David Annetts

Research Scientist in Geophysics

I am a geophysicist who specialises in the forward modelling, analysis and interpretation of electromagnetic prospecting data. Since the early 1990s, I have alternated between industry and academia and have degrees from The University of Sydney and Macquarie University.

I am the Immediate Past President of the Australian Society of Exploration Geophysicists (ASEG) and a member of the Society of Exploration Geophysicists (SEG) and the Association of Computing Machinery Fortran Special Interest Group.

My work with the DEI-FSP centres around the development of a code designed to model the electromagnetic response of a thick target hosted by an n-layered earth. This code is intended for use as a kernel in inversion algorithms and in sensitivity studies for practical survey design.

 

Technical skills

  • Forward and inverse modelling of airborne, ground and downhole controlled-source electromagnetic prospecting systems
  • Interpretation of airborne, ground and downhole controlled-source electromagnetic field data

 

Professional experience

2014 – present
CSIRO Mineral Resources – Senior research scientist

2010 – 2014
CSIRO Earth Science and Resource Engineering – Geophysicist

2007 – 2010
CSIRO Petroleum Resources – Geophysicist

2005 – 2005
Midspar Systems – Geophysicist

2001 – 2004
CSIRO Division of Exploration and Mining – Electromagnetic modelling analyst

2000 – 2000
Lamontagne Geophysics – Geophysicist

1993 – 1994
Geoterrex Pty Ltd – Geophysicist

1988-1989
CSIRO Mineral Physics – Experimental Scientist

 

Education

PhD (Exploration Geophysics), Macquarie University (2001)

MSc (Exploration Geophysics), The University of Sydney (1993)

BSc (Hons) (Exploration Geophysics), The University of Sydney (1989)

 

Selected publications

Hauser, J. Gunning, J. Annetts, D, 2016, ‘Probabilistic inversion of airborne electromagnetic data for basement conductors’, Geophysics, 81(5), E389–E400.

Hauser, J. Gunning, J. Annetts, D, 2015, ‘Probabilistic inversion of airborne electromagnetic data under spatial constraints’, Geophysics, 80(2), E135–E146.

Vrbancich, J., Sattel, D., Annetts, D., Macnae, J., Lane, R., 2005, ‘A case study of AEM bathymetry in Geographé Bay and over Cape Naturaliste, Western Australia, Part 1: 25 Hz QUESTEM’, Exploration Geophysics, 36(3) 301-309.

Annetts, D., Sugeng, F., Macnae, J. and Raiche, A., 2000, ‘Modelling the airborne electromagnetic response of a vertical contact’, Exploration Geophysics, 31, 115-125.