Biography

Rock Records is owned and led by Dr Lloyd White, a structural geologist specialising in tectonic analysis and the integration of complex geoscientific datasets for applied decision-making. His work spans exploration, research, and industry collaboration, with experience across structural geology, geochemistry, geophysics, and spatial analysis.

Lloyd’s career has involved applied geological work in Australia, Southeast Asia, the southwest Pacific, and the Himalaya, contributing to exploration strategy, regional synthesis, and geological framework development. He began his career with Geoscience Australia, where he worked on structural controls on gold mineralisation in the Yilgarn Craton and on offshore fault systems interpreted from seismic reflection data.

He completed his PhD at the Australian National University, focusing on the tectonic evolution of the Himalaya through integrated fieldwork, geochronology, and plate tectonic reconstruction. Subsequent research appointments at the ANU and Royal Holloway, University of London, involved close collaboration with minerals and energy exploration companies across Southeast Asia and the SW Pacific.

From 2017 to 2025, Lloyd held a tenured academic position at the University of Wollongong, where he led the geology program and trained geoscience students in structural geology, tectonics, and applied data integration.

He currently holds a Visiting Research Fellow position at the ANU and continues to work at the interface of research and industry, applying structural, geochemical, and geophysical data to understand crustal architecture and resource potential.

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