Adjunct Associate Professor
Jessica Trofimovs
Faculty of Science,
School of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
Biography
Research interests include:- Sedimentology
- Volcanology
- Natural Hazards
- Modern seafloor processes
Personal details
Positions
- Adjunct Associate Professor
Faculty of Science,
School of Earth & Atmospheric Sciences
Keywords
Landslides, Modern Seafloor Processes, Natural Hazards, Physical Sedimentology, Physical Volcanology, Tsunamis
Research field
Geology
Field of Research code, Australian and New Zealand Standard Research Classification (ANZSRC), 2020
Qualifications
- PhD (Monash University)
Teaching
- Geology
- Sedimentology and Stratigraphy
- Field Methods/Field Geology
- Natural Hazards
- Petroleum Geology and Basin Analysis
Publications
- Voight, B., Le Friant, A., Boudon, G., Deplus, C., Komorowski, J., Lebas, E., Sparks, S., Talling, P. & Trofimovs, J. (2012). Undrained sediment loading key to long-runout submarine mass movements: Evidence from the Caribbean volcanic arc. In Y. Ogawa, Y. Yamada, D. Mosher, K. Ikehara, R. Urgeles, J. Chaytor, K. Kawamura & M. Strasser (Eds.), Submarine Mass Movements and Their Consequences: 5th International Symposium [Volume 31: Advances in Natural and Technological Hazards Research] (pp. 417–428). Springer. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/52952
- Trofimovs, J., Foster, C., Sparks, S., Loughlin, S., Le Friant, A., Deplus, C., Porritt, L., Christopher, T., Luckett, R., Talling, P., Palmer, M. & Le Bas, T. (2012). Submarine pyroclastic deposits formed during the 20th May 2006 dome collapse of the Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat. Bulletin of Volcanology, 74(2), 391–405. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/51442
- Cassidy, M., Taylor, R., Palmer, M., Cooper, R., Stenlake, C. & Trofimovs, J. (2012). Tracking the magmatic evolution of island arc volcanism: Insights from a high-precision Pb isotope record of Montserrat, Lesser Antilles. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 13(5), 1–19. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/51441
- Le Friant, A., Deplus, C., Boudon, G., Feuillet, N., Trofimovs, J., Komorowski, J., Sparks, S., Talling, P., Loughlin, S., Palmer, M. & Ryan, G. (2010). Eruption of Soufriere Hills (1995-2009) from an offshore perspective: Insights from repeated swath bathymetry surveys. Geophysical Research Letters, 37(6), 1–6. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/52954
- Trofimovs, J., Fisher, J., Macdonald, H., Talling, P., Sparks, S., Hart, M., Smart, C., Boudon, G., Deplus, C., Komorowski, J., Le Friant, A., Moreton, S. & Leng, M. (2010). Evidence for carbonate platform failure during rapid sea-level rise; ca 14 000 year old bioclastic flow deposits in the Lesser Antilles. Sedimentology, 57(3), 735–759. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/52953
- Trofimovs, J., Sparks, S. & Talling, P. (2008). Anatomy of a submarine pyroclastic flow and associated turbidity current: July 2003 dome collapse, Soufriere Hills volcano, Montserrat, West Indies. Sedimentology, 55(3), 617–634. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/52956
- Fisher, J., Hart, M., Smart, C., Leng, M., Sparks, S., Talling, P. & Trofimovs, J. (2008). Tephrochronology of marine sediments around the Island of Montserrat, Lesser Antilles volcanic arc. The Sedimentary Record, 6(1), 4–8. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/52959
- Trofimovs, J., Davis, B., Cas, R., Barley, M. & Tripp, G. (2006). Reconstructing the event stratigraphy from the complex structural - stratigraphic architecture of an Archaean volcanic - intrusive - sedimentary succession: the Boorara Domain, Eastern Goldfields Superterrane, Western Australia. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 53(2), 303–327. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/52958
- Trofimovs, J., Amy, L., Boudon, G., Deplus, C., Doyle, E., Fournier, N., Hart, M., Komorowski, J., Le Friant, A., lock, E., Pudsey, C., Ryan, G., Sparks, S. & Talling, P. (2006). Submarine pyroclastic deposits formed at the Soufrière Hills Volcano, Montserrat (1995-2003) : what happens when pyroclastic flows enter the ocean? Geology, 34(7), 549–552. https://eprints.qut.edu.au/52957
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Awards
- Type
- University Prize including VC Award
- Reference year
- 2013
- Details
- QUT| Vice Chancellor's Performance Award, 2012
- Type
- Editorial Role
- Reference year
- 2008-2020
- Details
- Sedimentology, IAS. Associate Editor for Sedimentology, 2008-2020, IAS
Supervision
Current supervisions
- Origin and Characterisation of Alkaline Igneous Rocks of Southeast Kalimantan (Borneo) and Implications for the Regional Geodynamic Evolution of SE Asia
PhD, Associate Supervisor
Other supervisors: Dr David Murphy
Completed supervisions (Doctorate)
Completed supervisions (Masters by Research)
- The Effects of Land-Use Management Practices on Slope Stability on the Mapleton-Maleny Basalt Plateau (2025)
- A Quantified Facies Scale Depositional Model for Current Controlled Siliciclastic Deep Marine Depositional Systems (2022)
- Timing and Basin Implications for the Eden-Comerong-Yalwal Volcanic Zone: Stratigraphy, Depositional Environment and Tectonic Affinity of the Comerong Volcanic Complex, NSW (2020)
- An Integrated Hydrological and Hydrochemical Study of Surface and Groundwaters in the Bungawalbin Creek Catchment, Northeast NSW, Australia (2017)
- Reconstruction of the Physical Volcanological Processes and Petrogenesis of the 3.5Ga Warrawoona Group Pillow Basalt of the Warralong Greenstone Belt, Pilbara Craton Western Australia (2017)
- Structural-Stratigraphic Reconstruction of the Lower Whakataki Formation, North Island, New Zealand (2016)
Supervision topics
The supervisions listed above are only a selection.