2025 PESA WEBINAR SERIES: New Insights into Depositional Modelling of the Permian Kingia Sandstone in the Perth Basin Using Ichnology (Fiona Burns)

Guest Speaker(s): Dr Fiona Burns (Task Fronterra)

Fiona Burns joined Task Fronterra at the start of 2024 as a Senior Sedimentologist/Ichnologist. She has over 25 years’ experience in the Oil and Gas industry with expertise in the ichnofabric analysis, and the application of trace-fossil analysis to depositional modelling and high-resolution sequence stratigraphy. Prior to this she collaborated on various subsurface projects worldwide through her company  Firmground, including UK North Sea, offshore West Africa, offshore China, offshore Thailand, Papua New Guinea and NZ. Here in Australia, she has worked extensively on single and multi-well studies in the Bonaparte, Browse, Carnarvon and Perth Basins, including depositional modelling for use in CCUS studies. Fiona also runs core workshops on Ichnology and fieldtrips in NZ. Fiona was a postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Western Australia (2001-2004) and a Senior Research Fellow at Curtin University from 2004-2007 (positions sponsored by a consortium of oil companies and MERIWA) where she also taught Sedimentology and Petroleum Geology. She holds a B.Sc. from Imperial College an M.Sc. from Aberdeen University and a Ph.D. from Manchester University. Fiona is an Associate Editor of Ichnos, a journal which aims to promote excellence in ichnologic research.

Fiona is the PESA WA branch president.