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Professor Bryan Storey

Gateway Antarctica

Fields of Research

  • Antarctic geology
  • Antarctic research, policy and current issues
  • Gondwana geology, amalgamation and break-up processes
  • Structural geology and tectonic processes
  • Climate change
  • Earth system science
  • Antarctic climate change
  • Tectonic evolution of Antarctica

Researcher Summary

Research interests include continental break-up processes, mantle plumes, tectonic history of Antarctica, Earth System Science, and the way Antarctica will respond to climate change.

Subject Area: Disciplines


Research Groups


Future Research

  • Response of Antarctica to climate change

Key Methodologies

  • Field mapping
  • Geochemistry
  • Synthesis
  • Literature review

Affiliations


Publications


  • Hicks, S., Storey, B. and Mein Smith, P. (2013) Against all odds: The birth of the Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition, 1955-1958. Polar Record 49(1): 50-61. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0032247411000660. (Journal Article)
  • Magalhães, C., Stevens, M.I., Cary, S.C., Ball, B.A., Storey, B.C., Wall, D.H., Turk, R. and Ruprecht, U. (2012) At limits of life: Multidisciplinary insights reveal environmental constraints on biotic diversity in continental Antarctica. PLoS ONE 7(9): e44578. http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0044578. (Journal Article)
  • Emnet, P., Gaw, S., Northcott, G. and Storey, B. (2012) Emerging contaminants in the Antarctic: Sources and distribution in sewage and coastal waters from McMurdo and Scott Base, Ross Island, Antarctica. Brisbane, Australia: Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry Australasia Conference (SETAC), 4-6 Jul 2012. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • McCarthy, K., Bowring, J. and Storey, B. (2011) A working man in Wonderland: Ernest Joyce, photographs and Antarctic exploration. The Polar Journal 1(2): 155-175. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/2154896X.2011.626620. (Journal Article)
  • Liggett, D., McIntosh, A., Thompson, A., Gilbert, N. and Storey, B. (2011) From frozen continent to tourism hotspot? Five decades of Antarctic tourism development and management, and a glimpse into the future. Tourism Management 32(2): 357-366. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.tourman.2010.03.005. (Journal Article)
  • Kestle, L., Potangaroa, R. and Storey, B. (2011) Integration of Lean Design and Design Management and its Influence on the Development of a Multidisciplinary Design Management Model for Remote Site Projects. Architectural Engineering and Design Management 7(2): 139-153. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17452007.2011.582336. (Journal Article)
  • Emnet, P., Graham, L., Gaw, S., Northcott, G. and Storey, B. (2010) Are sewage discharges from Antarctic research stations a source of EDCs? Canberra, Australia: 3rd Australian Symposium on Ecological Risk Assessment and Management of Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDCs), Pharmaceuticals and Personal Care Products (PPCPs) in the Australasian Environment, 10-11 Nov 2010. (Conference Contribution - Poster presentation)
  • Storey, B.C., Fink, D., Hood, D., Joy, K., Shulmeister, J., Riger-Kusk, M. and Stevens, M.I. (2010) Cosmogenic nuclide exposure age constraints on the glacial history of the Lake Wellman area, Darwin Mountains, Antarctica. Antarctic Science 22(Special Issue 6, The Latitudinal Gradient Project): 603-618. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954102010000799. (Journal Article)
  • Liggett, D., McIntosh, A., Thompson, A., Storey, B. and Gilbert, N. (2010) Stakeholder perspectives on the governance of Antarctic cruise tourism. In M. Lück, P. Maher and E. Stewart (Ed.), Cruise Tourism in Polar Regions: Promoting Environmental and Social Sustainability: 167-179. London: Earthscan. (Chapter in Book)
  • Zawar-Reza, P., George, S., Storey, B. and Lawson, W. (2010) Summertime boundary layer winds over the Darwin-Hatherton glacial system, Antarctica: Observed features and numerical analysis. Antarctic Science 22(Special Issue 6, The Latitudinal Gradient Project): 619-632. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S0954102010000817. (Journal Article)
  • Joy, K., Storey, B., Fink, D. and Shulmeister, J. (2009) Glacial geomorphology and its links to ice sheet thickness, Diamond Hill, Transantarctic Mountains. Auckland, New Zealand: Annual Antarctic Conference 2009, 1-3 Jul 2009. (Conference Contribution - Poster presentation)
  • Carson, N., Storey, B., Shulmeister, J. and Bentley, M. (2009) Glacial History of Denton Hills, Antarctica. Auckland, New Zealand: Annual Antarctic Conference 2009, 1-3 Jul 2009. (Conference Contribution - Poster presentation)
  • Warny, S., Askin, R.A., Hannah, M.J., Mohr, B.A.R., Raine, J.I., Harwood, D.M., Florindo, F. and SMS Science Team. (2009) Palynomorphs from a sediment core reveal a sudden remarkably warm Antarctica during the middle Miocene. Geology 37(10): 955-958. http://dx.doi.org/10.1130/G30139A.1. (Journal Article)
  • Green, T.G.A., Cary, C., Storey, B., Hogg, I., Brabyn, L., Sparrow, A. and Hopkins, D. (2009) Predicting biocomplexity in Dry Valley Ecosystems (TABS): An IPY project. Auckland, New Zealand: Annual Antarctic Conference 2009, 1-3 Jul 2009. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Riger-Kusk, M., Lawson, W., Rack, W., Anderson, B. and Storey, B. (2009) Results from a Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) Survey of the Darwin-Hatherton Glacial System, Antarctica. Auckland, New Zealand: Annual Antarctic Conference 2009, 1-3 Jul 2009. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Storey, B., Hood, D., Fink, D., Shulmeister, J. and Riger-Kusk, M. (2009) The size of the West Antarctic ice sheet at the last glacial maximum: New constraints from the Darwin-Hatherton glacial system in the Transantarctic Mountains. Auckland, New Zealand: Annual Antarctic Conference 2009, 1-3 Jul 2009. (Conference Contribution - Oral presentation)
  • Kestle, L., Storey, B. and Potangaroa, R. (2008) Towards the validation of a conceptual design management model for remote site projects. Cardiff, UK: 24th Annual ARCOM Conference, 1-3 Sep 2008. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Vaughan, A.P.M. and Storey, B.C. (2007) A new supercontinent self-destruct mechanism: evidence from the Late Triassic-Early Jurassic. Journal of the Geological Society of London 164(2): 383-392. http://dx.doi.org/10.1144/0016-76492005-109. (Journal Article)
  • Haase, D., Storey, B., McIntosh, A., Carr, A. and Gilbert, N. (2007) Stakeholder Perspectives on Regulatory Aspects of Antarctic Tourism. Tourism in Marine Environments 4(2-3): 167-183. http://dx.doi.org/10.3727/154427307784771959. (Journal Article)
  • Kestle, L., Potangaroa, R.T. and Storey, B. (2007) Sustainable Post-disaster Reconstruction Projects in Remote Locations, and the Fit with a Conceptual Design Management Mode. Florence, Italy: 3rd International i-Rec Conference, 17-19 May 2006. In Post-disaster reconstruction : meeting stakeholder interests : proceedings of a conference held at the Scuola di sanità militare, Florence, Italy, 17-19 May 2006 http://dx.doi.org/10.1400/79740. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Leat, P.T., Luttinen, A.V., Storey, B.C. and Millar, I.L. (2006) Sills of the Theron Mountains, Antarctica: Evidence for long distance transport of mafic magmas during Gondwana break-up. Rovaniemi, Finland: 5th International Dyke Conference, 31 Jul-3 Aug 2005. In Dyke Swarms - Time Markers of Crustal Evolution: Selected Papers of the Fifth International Dyke Conference in Finland, Rovaniemi, Finland, 31 July- 3 Aug 2005 & Fourth International Dyke Conference, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa 26-29 June 2001 183-199. http://dx.doi.org/10.1201/NOE0415398992.ch13. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Kestle, L. and Storey, B. (2005) The complexities of an Antarctic drilling project, and the fit with a conceptual design management model for remote sites. Liverpool, UK: Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Built Environment Complexity, Sep 2005. 301-313. (Conference Contribution - Paper in published proceedings)
  • Storey, B.C., Hiller, N., Mortimer, N., Campbell, H.J. and Moore, T.A. (2004) Gondwana 11: Correlations and Connections – An introduction. Gondwana Research 7(1): 1-5. (Journal Article)
  • Storey, B.C., Hiller, N., Mortimer, N., Campbell, H.J. and Moore, T.A. (Ed.) (2004) Gondwana 11: Correlations and Connections. Special issue of Gondwana Research. Kochi: International Association for Gondwana Research. (Edited Book)
  • Curtis, M.L., Millar, I.L., Storey, B.C. and Fanning, M. (2004) Structural and geochronological constraints of early Ross orogenic deformation in the Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica. Geological Society of America Bulletin 115: 619-636. (Journal Article)
  • Ferris, J.K., Storey, B.C., Vaughan, A.P.M., Kyle, P.R. and Jones, P.C. (2003) The Dufek and Forrestal intrusions, Antarctica; A centre for Ferrar Large Igneous Province dike emplacement. Geophysical Research Letters 30(6): 81-91. (Journal Article)
  • Riley, T.R., Leat, P.T., Storey, B.C., Parkinson, I.J. and Milllar, I.L. (2003) Ultramafic lamprophyres of the Ferrar large igneous province: evidence for a HIMU mantle component. Lithos 66: 63-76. (Journal Article)
  • Vaughan, A.P.M., Storey, B.C. and Kelley, S.P. (2002) Mid Cretaceous ductile deformation on the Eastern Palmer Land Shear Zone, Antarctica, and implications for timing of Mesozoic terrane collision. Geological Magazine 139: 465-471. (Journal Article)
  • Leat, P.T., Riley, T.R., Wareham, C.D., Millar, I.L., Kelley, S.P. and Storey, B.C. (2002) Tectonic setting of primitive magmas in volcanic arcs: an example from the Antarctic Peninsula. Journal of the Geological Society, London 159: 31--44. (Journal Article)
  • Leat, P.T., Luttinen, A.V., Storey, B.C. and Millar, I.L. (2002) The Theron Mountains, Antarctica: more evidence for long distance transport of mafic magmas during Gondwana break-up. In M.K. Watkeys & D. Jones (Ed.), Mafic Dykes: 54-67. Rotterdam: Balkema. (Chapter in Book)
  • Rowell, A.J., Van Schmus, W.R., Storey, B.C., Fetter, A.H. and Evans, K.R. (2001) Latest Neoproterozoic to Mid-Cambrian age for the main deformation phases of the Transantarctic Mountains: new straigraphic and isotopic constraints from the Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica. Journal of the Geological Society, London 158: 295--308. (Journal Article)
  • Wareham, C.D., Stump, E., Storey, B.C., Millar, I.L. and Riley, T.R. (2001) Petrogenesis of the Cambrian Liv Group, a bimodal volcanic rock suite from the Ross orogen, Transantarctic Mountains.. Geological Society of America, Bulletin 113: 360--372. (Journal Article)
  • Storey, B.C., Leat, P.T. and Ferris, J.K. (2001) The location of mantle-plume centers during the initial stages of Gondwana breakup. In Ernst, R.E. & Buchan, K.L. (Ed.), Mantle Plumes: Their Identification Through Time: 71--80. Boulder, Colorado: Geological Society of America. (Chapter in Book)
  • Storey, B.C., De Witt, M.J., Anderson, J.M., Anderson, H.M., Rubidge, B.S. and Thomas, R.J. (Ed.) (2000) Gondwana-10: Event stratigraphy of Gondwana, Volume 2. Oxford: Journal of African Earth Sciences: Pergamon. 212. (Edited Book)
  • Leat, P.T., Riley, T.R., Storey, B.C., Kelley, S.P. and Millar, I.L. (2000) Middle Jurassic ultramafic Iamprophyre dyke within the Ferrar Magmatic province, Pensacola Mountains, Antarctica.. Mineralogical Magazine 64(1): 95--111. (Journal Article)
  • Ferris, J.K., Vaughan, A.P.M. and Storey, B.C. (2000) Relics of a complex triple junction in the Weddell Sea embayment, Antarctica. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 178: 215--230. (Journal Article)
  • Curtis, M.L. and Storey, B.C. (2000) The Development and Fragmentation of the Permo-Triassic Gondwanian Fold Belt. Brasil: 31st International Geological Congress, 2000. 4pp. (Conference Contribution - Other)
  • Vaughan, A.P.M. and Storey, B.C. (2000) The eastern Palmer Land shear zone: a new terrane accretion model for the Mesozoic development of the Antarctic Peninsula. Journal of the Geological Society, London 157: 1243--1256. (Journal Article)
  • Storey, B.C. (2000) The Great Ice Age: Climate Change and Life. New Zealand Geographer 56(2): 63-64. (Journal Article)
  • Storey, B.C., Vaughan, A.P.M. and Ferris, J.K. (2000) The Lemay Group Accretionary Complex, Antarctica. Brasil: 31st International Geological Congress, 2000. 4pp. (Conference Contribution - Other)
  • Storey, B.C., Rubridge, B.S., Cole, D.I. and Dewitt, M.J. (Ed.) (1999) Gondwana-10: Event stratigraphy of Gondwana, Volume 1. Oxford: Journal of African Earth Sciences: Pergamon. 280. (Edited Book)
  • Storey, B.C., Leat, P.T., Weaver, S.D., Pankhurst, R.J., Bradshaw, J.D. and Kelley, S. (1999) Mantle plumes and Antarctica-New Zealand rifting: evidence from mid-Cretaceous mafic dykes. J. Geological Society of London 156(4): 659-671. (Journal Article)
  • Hawkesworth, C., Kelley, S., Turner, S., Le Roux, A. and Storey, B.C. (1999) Mantle processes during Gondwana break-up and dispersal. Journal of African Earth Sciences 28: 239--261. (Journal Article)
  • Curtis, M.L., Leat, P.T., Riley, T.R., Storey, B.C., Millar, I.L. and Randall, D.E. (1999) Middle Cambrian volcanism in the Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica: tectonic implications for the palaeo-Pacific margin of Gondwana. Tectonophysics 304: 275--299. (Journal Article)
  • Storey, B.C., Curtis, M.L., Ferris, J.K., Hunter, M.A. and Livermore, R.A. (1999) Reconstruction and break-out model for the Falkland Islands within Gondwana. Journal of African Earth Sciences 29(1): 153--163. (Journal Article)
  • Doubleday, P.A. and Storey, B.C. (1998) Deformation history of a Mesozoic forearc basin sequence on Alexander Island, Antarctic Peninsula, and its regional implications. Journal of South American Earth Sciences 11: 1--21. (Journal Article)
  • Ferris, J.K., Vaughan, A.P.M. and Storey, B.C. (1998) Early break-up history of Antarctica recorded by aeromagnetic and satellite gravity data, Weddell Sea embayment, Antarctica. Journal of African Earth Sciences 27(1A): 72--74. (Journal Article)
  • Ferris, J.K., Johnson, A.C. and Storey, B.C. (1998) Form and extent of the Dufek intrusion, Antarctica, from newly compiled aeromagnetic data. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 154: 185--202. (Journal Article)
  • Pankhurst, R.J., Weaver, S.D., Bradshaw, J.D., Storey, B.C. and Ireland, T.R. (1998) Geochronology and geochemistry of pre-Jurassic superterranes in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica.. J. Geophysical Research 103B: 2529-2547. (Journal Article)
  • Livermore, R.A., Storey, B.C. and Smith, A.G. (1998) Gondwana break-up and evolution of the Weddell Sea: a computer animation. Journal of African Earth Sciences 27(1A): 133. (Journal Article)
  • Curtis, M.L., Leat, P.T., Riley, T.R., Storey, B.C., Millar, I.L. and Randall, D.E. (1998) Middle Cambrian volcanism in the Ellsworth Mountains, Antarctica: tectonic implications for the palaeo-Pacific margin of Gondwana.. Journal of African Earth Sciences 27(1A): 53--55. (Journal Article)
  • Wareham, C.D., Pankhurst, R.J., Thomas, R.J., Storey, B.C., Grantham, G.H., Jacobs, J. and Eglington, B.M. (1998) Pb, Nd and Sr isotope mapping of Grenville-age crustal provinces in Rodinia. Journal of Geology 106: 647--659. (Journal Article)
  • Bradshaw, J.D., Weaver, S.D., Pankhurst, R.J. and Storey, B.C. (1998) Segmented oblique convergence: 100 million year history of ridge-trench interaction on the Pacific -Gondwana margin. Journal of African Earth Sciences 27(1A): 36. (Journal Article)
  • Pankhurst, R.J., Leat, P.T., Sruoga, P., Rapela, C.W., Marquez, M., Storey, B.C. and Riley, T.R. (1998) The Chon-Aike silicic igneous province of Patagonia and related rocks in West Antarctica. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research 81: 113--136. (Journal Article)
  • Storey, B.C., Curtis, M.L. and Ferris, J.K. (1998) The Falkland Islands within Gondwana; reconstruction and break-out model. Journal of African Earth Sciences 27(1A): 192. (Journal Article)
  • Riley, T.R., Pankhurst, R.J., Leat, P.T., Storey, B.C. and Fanning, C.M. (1998) Time relationships of pre-break-up Gondwana magmatism. Journal of African Earth Sciences 27(1A): 363--364. (Journal Article)
  • Storey, B.C. and Kyle, P.R. (1997) An active mantle mechanism for Gondwana breakup. South African Journal of Geology 100(4): 283--290. (Journal Article)
  • Thistlewood, L., Leat, P.T., Millar, I.L., Storey, B.C. and Vaughan, A.P.M. (1997) Basement geology and Palaeozoic-Mesozoic mafic dykes from the Cape Meredith Complex, Falkland Islands: a record of repeated intracontinental extension. Geological Magazine 134: 355--367. (Journal Article)
  • Bradshaw, J.D., Weaver, S.D., Storey, B.C. and Pankhurst, R.J. (1997) Geotectonic events and terranes of the southern margin of the Pacific: diachronous response to oblique motions.. Christchurch, New Zealand: Terrane Dynamics - 97, Proceedings of 7th International Conference on Terrane Geology, 1997. 26-29. (Conference Contribution - Other)
  • Vaughan, A.P.M. and Storey, B.C. (1997) Mesozoic geodynamic evolution of the Antarctic Peninsula. In Ricci, C.A. (Ed.), The Antarctic Region: Geological Evolution and Processes: 373--382. Siena: Terra Antartica Publications. (Chapter in Book)
  • Bradshaw, J.D., Pankhurst, R.J., Weaver, S.D., Storey, B.C., Muir, R.J. and Ireland, T.R. (1997) New Zealand Superterranes recognized in Marie Byrd Land and Thurston Island.. In Ricci, C.A. (Ed.), The Antartic Region: Geological Evolution and Processes: 429-436. Siena: Terra Antartica Publications. (Chapter in Book)
  • Storey, B.C. (1997) Supercontinent construction and destruction: EUG Stasbourg Conference Report. Journal of African Earth Sciences 25(4): 540--547. (Journal Article)
  • Grantham, G.H., Storey, B.C., Thomas, R.J. and Jacobs, J. (1997) The pre-break-up position of Haag Nunataks within Gondwana: possible correlatives in Natal and Dronning Maud Land. In Ricci, C.A. (Ed.), The Antarctic Region: Geological Evolution and Processes: 9pp. Siena: Terra Antartica Publications. (Chapter in Book)