Kate Selway

Personal profile

Biography

I am an Earth scientist interested the composition and structure of the crust and upper mantle. My primary expertise is with the geophysical tool magnetotellurics, which we use to measure how electrically conductive the Earth is. Since Earth's interior is such a hidden puzzle, I also try to use as many other different types of data as I can, including seismic data, geochemical data, and experimental mineral physics data. I try to weave all these strands together to help answer questions like why plate tectonics occurs, where mineral deposits form and how fast the great ice sheets are melting.

Read more about my research at https://kateselway.wordpress.com/ and follow me on twitter at @kate_selway and on Instagram at @kateselwayrocks

Education/Academic qualification

PhD, The University of Adelaide

External positions

Adjunct Associate Research Scientist, Lamont Doherty Earth Observ, Columbia University

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Projects

1 Not started
2 Finished
2 Active

MAGPIE: Magnetotelluric Analysis for Greenland and Postglacial Isostatic Evolution

Conrad, C. & Selway, K.

1/04/19 → 4/05/23

Project: Research

Measuring mantle hydrogen to map ore fluids and model plate tectonics

Selway, K., MQRES (International), M. (. & MQRES, M.

1/01/17 → …

Project: Research

Coordinating Committee, International Lithosphere Program 'Lithosphere of East Antarctica'

Reading, A., Selway, K. & King, M.

1/01/21 → 31/12/25

Project: Research

Geophysical infrastructure for polar measurements

Selway, K. & Goodwin, I.

1/01/19 → 31/12/19

Project: Research

ARC Centre of Excellence (EOI): Deep Structure of Australia

Foley, S., Yang, Y., Belousova, E., Jacob, D., Fiorentini, M., Afonso, J. C., Selway, K. & Yaxley, G.

27/02/18 → 26/02/19

Project: Other

Research Outputs

20 Article
1 Chapter
1 Letter
1 Review article

A small, unextractable melt fraction as the cause for the low velocity zone

Selway, K. & O'Donnell, J. P., 1 Jul 2019, In : Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 517, p. 117-124 8 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

2 Citations (Scopus)

Electrical discontinuities in the continental lithosphere imaged with magnetotellurics

Selway, K., 2019, Lithospheric discontinuities. Yuan, H. & Romanowicz, B. (eds.). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, p. 89-109 21 p. (Geophysical Monograph; vol. 239).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

3 Citations (Scopus)

The uppermost mantle seismic velocity structure of West Antarctica from Rayleigh wave tomography: insights into tectonic structure and geothermal heat flow

O'Donnell, J. P., Stuart, G. W., Brisbourne, A. M., Selway, K., Yang, Y., Nield, G. A., Whitehouse, P. L., Nyblade, A. A., Wiens, D. A., Aster, R. C., Anandakrishnan, S., Huerta, A. D., Wilson, T. & Winberry, J. P., 15 Sep 2019, In : Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 522, p. 219-233 15 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article