Bodin, T & Sambridge, M 2012, 'Reconstructing plate-motion changes in the presence of finite-rotations noise', Nature Communications, vol. 3, pp. 1048-1048.
• Bodin, T, Salmon, M, Kennett, B et al 2012, 'Probabilistic surface reconstruction from multiple data sets: An example for the Australian Moho', Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 117, no. 10, pp. 1-13.
• Dosso, S, Holland, C & Sambridge, M 2012, 'Parallel tempering for strongly nonlinear geoacoustic inversion', The Journal of the Acoustical Society of America, vol. 132, no. 5, pp. 3030-3040.
• Brodie, R & Sambridge, M 2012, 'Transdimensional Monte Carlo Inversion of AEM Data', International Geophysical Conference and Exhibition 2012, ed. John Theodoridis, CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne, pp. 1-4.
• Ramos, F, Bonilla, E, McCalman, L et al 2012, 'Bayesian data fusion for geothermal exploration', Australian Geothermal Energy Conference (AGEA 2012), The Australian Geothermal Energy Association (AGEA), Australia, pp. 1-5.
• Bodin, T, Sambridge, M, Rawlinson, N et al 2012, 'Transdimensional tomography with unknown data noise', Geophysical Journal International, vol. 189, no. 3, pp. 1536-1556.
• Bodin, T, Sambridge, M, Tkalčić, H et al 2012, 'Transdimensional inversion of receiver functions and surface wave dispersion', Journal of Geophysical Research:Solid Earth, vol. 117, pp. B02301.
• Sambridge, M, Grün, R & Eggins, S 2012, 'U-series dating of bone in an open system: The diffusion-adsorption-decay model', Quaternary Geochronology, vol. 9, pp. 42-53.
• Sambridge, M & Gallagher, K 2011, 'Inverse Theory, Monte Carlo method', in Harsh K. Gupta (ed.), Encyclopedia of Solid Earth Geophysics, Springer, The Netherlands, pp. 639-644pp.
• Reading, A, Cracknell, M & Sambridge, M 2011, 'Turning geophysical data into geological information, or, why a broader range of mathematical strategies is needed to better enable discovery', Preview, vol. April 2011, pp. 24-29.
• Robinson, D, Sambridge, M & Snieder, R 2011, 'A probabilistic approach for estimating the separation between a pair of earthquakes directly from their coda waves', Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 116, no. B04309, pp. 1-14.
• Gallagher, K, Bodin, T, Sambridge, M et al 2011, 'Inference of abrupt changes in noisy geochemical records using transdimensional changepoint models', Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 311, no. 1-2, pp. 182-194.
• Hingee, M, Tkalčić, H, Fichtner, A et al 2011, 'Seismic moment tensor inversion using a 3-D structural model: applications for the Australian region**', Geophysical Journal International, vol. 184(2), pp. 949-964.
• Sambridge, M, Tkalčić, H & Arroucau, P 2011, 'Benford's Law of First Digits: From mathematical Curiosity to Change Detector', Asia Pacific Mathematics Newsletter (APMN), vol. 1, no. 4, pp. 1-6.
• Rawlinson, N, Sambridge, M & Hauser, J 2010, 'Multipathing, reciprocal traveltime fields and raylets', Geophysical Journal International, vol. 181, no. 2, pp. 1077-1092.
• Zaroli, C, Debayle, E & Sambridge, M 2010, 'Frequency-dependent effects on global S-wave traveltimes: wavefront-healing, scattering and attenuation', Geophysical Journal International, vol. 182, no. 2, pp. 1025-1042.
• Wille, M, Sutton, J, Ellwood, M et al 2010, 'Silicon isotopic fractionation in marine sponges: A new model for understanding silicon isotopic variations in sponges', Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 292, no. 3-4, pp. 281-289.
• Arroucau, P, Rawlinson, N & Sambridge, M 2010, 'New insight into Cainozoic sedimentary basins and Palaeozoic suture zones in southeast Australia from ambient noise surface wave tomography', Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 37, no. L07303, p. 6.
• Sambridge, M, Tkalčić, H & Jackson, A 2010, 'Benford's law in the natural sciences', Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 37, no. L22301, pp. 5 pages.
• Gallagher, K, Charvin, K, Nielsen, S et al 2009, 'Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) sampling methods to determine optimal models, model resolution and model choice for Earth Science problems', Marine and Petroleum Geology, vol. 26, pp. 525-535.
• Bodin, T, Sambridge, M & Gallagher, K 2009, 'A self-parametrizing partition model approach to tomographic inverse problems', Inverse Problems, vol. 25, p. 22.
• Bodin, T & Sambridge, M 2009, 'Seismic tomography with the reversible jump algorithm', Geophysical Journal International, vol. 178, pp. 1411-1436.
• Brodie, R & Sambridge, M 2009, 'Holistic inversion of frequency-domain airborne electromagnetic data with minimal prior information', Exploration Geophysics (Aus), vol. 40, pp. 8-16.
• Kovacs, I, Hermann, J, O'Neill, H et al. 2008, 'Quantitative absorbance spectroscopy with unpolarized light: Part II. Experimental evaluation and development of a protocol for quantitative analysis of mineral IR spectra', American Mineralogist, vol. 93, pp. 765-778.
• Hauser, J, Sambridge, M & Rawlinson, N 2008, 'Multiarrival wavefront tracking and its applications', Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, vol. 9, no. 11, pp. 1-20.
• Sambridge, M, Fitzgerald, J, Kovacs, I et al. 2008, 'Quantitative absorbance spectroscopy with unpolarized light: Part I. Physical and mathematical development', American Mineralogist, vol. 93, pp. 751-764.
• Rawlinson, N, Sambridge, M & Saygin, E 2008, 'A dynamic objective function technique for generating multiple solution models in seismic tomography', Geophysical Journal International, vol. 174, pp. 295-308.
• Sambridge, M, Rickwood, P, Rawlinson, N et al 2007, 'Automatic differentiation in geophysical inverse problems', Geophysical Journal International, vol. 170, pp. 1-8.
• Rawlinson, N, Hauser, J & Sambridge, M 2007, 'Seismic Ray Tracing and Wavefront Tracking in Laterally Heterogeneous Media', Advances in Geophysics, vol. 49, pp. 203 - 273.
• Robinson, D, Snieder, R & Sambridge, M 2007, 'Using coda wave interferometry for estimating the variation in source mechanism between double couple events', Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 112, no. 4, pp. B12302.
• Robinson, D, Sambridge, M & Snieder, R 2006, 'Coda wave interferometry and constraints on relative earthquake locations', Australian Earth Sciences Convention 2006, AESC, Geological Society of Australia, Melbourne, p. 6.
• Rickwood, P & Sambridge, M 2006, 'Efficient parallel inversion using the Neighbourhood Algorithm', Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, vol. 7, no. 11, pp. Q11001.
• Rawlinson, N, de Kool, M & Sambridge, M 2006, 'Seismic wavefront tracking in 3D heterogeneous media: applications with multiple data classes', Exploration Geophysics (Aus), vol. 37, pp. 322-330.
• Subbey, S, Monfared, H, Christie, M et al 2006, 'Quantifying uncertainty in flow functions derived from SCAL data', Transport in Porous Media, vol. 65, pp. 265-286.
• Okano, H, Pickup, G, Christie, M et al 2006, 'Quantification of Uncertainty in Coarse - Scale Relative Permeabilities Due to Sub-Grid Heterogeneity', European Conference on the Mathematics of Oil Recovery, ed. Conference Program Committee, Conference Organising Committee, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, p. 10.
• Hauser, J, Sambridge, M & Rawlinson, N 2006, 'Phase space methods for multi-arrival wavefronts', Exploration Geophysics (Aus), vol. 37, no. 4, pp. 331-339.
• De Kool, M, Rawlinson, N & Sambridge, M 2006, 'A practical grid-based method for tracking mulitple refraction and reflection phases in three-dimensional heterogeneous media', Geophysical Journal International, vol. 167, pp. 253-270.
• Sambridge, M, Beghein, C, Simons, F et al 2006, 'How do we understand and visualize uncertainty?', Leading Edge, The, no. May, pp. 542-546.
• Okano, H, Pickup, G, Christie, M et al 2006, 'Quantification of Uncertainty Due to Subgrid Heterogeneity in Reservoir Models', SPE Europec/EAGE Annual Conference and Exhibition 2006, Society of Petroleum Engineers, texas.
• Brodie, R & Sambridge, M 2006, 'A holistic approach to inversion of frequency-domain airborne EM data', Geophysics, vol. 71, no. 6, pp. G301-G312.
• Sambridge, M, Gallagher, K, Jackson, A et al 2006, 'Trans-dimensional inverse problems, model comparison and the evidence', Geophysical Journal International, vol. 167, pp. 528-542.
• Sambridge, M & Rawlinson, N 2005, 'Seismic Tomography With Irregular Meshes', in A Levander and G Nolet (ed.), Seismic Earth: array analysis of broadband seismograms, American Geophysical Union, Washinton DC, USA, pp. 49-65.
• Okano, H, Pickup, G, Christie, M et al 2005, 'Quantification of Uncertainty in Relative Permeability for Coarse-Scale Reservoir Simulation', SPE Europec/EAGE Annual Conference 2005, ed. Society of Petroleum Engineers, Society of Petroleum Engineers, TEXAS, pp. 1-11.
• Tregoning, P, Sambridge, M, McQueen, H et al. 2005, 'Tectonic interpretation of aftershock relocations in eastern Papua New Guinea using teleseismic data and the arrival pattern method', Geophysical Journal International, vol. 160, pp. 1103-1111.
• Litvak, M, Christie, M, Johnson, D et al 2005, 'Uncertainty Estimation in Production Predictions Constrained by Production History and Time-Lapse Seismic in a GOM Oil Field', Society of Petroleum Engineers Reservoir Simulation Symposium 2005, ed. Society of Petroleum Engineers, Society of Petroleum Engineers, Richardson, Texas, USA, pp. 1-9.
• Rawlinson, N & Sambridge, M 2005, 'The fast marching method: an effective tool for tomographic imaging and tracking multiple phases in complex layered media', Exploration Geophysics (Aus), vol. 36, pp. 341-350.
• Sambridge, M & Jackson, A 2005, 'Softening a hard quadratic bound to a prior pdf - an example from geomagnetism', International Workshop on Bayesian Inference and Maximum Entropy Methods in Science and Engineering 2005, ed. Kevin H. Knuth, Ali E. Abbas, Robin D. Morris, Conference Organising Committee, Melville, New York, pp. 499-506.
• Subbey, S, Christie, M & Sambridge, M 2004, 'Prediction under uncertainty in reservoir modeling', Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering, vol. 44, pp. 143-153.
• Rawlinson, N & Sambridge, M 2004, 'Multiple reflection and transmission phases in complex layered media using a multistage fast marching method', Geophysics, vol. 69, no. 5, pp. 1338-1350.
• Subbey, S, Christie, M & Sambridge, M 2004, 'The impact of uncertain centrifuge capillary pressure on reservoir simulation', SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing, vol. 26, no. 2 June 2004, pp. 537-557.
• Nicholson, T, Gudmundsson, O & Sambridge, M 2004, 'Constraints on earthquake epicentres independent of seismic velocity models', Geophysical Journal International, vol. 156, pp. 648-654.
• Debayle, E & Sambridge, M 2004, 'Inversion of massive surface wave data sets: Model construction and resolution assessment', Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 109, no. B02316, pp. 1-20.
• Gorbatov, A, Limaye, A & Sambridge, M 2004, 'Tomoeye: A Matlab package for visualization of three-dimensional tomographic models', Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, vol. 5, no. 4, pp. 1-9.
• Nicholson, T, Sambridge, M & Gudmundsson, O 2004, 'Three-dimensional empirical traveltimes: construction and applications', Geophysical Journal International, vol. 156, pp. 307-328.
• Rawlinson, N & Sambridge, M 2004, 'Wave front evolution in strongly heterogeneous layered media using the fast marching method', Geophysical Journal International, vol. 156, pp. 631-647.
• Sambridge, M & Faletic, R 2003, 'Adaptive whole Earth tomography', Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, vol. 4, no. 3 (5 March 2003), pp. 1022-1042.
• Kennett, B, Brown, D, Sambridge, M et al 2003, 'Signal Parameter Estimation for Sparse Arrays', Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, vol. 93, no. 4, pp. 1765-1772.
• Rawlinson, N & Sambridge, M 2003, 'Irregular interface parametrization in 3-D wide-angle seismic traveltime tomography', Geophysical Journal International, vol. 155, pp. 79-92.
• Kennett, B, Reading, A & Sambridge, M 2003, 'Improved inversion for seismic structure using transformed, S-wavevector receiver functions: Removing the effect of the free surface', Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 30, no. 19, pp. 1-4.
• Sambridge, M 2003, 'An Ensemble View of Earths Inner Core', Science, vol. 299, no. 5606, pp. 529-530.
• Rawlinson, N & Sambridge, M 2003, 'Seismic Traveltime Tomography of the Crust and Lithosphere', Advances in Geophysics, vol. 46, pp. 81-198.
• Sambridge, M 2003, 'Nonlinear inversion by direct search using the Neighbourhood Algorithm', in W.H.K. Lee, H. Kanamori, P.C. Jennings, C. Kisslinger (ed.), International Handbook of Earthquake and Engineering Seismology, Academic Press, London, San Diego, Cambridge Massachusetts, pp. 35-37.
• Snoke, J & Sambridge, M 2002, 'Constraints on the S wave velocity structure in a continental shield from surface wave data: Comparing linerarized least squares inversion and the direct search Neighbourhood Algorithm', Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 107, no. B5, pp. 10.1029/2001JB000498.
• Mosegaard, K & Sambridge, M 2002, 'Monte Carlo analysis of inverse problems', Inverse Problems, vol. 18, pp. R29-R54.
• Subbey, S, Christie, M & Sambridge, M 2002, 'Uncertainty Reduction in Reservoir Modeling', AMS-IMS-SIAM Joint Summer Research Conference on Fluid Flow and Transport in Porous Media: Mathematical and numerical Treatment, ed. Shangxin Chen, Richard E. Ewing, American Mathematical Society, USA, pp. 457-463.
• Nicholson, T, Sambridge, M & Gudmundsson, O 2002, 'Hypocentre location by pattern recognition', Journal of Geophysical Research, vol. 107, no. B6, pp. 10.1029/2000JB000035.
• Subbey, S, Christie, M & Sambridge, M 2002, 'Uncertainty reduction in reservoir modelling', Contemporary Mathematics, vol. 295, pp. 457-467.
• Sambridge, M & Mosegaard, K 2002, 'Monte Carlo methods in geophysical inverse problems', Reviews of Geophysics, vol. 40, no. 3, pp. doi:10.1029/2000RG000089.
• Sambridge, M 2001, 'Finding acceptable models in nonlinear inverse problems using a neighbourhood algorithm', Inverse Problems, vol. 17, pp. 387-403.
• Sambridge, M & Kennett, B 2001, 'Seismic event location: nonlinear inversion using a neighbourhood algorithm', Pure and Applied Geophysics, vol. 158, pp. 241-257.
• Kaser, M, Igel, H, Sambridge, M et al 2001, 'A comparative study of explicit differential operators on arbitrary grids', Journal of Computational Acoustics, vol. 9, no. 3, pp. 1111-1125.
• Nicholson, T, Sambridge, M & Gudmundsson, O 2000, 'On Entropy and clustering in earthquake hypocentre distributions', Geophysical Journal International, vol. 142, no. 1, pp. 37-51.
• Marson-Pidgeon, K, Kennett, B & Sambridge, M 2000, 'Source Depth and Mechanism Inversion at Teleseismic Distances Using a Neighborhood Algorithm', Bulletin of the Seismological Society of America, vol. 90, no. 6, pp. 1369-1383.
• Kennett, B, Marson-Pidgeon, K & Sambridge, M 2000, 'Seismic source characterization using a Neighbourhood Algorithm', Geophysical Research Letters, vol. 27, no. 20, pp. 3,401-3,403.
• Sambridge, M 1999, 'Geophysical inversion with a neighbourhood algorithm - I. Searching a parameter space', Geophysical Journal International, vol. 138, no. 2, pp. 479-494.
• Sambridge, M 1999, 'Geophysical inversion with a neighbourhood algorithm - II. Appraising the ensemble', Geophysical Journal International, vol. 138, no. 3, pp. 727-746.

Projects and Grants

Grants information is drawn from ARIES. To add or update Projects or Grants information please contact your College Research Office.

• Earth's Dynamic Topography Through Space and Time (Secondary Investigator)
• A Common Framework for Inference (CoFI) (Primary Investigator)
• Common Framework for Inversion development (Primary Investigator)
• Geodynamic Adjoint Optimization Platform (Secondary Investigator)
• Seeing the unseeable: A new generation of geophysical imaging (Primary Investigator)
• UXOTrackS Feasibility Study (Primary Investigator)
• InLab Establishment Scoping Study (Primary Investigator)
• CLOSED - Unleashing the power of data: The next generation of geophysical imaging (Secondary Investigator)
• Novel Approaches for the Probabilistic Inference of Earth Models (Primary Investigator)
• Non-Linear Bayesian partition-modeling of the Earth's mantle transition zone (Secondary Investigator)
• CLOSED - Auscope Project Agreement 2018 (Secondary Investigator)
• CSIRO engagement project (Primary Investigator)
• Probing the lithosphere using mafic geochemistry: Spatial and temporal constraints on the evolution of the lithospheric mantle across Northern Australia (Secondary Investigator)
• Inversion and Data Analytics in Solid Earth Geophysics (Primary Investigator)
• CLOSED - AuScope Funding Agreement 2016-2017 (Primary Investigator)
• CLOSED - AuScope Funding Agreement 2015-16 (Primary Investigator)
• Earth Imaging AuSIS (Primary Investigator)
• AuScope Participant Agreement ext Project: Earth Imaging / Project SAM (Primary Investigator)
• Expansion of NSW component of Australian Seismometers in Schools Network (Primary Investigator)
• Data Fusion and Machine Learning for Geothermal Target Exploration and Characterisation (Primary Investigator)
• Earthquake Hazard in Indonesia (Secondary Investigator)
• Taming the nonlinearity of geophysical inversions (Primary Investigator)
• Australian Geophysical Observing System Participant Agreement 2011-2014 (Primary Investigator)
• Validation of event source parameters and ground-making records from Flinders Rangers temporary seismic deployment (Primary Investigator)
• A new approach for imaging the Earth's interior (Primary Investigator)
• Seismic tomography using signal and noise: A new window into deep Earth (Secondary Investigator)
• CLOSED - AuScope Participant Agreement 2007-2011 (Secondary Investigator)
• Post-Certification Activities of PS02 and IS07, Warramunga, Australia (Secondary Investigator)
• Australian National Seismic Imaging Resource (Primary Investigator)

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