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Personal profile
Biography
Structural geologist with research interest in tectonics and analogue modelling. My current research involves investigating the effect of topography and earthquakes on the development of fault networks in strike slip and transpression tectonic settings.
Education/Academic qualification
Tectonics and Structural Geology, PhD, When plate boundaries misalign. Distributing deformation at the terminations of continental transform faults., MONASH UNIVERSITY
1 Feb 2018 → 17 Dec 2021
Award Date: 14 Apr 2022
Geology, MSci, MSci Geology with an International Year, University of Birmingham
Sept 2013 → Jun 2017
Award Date: 1 Jul 2017
Research area keywords
- Structural Geology
- Tectonics
- Analogue modelling
- Geological Mapping
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Projects
- 1 Finished
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Laboratory modelling of plate boundary transpression zones: Implications for fluid migration and earthquake hazards in continental crust
Cruden, S., Withers, M. & Riller, U.
1/03/20 → 28/02/21
Project: Research
Research output
- 1 Article
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The Development of Fault Networks at the Termination of Continental Transform Faults When Their Connecting Plate Boundary Is “Misaligned”
Withers, M., Cruden, A. R. & Quigley, M. C., Oct 2023, In: Tectonics. 42, 10, 19 p., e2023TC007823.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access1 Citation (Scopus)
Prizes
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Best Student Poster at SGTSG Conference 2019
Withers, Megan (Recipient), Nov 2019
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Best Student Rapid Fire Presentation at AESC 2021
Withers, Megan (Recipient), 2021
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FameLab Australia Semi Finalist
Withers, Megan (Recipient), 25 May 2021
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Monash Earth, Atmosphere and Environment Three Minute Thesis 2020 - Overall winner and People's Choice
Withers, Megan (Recipient), 2020
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People's Choice Award, Three Minute Thesis, Monash Faculty of Science
Withers, Megan (Recipient), 2020
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