Nutman, Allen Phillip.

Top Publications

Year	Title
2019	U-pb zircon dating of ash fall deposits from the paleozoic Paraná Basin of Brazil and Uruguay: A reevaluation of the stratigraphic correlations Published in The Journal of Geology
2016	Earth's oldest mantle fabrics indicate Eoarchaean subduction Published in Nature Communications
2016	Rapid emergence of life shown by discovery of 3,700-million-year-old microbial structures Published in Nature
2015	Proposal for a continent ‘Itsaqia’ amalgamated at 3.66 Ga and rifted apart from 3.53 Ga: initiation of a Wilson Cycle near the start of the rock record Published in American Journal of Science: an international earth science journal
2014	Tracing Archaean terranes under Greenland's Icecap: U-Th-Pb-Hf isotopic study of zircons from melt-water rivers in the Isua area Published in Precambrian Research
2013	Middle Carboniferous-Early Triassic eclogite-blueschist blocks within a serpentinite mélange at Port Macquarie, eastern Australia: implications for the evolution of Gondwana's eastern margin Published in Gondwana Research
2012	Recognition of Late Cretaceous Hasanbag ophiolite-arc rocks in the Kurdistan Region of the Iraqi Zagros suture zone: a missing link in the paleogeography of the closing Neotethys Ocean Published in Lithosphere
2011	Dunites from Isua, Greenland: a ca. 3720 Ma window into subcrustal metasomatism of depleted mantle Published in Geology (Boulder)
2010	≥3700 Ma pre-metamorphic dolomite formed by microbial mediation in the Isua supracrustal belt (W. Greenland): simple evidence for early life? Published in Precambrian Research

Research Areas

Research Overview

Early Precambrian crustal evolution and tectonics, climate, environment and emerging life. This is undertaken via integrated field studies (including detailed geological mapping), geochemistry, petrography and zircon U-Pb geochronology.

Zirconology in general, not only U-Pb dating but using zircon trace element geochemistry and inclusion suites of other minerals as tracers of crustal evolution, surficial processes and the evolution and origin of orebodies

Palaeozoic crustal evolution in eastern Australia, with emphasis on the New England Orogen and the Macquarie arc.

Geographic Focus

Australia Country
Brazil Country
China Country
Greenland State or Province
India Country
Kurdistan State or Province
North Korea Country

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2019	Cross-examining Earth's oldest stromatolites: Seeing through the effects of heterogeneous deformation, metamorphism and metasomatism affecting Isua (Greenland) ∼3700 Ma sedimentary rocks Published In Precambrian Research Volume 331 Pages 105347-1 - 105347-17 ISSN 0301-9268 Altmetric
2019	Early Permian strike-slip basin formation and felsic volcanism in the Manning Group, southern New England Orogen, eastern Australia Published In Australian Journal of Earth Sciences Volume Online First Pages 1 - 19 ISSN 0812-0099 Altmetric
2019	Halogens in serpentinites from the Isua supracrustal belt, Greenland: An Eoarchean seawater signature and biomass proxy? Published In Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 262 Pages 31 - 59 ISSN 0016-7037 Altmetric
2019	Inception and early evolution of the Ordovician Macquarie Arc of Eastern Gondwana margin: Zircon U-Pb-Hf evidence from the Molong Volcanic Belt, Lachlan Orogen Published In Lithos Volume 326-327 Pages 513 - 528 ISSN 0024-4937 Altmetric
2019	Overview of the tectonic evolution of the Iraqi Zagros thrust zone: Sixty million years of Neotethyan ocean subduction Published In Journal of Geodynamics Volume 129 Pages 162 - 177 ISSN 0264-3707 Altmetric
2019	Reconstruction of a 3700 Ma transgressive marine environment from Isua (Greenland): Sedimentology, stratigraphy and geochemical signatures Published In Lithos Volume 346-347 ISSN 0024-4937 Altmetric
2019	Tectono-stratigraphic terranes in Archaean gneiss complexes as evidence for plate tectonics: The Nuuk region, southern West Greenland Published In Gondwana Research Volume 72 Pages 213 - 237 ISSN 1342-937X Altmetric
2019	The Archean Victoria Fjord terrane of northernmost Greenland and geodynamic interpretation of Precambrian crust in and surrounding the Arctic Ocean Published In Journal of Geodynamics Volume 129 Pages 3 - 23 ISSN 0264-3707 Altmetric
2019	Timing of late Neoarchean to late Paleoproterozoic events in the North China Craton: SHRIMP U–Pb dating and LA-ICP-MS Hf isotope analysis of zircons from magmatic and metamorphic rocks in the Santunying area, eastern Hebei Published In Gondwana Research Volume 76 Pages 348 - 372 ISSN 1342-937X Altmetric
2019	U-pb zircon dating of ash fall deposits from the paleozoic Paraná Basin of Brazil and Uruguay: A reevaluation of the stratigraphic correlations Published In The Journal of Geology Volume 127 Pages 167 - 182 ISSN 0022-1376 Altmetric
2018	Integrated zircon U-Pb-O-Hf and whole-rock Sm-Nd studies of paleozoic amphibolites in the Chencai area of the Cathaysia Block, South China Published In The Journal of Geology Volume 126 Pages 621 - 637 ISSN 0022-1376 Altmetric
2018	The Spongtang Massif in Ladakh, NW Himalaya: An Early Cretaceous record of spontaneous, intra-oceanic subduction initiation in the Neotethys Published In Gondwana Research Volume 63 Pages 226 - 249 ISSN 1342-937X Altmetric
2017	Continental origin of the Gubaoquan eclogite and implications for evolution of the Beishan Orogen, Central Asian Orogenic Belt, NW China Published In Lithos Volume 294-295 Pages 20 - 38 ISSN 0024-4937 Altmetric
2017	Exotic island arc Paleozoic terranes on the eastern margin of Gondwana: Geochemical whole rock and zircon U-Pb-Hf isotope evidence from Barry Station, New South Wales, Australia Published In Lithos Volume 286-287 Pages 125 - 150 ISSN 0024-4937 Altmetric
2017	Seeing through the magnetite: Reassessing Eoarchean atmosphere composition from Isua (Greenland) ≥3.7 Ga banded iron formations Published In Geoscience Frontiers Volume 8 Pages 1233 - 1240 ISSN 1674-9871 Altmetric
2017	The Mesoarchean Tiejiashan-Gongchangling potassic granite in the Anshan-Benxi area, North China Craton: Origin by recycling of Paleo- to Eoarchean crust from U-Pb-Nd-Hf-O isotopic studies Published In Lithos Volume 290-291 Pages 116 - 135 ISSN 0024-4937 Altmetric
2017	The Pushtashan juvenile suprasubduction zone assemblage of Kurdistan (northeastern Iraq): A Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Neo-Tethys missing link Published In Geoscience Frontiers Volume 8 Pages 1073 - 1087 ISSN 1674-9871 Altmetric
2017	U-Pb-Hf-REE-Ti zircon and REE garnet geochemistry of the Cambrian Attunga eclogite, New England Orogen, Australia: Implications for continental growth along eastern Gondwana Published In Tectonics Volume 36 Pages 1580 - 1613 ISSN 0278-7407 Altmetric
2017	Zircon U-Pb ages and Lu-Hf isotope compositions from clastic rocks in the Hutuo Group: Further constraints on Paleoproterozoic tectonic evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen Published In Precambrian Research Volume 303 Pages 291 - 314 ISSN 0301-9268 Altmetric
2016	2090-2070 Ma A-type granitoids in Zanhuang Complex: further evidence on a Paleoproterozoic rift-related tectonic regime in the Trans-North China Orogen Published In Lithos Volume 254-255 Pages 18 - 35 ISSN 0024-4937 Altmetric
2016	40Ar/39Ar hornblende and biotite geochronology of the Bulfat Igneous Complex, Zagros Suture Zone, NE Iraq: New insights on complexities of Paleogene arc magmatism during closure of the Neotethys Ocean Published In Lithos Volume 266-267 Pages 406 - 413 ISSN 0024-4937 Altmetric
2016	A ca. 2.60 Ga tectono-thermal event in Western Shandong Province, North China Craton from zircon U-Pb-O isotopic evidence: plume or convergent plate boundary process Published In Precambrian Research Volume 281 Pages 236 - 252 ISSN 0301-9268 Altmetric
2016	Age and depositional setting of the Paleoproterozoic Gantaohe Group in Zanhuang Complex: constraints from zircon U–Pb ages and Hf isotopes of sandstones and dacite Published In Precambrian Research Volume 286 Pages 59 - 100 ISSN 0301-9268 Altmetric
2016	Earth's oldest mantle fabrics indicate Eoarchaean subduction Published In Nature Communications Volume 7 Page p. 10665 ISSN 2041-1723 Altmetric
2016	Rapid emergence of life shown by discovery of 3,700-million-year-old microbial structures Published In Nature Volume 537 Pages 535 - 538 ISSN 0028-0836 Altmetric
2016	The Mesoproterozoic to early Neoproterozoic passive margin Lajeado Group and Apiaí Gabbro, Southeastern Brazil Published In Geoscience Frontiers Volume 7 Pages 683 - 694 ISSN 1674-9871 Altmetric
2016	The Sanandaj–Sirjan Zone in the Neo-Tethyan suture, western Iran: Zircon U–Pb evidence of late Palaeozoic rifting of northern Gondwana and mid-Jurassic orogenesis Published In Gondwana Research Volume 40 Pages 43 - 57 ISSN 1342-937X Altmetric
2016	The intra-oceanic Cretaceous (~108 Ma) Kata-Rash arc fragment in the Kurdistan segment of Iraqi Zagros suture zone: implications for Neotethys evolution and closure Published In Lithos Volume 260 Pages 154 - 163 ISSN 0024-4937 Altmetric
2015	3806 Ma Isua rhyolites and dacites affected by low temperature Eoarchaean surficial alteration: Earth's earliest weathering Published In Precambrian Research Volume 268 Pages 323 - 338 ISSN 0301-9268 Altmetric
2015	Geochemistry and age of mafic rocks from the Votuverava Group, southern Ribeira Belt, Brazil: evidence for 1490Ma oceanic back-arc magmatism Published In Precambrian Research Volume 266 Pages 530 - 550 ISSN 0301-9268 Altmetric
2015	Mesoarchaean collision of Kapisilik terrane 3070Ma juvenile arc rocks and >3600Ma Isukasia terrane continental crust (Greenland) Published In Precambrian Research Volume 258 Pages 146 - 160 ISSN 0301-9268 Altmetric
2015	Petrogenesis and tectonic implications of the iron-rich tholeiitic basalts in the Hutuo Group of the Wutai Mountains, Central Trans-North China Orogen Published In Precambrian Research Volume 271 Pages 225 - 242 ISSN 0301-9268 Altmetric
2015	Proposal for a continent ‘Itsaqia’ amalgamated at 3.66 Ga and rifted apart from 3.53 Ga: initiation of a Wilson Cycle near the start of the rock record Published In American Journal of Science: an international earth science journal Volume 315 Pages 509 - 536 ISSN 0002-9599 Altmetric
2015	The Watonga formation and tacking point gabbro, Port Macquarie, Australia: insights into crustal growth mechanisms on the eastern margin of Gondwana Published In Gondwana Research Volume 28 Pages 133 - 151 ISSN 1342-937X Altmetric
2014	Gondwanan Eoarchean–Neoproterozoic ancient crustal material in Iran and Turkey: zircon U-Pb-Hf isotopic evidence Published In Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences Volume 51 Pages 272 - 285 ISSN 0008-4077 Altmetric
2014	Implications for Rodinia reconstructions for the initiation of Neoproterozoic subduction at ~860Ma on the western margin of the Yangtze Block: evidence from the Guandaoshan Pluton Published In Lithos Volume 196-197 Pages 67 - 82 ISSN 0024-4937 Altmetric
2014	Preface to the special issue of Precambrian Research on the understanding of gneiss complexes, in honour of Clark R.L. Friend Published In Precambrian Research Volume 255 Pages 771 - 773 ISSN 0301-9268 Altmetric
2014	Protoliths of enigmatic Archaean gneisses established from zircon inclusion studies: case study of the Caozhuang quartzite, E. Hebei, China Published In Geoscience Frontiers Volume 5 Pages 445 - 455 ISSN 1674-9871 Altmetric
2014	Tracing Archaean terranes under Greenland's Icecap: U-Th-Pb-Hf isotopic study of zircons from melt-water rivers in the Isua area Published In Precambrian Research Volume 255 Pages 900 - 921 ISSN 0301-9268 Altmetric
2013	Episodic Paleoproterozoic (~2.45, ~1.95 and ~1.85 Ga) mafic magmatism and associated high temperature metamorphism in the Daqingshan area, North China Craton: SHRIMP zircon U-Pb dating and whole-rock geochemistry Published In Precambrian Research Volume 224 Pages 71 - 93 ISSN 0301-9268 Altmetric
2013	Evolution of a Cambrian active continental margin: the Delamerian-Lachlan connection in southeastern Australia from a zircon perspective Published In Gondwana Research Volume 24 Pages 1051 - 1066 ISSN 1342-937X Altmetric
2013	Middle Carboniferous-Early Triassic eclogite-blueschist blocks within a serpentinite mélange at Port Macquarie, eastern Australia: implications for the evolution of Gondwana's eastern margin Published In Gondwana Research Volume 24 Pages 1038 - 1050 ISSN 1342-937X Altmetric
2013	Paleo- to Eoarchean crustal evolution in eastern Hebei, North China Craton: new evidence from SHRIMP U-Pb dating and in-situ Hf isotopic study of detrital zircons from paragneisses Published In Journal of Asian Earth Sciences Volume 78 Pages 4 - 17 ISSN 1367-9120 Altmetric
2013	Polycyclic evolution of Camboriú Complex migmatites, Santa Catarina, Southern Brazil: integrated Hf isotopic and U-Pb age zircon evidence of episodic reworking of a Mesoarchean juvenile crust Published In Brazilian Journal of Geology Volume 43 Pages 427 - 443 Altmetric
2013	The Itsaq Gneiss Complex of Greenland: Episodic 3900 to 3660 Ma juvenile crust formation and recycling in the 3660 to 3600 Ma Isukasian orogeny Published In American Journal of Science: an international earth science journal Volume 313 Pages 877 - 911 ISSN 0002-9599 Altmetric
2013	The emergence of the Eoarchaean proto-arc: evolution of a c. 3700 Ma convergent plate boundary at Isua, southern West Greenland Published In Geological Society Special Publication Volume 389 Pages 1 - 21 ISSN 0305-8719 Altmetric
2013	The tectonic evolution of a Neo-Tethyan (Eocene-Oligocene) island-arc (Walash and Naopurdan groups) in the Kurdistan region of the Northeast Iraqi Zagros Suture Zone Published In Island Arc Volume 22 Pages 104 - 125 ISSN 1038-4871 Altmetric
2012	Multiple 3.8-3.1Ga tectono-magmatic events in a newly discovered area of ancient rocks (the Shengousi Complex), Anshan, North China Craton Published In Journal of Asian Earth Sciences Volume 54-55 Pages 18 - 30 ISSN 1367-9120 Altmetric
2012	Ordovician A-type granitoid magmatism on the Ceará Central Domain, Borborema Province, NE-Brazil Published In Journal of South American Earth Sciences Volume 36 Pages 18 - 31 ISSN 0895-9811 Altmetric
2012	Recognition of Late Cretaceous Hasanbag ophiolite-arc rocks in the Kurdistan Region of the Iraqi Zagros suture zone: a missing link in the paleogeography of the closing Neotethys Ocean Published In Lithosphere Volume 4 Pages 395 - 410 ISSN 1941-8264 Altmetric
2012	Waves and weathering at 3.7 Ga: Geological evidence for an equitable terrestrial climate under the faint early Sun Published In Australian Journal of Earth Sciences Volume 59 Pages 167 - 176 ISSN 0812-0099 Altmetric
2011	30 million years of Permian volcanism recorded in the Choiyoi igneous province (W Argentina) and their source for younger ash fall deposits in the Parana Basin: SHRIMP U-Pb zircon geochronology evidence Published In Gondwana Research Volume 19 Pages 509 - 523 ISSN 1342-937X Altmetric
2011	Archaean fluid-assisted crustal cannibalism recorded by low δ18O and negative εHf(T) isotopic signatures of West Greenland granite zircon Published In Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology Volume 161 Pages 1027 - 1050 ISSN 0010-7999 Altmetric
2011	Calymmian (1.50-1.45 Ga) magmatic records in Votuverava and Perau sequences, south-southeastern Brazil: Zircon ages and Nd-Sr isotopic geochemistry Published In Journal of South American Earth Sciences Volume 32 Pages 301 - 308 ISSN 0895-9811 Altmetric
2011	Dunites from Isua, Greenland: a ca. 3720 Ma window into subcrustal metasomatism of depleted mantle Published In Geology (Boulder) Volume 39 Pages 663 - 666 ISSN 0091-7613 Altmetric
2011	Extensional and colisional magmatic records in the Apiai Terrane, south-southeastern Brazil: integration of geochronological U-Pb zircon ages Published In Geologia USP - Serie Cientifica Volume 11 Pages 149 - 175
2011	Multistage late Neoarchaean crustal evolution of the North China Craton, eastern Hebei Published In Precambrian Research Volume 189 Pages 43 - 65 ISSN 0301-9268 Altmetric
2011	Tectonic evolution of the Brusque Group, Dom Feliciano belt, Santa Catarina, Southern Brazil Published In Journal of South American Earth Sciences Volume 32 Pages 324 - 350 ISSN 0895-9811 Altmetric
2011	The Itajaí foreland basin: a tectono-sedimentary record of the Ediacaran period, Southern Brazil Published In International Journal of Earth Sciences Volume 100 Pages 543 - 569 ISSN 1437-3254 Altmetric
2011	The basement of the Punta del Este Terrane (Uruguay): an African Mesoproterozoic fragment at the eastern border of the South American Río de La Plata craton Published In International Journal of Earth Sciences Volume 100 Pages 289 - 304 ISSN 1437-3254 Altmetric
2010	Contribution of SHRIMP U-Pb zircon geochronology to unravelling the evolution of Brazilian Neoproterozoic fold belts Published In Precambrian Research Volume 183 Pages 112 - 144 ISSN 0301-9268 Altmetric
2010	Eoarchean Ophiolites? New Evidence for the Debate on the Isua Supracrustal Belt, Southern West Greeland Published In American Journal of Science: an international earth science journal Volume 310 Pages 826 - 861 ISSN 0002-9599 Altmetric
2010	Preface to special issue of Precambrian Research on the impact of SHRIMP on understanding the precambrian Published In Precambrian Research Volume 183 Pages vii - ix ISSN 0301-9268 Altmetric
2010	Setting of the 2560 MA Qorqut Granite Complex in the Archean Crustal Evolution of Southern West Greenland Published In American Journal of Science: an international earth science journal Volume 310 Pages 1081 - 1114 ISSN 0002-9599 Altmetric
2010	The Formation Age of the Neoarchean Zhuzhangzi and Dantazi Groups in the Qinglong Area, Eastern Hebei Province: Evidence from SHRIMP U-Pb Zircon Dating Published In Geological Review Volume 56 Pages 888 - 898
2010	The complex age of orthogneiss protoliths exemplified by the Eoarchaean Itsaq Gneiss Complex (Greenland): SHRIMP and old rocks Published In Precambrian Research Volume 183 Pages 25 - 43 ISSN 0301-9268 Altmetric
2010	≥3700 Ma pre-metamorphic dolomite formed by microbial mediation in the Isua supracrustal belt (W. Greenland): simple evidence for early life? Published In Precambrian Research Volume 183 Pages 725 - 737 ISSN 0301-9268 Altmetric
2009	A granitic inclusion suite within igneous zircons from a 3.81 Ga tonalite (W.Greenland): Restrictions for Hadean crustal evolution studies using detrital zircons Published In Chemical Geology Volume 261 Pages 76 - 81 ISSN 0009-2541 Altmetric
2009	Detrital zircon sedimentary provenance ages for the Eoarchaean Isua supracrustal belt southern West Greenland: Juxtaposition of an imbricated ca. 3700 Ma juvenile arc against an older complex with 3920-3760 Ma components Published In Precambrian Research Volume 172 Pages 212 - 233 ISSN 0301-9268 Altmetric
2009	Eoarchaean crustal growth in West Greenland (Itsaq Gneiss Complex) and in northeastern China (Anshan area): review and synthesis Published In Geological Society Special Publication Volume 318 Pages 127 - 154 ISSN 0305-8719 Altmetric
2009	Evidence for subduction at 3.8 Ga: Geochemistry of arc-like metabasalts from the southern edge of the Isua Supracrustal Belt Published In Chemical Geology Volume 261 Pages 82 - 97 ISSN 0009-2541 Altmetric
2009	In situ U-Pb, O and Hf isotopic compositions of zircon and olivine from Eoarchaean rocks, West Greenland: new insights to making old crust Published In Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 73 Pages 4489 - 4516 ISSN 0016-7037 Altmetric
2009	Integrated field geological and zircon morphology evidence for ca. 3.8 Ga rocks at Anshan: Comment on "Zircon U-Pb and Hf isotopic constraints on the Early Archean crustal evolution in Anshan of the North China Craton" by Wu et al. [Precambrian Res. 167 (2008) 339-362] Published In Precambrian Research Volume 172 Pages 357 - 360 ISSN 0301-9268 Altmetric
2009	Iron isotopes may reveal the redox conditions of mantle melting from Archean to Present Published In Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 288 Pages 255 - 267 ISSN 0012-821X Altmetric
2009	New 1:20,000 scale geological maps, synthesis and history of investigation of the Isua supracrustal belt and adjacent orthogneisses, southern West Greenland: a glimpse of Eoarchaean crust formation and orogeny Published In Precambrian Research Volume 172 Pages 189 - 211 ISSN 0301-9268 Altmetric
2009	The whole rock Sm-Nd 'age' for the 2825 Ma Ikkattoq gneisses (Greenland) is 800 Ma too young: Insights into Archaean TTG petrogenesis Published In Chemical Geology Volume 261 Pages 62 - 76 ISSN 0009-2541 Altmetric
2009	U-Pb zircon geochronology and Nd isotopic signatures of the pre-mesozoic metamorphic basement of the Eastern Peruvian andes: growth and provenance of a Late Neoproterozoic to Carboniferous accretionary orogen on the Northwest margin of Gondwana Published In The Journal of Geology Volume 117 Pages 285 - 305 ISSN 0022-1376 Altmetric
2008	Constraining the age of the Iporanga Formation with SHRIMP U-Pb zircon: Implications for possible Ediacaran glaciation in the Ribeira Belt, SE Brazil Published In Gondwana Research Volume 13 Pages 117 - 125 ISSN 1342-937X Altmetric
2008	Granites and granites in the East Greenland Caledonides Published In The Geological Society of America Memoir Volume 202 Pages 227 - 249 Altmetric
2008	Palaeoproterozoic and Archaean gneiss complexes in northern Greenland: Palaeoproterozoic terrane assembly in the High Arctic Published In Precambrian Research Volume 161 Pages 419 - 451 ISSN 0301-9268 Altmetric
2008	Polyorogenic history of the East Greenland Caledonides Published In The Geological Society of America Memoir Volume 202 Pages 55 - 70 Altmetric
2008	Seawater-like trace element signatures (REE + Y) of Eoarchaean chemical sedimentary rocks from southern West Greenland, and their corruption during high-grade metamorphism Published In Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology Volume 155 Pages 229 - 246 ISSN 0010-7999 Altmetric
2008	The nagssugtoqidian orogen in South-East Greenland: evidence for paleoproterozoic collision and plate assembly Published In American Journal of Science: an international earth science journal Volume 308 Pages 529 - 572 ISSN 0002-9599 Altmetric
2008	Ti-in-zircon thermometry applied to contrasting Archean metamorphic and igneous systems Published In Chemical Geology Volume 247 Pages 323 - 338 ISSN 0009-2541 Altmetric
2008	West Gondwana amalgamation based on detrital zircon ages from Neoproterozoic Ribeira and Dom Feliciano belts of South America and comparison with coeval sequences from SW Africa Published In Geological Society Special Publication Volume 294 Pages 239 - 256 ISSN 0305-8719 Altmetric
2007	2635 Ma amphibolite facies gold mineralisation near a terrane boundary (suture?) on Storo, Nuuk region, southern West Greenland Published In Precambrian Research Volume 159 Pages 19 - 32 ISSN 0301-9268 Altmetric
2007	Ajacent terranes with ca.2715 and 2650 Ma high-pressure metamorphic assemblages in the Nuuk region of the North Atlantic Craton, southern West Greenland: complexities of Neoarchaean collisional orogeny Published In Precambrian Research Volume 155 Pages 159 - 203 ISSN 0301-9268 Altmetric
2007	Apatite recrystallisation during prograde metamorphism, Cooma, southeast Australia: implications for using an apatite - graphite association as a biotracer in ancient metasedimentary rocks Published In Australian Journal of Earth Sciences Volume 54 Pages 1023 - 1032 ISSN 0812-0099 Altmetric
2007	Comment on "A Vestige of Earth's Oldest Ophiolite" Published In Science Volume 318 Pages 746c - 746c ISSN 0036-8075 Altmetric
2007	Coupled 142Nd-143Nd isotopic evidence for hadean mantle dynamics Published In Science Volume 318 Pages 1907 - 1910 ISSN 0036-8075 Altmetric
2007	Raman and ion microscopic imagery of graphitic inclusions in apatite from olderthan 3830 Ma Akilia supracrustal rocks, west Greenland: Comment and Reply : Comment Published In Geology (Boulder) Volume 35 Pages e169 - e169 ISSN 0091-7613 Altmetric
2007	Structure and SHRIMP U/Pb Zircon ages of granites adjacent to the Chitradurga schist belt: implications for Neoarchaean convergence in the Dharwar craton, Southern India Published In Journal of the Geological Society of India Volume 69 Pages 5 - 24 ISSN 0016-7622
2007	The Beja Layered Gabbroic Sequence (Ossa-Morena Zone, Southern Portugal): geochronology and geodynamic implications Published In Geodinamica Acta: the European journal of geodynamics Volume 20 Pages 139 - 157 ISSN 0985-3111 Altmetric
2007	~3,850 Ma tonalites in the Nuuk region, Greenland: geochemistry and their reworking within an Eoarchaean gneiss complex Published In Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology Volume 154 Pages 385 - 408 ISSN 0010-7999 Altmetric

Chapter

Year	Title
2016	The isua supracrustal belt of the North Atlantic Craton (Greenland): Spotlight on sedimentary systems with the oldest preserved sedimentary structures (~3.7, ~3.75, and ~3.8 Ga) Published In Sediment Provenance: Influences on Compositional Change from Source to Sink Publisher Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier Pages 563 - 591 ISBN 9780128033869 Altmetric
2014	Isua supracrustal belt, West Greenland: geochronology Published In Encyclopedia of Scientific Dating Methods Publisher Netherlands: Springer Netherlands Pages 1 - 4 ISBN 9789400763265 Altmetric
2012	A chronostratigraphic division of the Precambrian: possibilities and challenges Published In The Geologic Time Scale 2012 Publisher Elsevier Science & Technology Pages 299 - 392 Altmetric
2007	The Itsaq Gneiss Complex of Southern West Greeland and the Construction of Eoarchaean Crust at Convergent Plate Boundaries Published In Earth's oldest rocks Publisher Elsevier Pages 187 - 218 Altmetric

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2016	Overview of the tectonic evolution of the Iraqi Zagros Thrust Zone: sixty million years of convergence in Neotethys Published In 2nd European Mineralogical Conference: EMC2016

Investigator On

Year	Title
2018	Revealing the deep earth in deep time Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2017	Engineering planetary habitability: Earth's critical first billion years Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2016 - 2017	Focused ion beam microscope for trace element analysis and nanomachining Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
2015	A new national electron microprobe facility Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
2012 - 2015	Carbon dioxide sequestration 3.7 billion years ago and the oldest climate cycles Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
	Innovative isotopic techniques to study the response of soil and water resources to modern and past climate change Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)

Potential Supervision Topics

The geochemistry of altered Eoarchaean metabasalts; more evidence of carbon dioxide drawdown? (Honours) Deep crust under the Illawarra: Interpreting xenoliths in a dolerite dykes from the southern part of the region (Honours) Geochemical processes in deep time (Masters/PhD)

Teaching Activities

EESC201 Earth's Inferno Coordinator and delivery of all content 2010 - 2020
EESC306 Resources and Environments Lectures on geochronology in the resource industry 2010 - 2020
EESC101 Planet Earth Subject coordinator and delivery of all content 2010 - 2016

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	The Macquarie Arc: Understanding The Geologic Setting of Porphyry-Copper Systems in Eastern Australia.	Zhang, Qing
Doctor of Philosophy	Tectonic Evolution of the Shyok Suture in the Nubra Valley, Ladakh Himalaya, NW India	Saktura, Wanchese
Doctor of Philosophy	Tectonic Evolution of the Himalayan Dras Arc and Fore-Arc Sequence in Ladakh, NW India	Walsh, Jessica

Education And Training

Ph.D. in Geology, Exeter University, Department of Geology 1976 - 1980

Teaching Overview

I taught a range of undergraduate and graduate subjects at Memorial University of Newfoundland 1984-1988.

In University of Wollongong subjects taught are:

2010-2016 EESC101 'Planet Earth' an introduction to the solid Earth - its structure, evolution, rocks, minerals etc.

2010-continuing EESC201 'Earth's Inferno' the second year igneous and metamorphic petrology subject.

I have introduced many innovations into these subjects, including digital online resources such as 'Petroscope', the deployment of more 'real-life' assessment items and deployment of Hi-Tech equipment in teaching, such as the hand-held-XRF.

My goal is to embed the range of laboratory, field and computational skills necessary for a professional Geoscientist.

Keywords

Archaean gneiss complexes
Earliest evidence of life
Isua supracrustal belt
Zirconology

Orcid Id

http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8393-9456 (pending confirmation)

Scopus Id

7005408922

Top Publications

Year	Title
2019	U-pb zircon dating of ash fall deposits from the paleozoic Paraná Basin of Brazil and Uruguay: A reevaluation of the stratigraphic correlations Published in The Journal of Geology
2016	Earth's oldest mantle fabrics indicate Eoarchaean subduction Published in Nature Communications
2016	Rapid emergence of life shown by discovery of 3,700-million-year-old microbial structures Published in Nature
2015	Proposal for a continent ‘Itsaqia’ amalgamated at 3.66 Ga and rifted apart from 3.53 Ga: initiation of a Wilson Cycle near the start of the rock record Published in American Journal of Science: an international earth science journal
2014	Tracing Archaean terranes under Greenland's Icecap: U-Th-Pb-Hf isotopic study of zircons from melt-water rivers in the Isua area Published in Precambrian Research
2013	Middle Carboniferous-Early Triassic eclogite-blueschist blocks within a serpentinite mélange at Port Macquarie, eastern Australia: implications for the evolution of Gondwana's eastern margin Published in Gondwana Research
2012	Recognition of Late Cretaceous Hasanbag ophiolite-arc rocks in the Kurdistan Region of the Iraqi Zagros suture zone: a missing link in the paleogeography of the closing Neotethys Ocean Published in Lithosphere
2011	Dunites from Isua, Greenland: a ca. 3720 Ma window into subcrustal metasomatism of depleted mantle Published in Geology (Boulder)
2010	≥3700 Ma pre-metamorphic dolomite formed by microbial mediation in the Isua supracrustal belt (W. Greenland): simple evidence for early life? Published in Precambrian Research

Research Areas

Research Overview

Early Precambrian crustal evolution and tectonics, climate, environment and emerging life. This is undertaken via integrated field studies (including detailed geological mapping), geochemistry, petrography and zircon U-Pb geochronology.

Zirconology in general, not only U-Pb dating but using zircon trace element geochemistry and inclusion suites of other minerals as tracers of crustal evolution, surficial processes and the evolution and origin of orebodies

Palaeozoic crustal evolution in eastern Australia, with emphasis on the New England Orogen and the Macquarie arc.

Geographic Focus

Australia Country
Brazil Country
China Country
Greenland State or Province
India Country
Kurdistan State or Province
North Korea Country

Selected Publications

Journal Article

Year	Title
2019	Cross-examining Earth's oldest stromatolites: Seeing through the effects of heterogeneous deformation, metamorphism and metasomatism affecting Isua (Greenland) ∼3700 Ma sedimentary rocks Published In Precambrian Research Volume 331 Pages 105347-1 - 105347-17 ISSN 0301-9268 Altmetric
2019	Early Permian strike-slip basin formation and felsic volcanism in the Manning Group, southern New England Orogen, eastern Australia Published In Australian Journal of Earth Sciences Volume Online First Pages 1 - 19 ISSN 0812-0099 Altmetric
2019	Halogens in serpentinites from the Isua supracrustal belt, Greenland: An Eoarchean seawater signature and biomass proxy? Published In Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 262 Pages 31 - 59 ISSN 0016-7037 Altmetric
2019	Inception and early evolution of the Ordovician Macquarie Arc of Eastern Gondwana margin: Zircon U-Pb-Hf evidence from the Molong Volcanic Belt, Lachlan Orogen Published In Lithos Volume 326-327 Pages 513 - 528 ISSN 0024-4937 Altmetric
2019	Overview of the tectonic evolution of the Iraqi Zagros thrust zone: Sixty million years of Neotethyan ocean subduction Published In Journal of Geodynamics Volume 129 Pages 162 - 177 ISSN 0264-3707 Altmetric
2019	Reconstruction of a 3700 Ma transgressive marine environment from Isua (Greenland): Sedimentology, stratigraphy and geochemical signatures Published In Lithos Volume 346-347 ISSN 0024-4937 Altmetric
2019	Tectono-stratigraphic terranes in Archaean gneiss complexes as evidence for plate tectonics: The Nuuk region, southern West Greenland Published In Gondwana Research Volume 72 Pages 213 - 237 ISSN 1342-937X Altmetric
2019	The Archean Victoria Fjord terrane of northernmost Greenland and geodynamic interpretation of Precambrian crust in and surrounding the Arctic Ocean Published In Journal of Geodynamics Volume 129 Pages 3 - 23 ISSN 0264-3707 Altmetric
2019	Timing of late Neoarchean to late Paleoproterozoic events in the North China Craton: SHRIMP U–Pb dating and LA-ICP-MS Hf isotope analysis of zircons from magmatic and metamorphic rocks in the Santunying area, eastern Hebei Published In Gondwana Research Volume 76 Pages 348 - 372 ISSN 1342-937X Altmetric
2019	U-pb zircon dating of ash fall deposits from the paleozoic Paraná Basin of Brazil and Uruguay: A reevaluation of the stratigraphic correlations Published In The Journal of Geology Volume 127 Pages 167 - 182 ISSN 0022-1376 Altmetric
2018	Integrated zircon U-Pb-O-Hf and whole-rock Sm-Nd studies of paleozoic amphibolites in the Chencai area of the Cathaysia Block, South China Published In The Journal of Geology Volume 126 Pages 621 - 637 ISSN 0022-1376 Altmetric
2018	The Spongtang Massif in Ladakh, NW Himalaya: An Early Cretaceous record of spontaneous, intra-oceanic subduction initiation in the Neotethys Published In Gondwana Research Volume 63 Pages 226 - 249 ISSN 1342-937X Altmetric
2017	Continental origin of the Gubaoquan eclogite and implications for evolution of the Beishan Orogen, Central Asian Orogenic Belt, NW China Published In Lithos Volume 294-295 Pages 20 - 38 ISSN 0024-4937 Altmetric
2017	Exotic island arc Paleozoic terranes on the eastern margin of Gondwana: Geochemical whole rock and zircon U-Pb-Hf isotope evidence from Barry Station, New South Wales, Australia Published In Lithos Volume 286-287 Pages 125 - 150 ISSN 0024-4937 Altmetric
2017	Seeing through the magnetite: Reassessing Eoarchean atmosphere composition from Isua (Greenland) ≥3.7 Ga banded iron formations Published In Geoscience Frontiers Volume 8 Pages 1233 - 1240 ISSN 1674-9871 Altmetric
2017	The Mesoarchean Tiejiashan-Gongchangling potassic granite in the Anshan-Benxi area, North China Craton: Origin by recycling of Paleo- to Eoarchean crust from U-Pb-Nd-Hf-O isotopic studies Published In Lithos Volume 290-291 Pages 116 - 135 ISSN 0024-4937 Altmetric
2017	The Pushtashan juvenile suprasubduction zone assemblage of Kurdistan (northeastern Iraq): A Cretaceous (Cenomanian) Neo-Tethys missing link Published In Geoscience Frontiers Volume 8 Pages 1073 - 1087 ISSN 1674-9871 Altmetric
2017	U-Pb-Hf-REE-Ti zircon and REE garnet geochemistry of the Cambrian Attunga eclogite, New England Orogen, Australia: Implications for continental growth along eastern Gondwana Published In Tectonics Volume 36 Pages 1580 - 1613 ISSN 0278-7407 Altmetric
2017	Zircon U-Pb ages and Lu-Hf isotope compositions from clastic rocks in the Hutuo Group: Further constraints on Paleoproterozoic tectonic evolution of the Trans-North China Orogen Published In Precambrian Research Volume 303 Pages 291 - 314 ISSN 0301-9268 Altmetric
2016	2090-2070 Ma A-type granitoids in Zanhuang Complex: further evidence on a Paleoproterozoic rift-related tectonic regime in the Trans-North China Orogen Published In Lithos Volume 254-255 Pages 18 - 35 ISSN 0024-4937 Altmetric
2016	40Ar/39Ar hornblende and biotite geochronology of the Bulfat Igneous Complex, Zagros Suture Zone, NE Iraq: New insights on complexities of Paleogene arc magmatism during closure of the Neotethys Ocean Published In Lithos Volume 266-267 Pages 406 - 413 ISSN 0024-4937 Altmetric
2016	A ca. 2.60 Ga tectono-thermal event in Western Shandong Province, North China Craton from zircon U-Pb-O isotopic evidence: plume or convergent plate boundary process Published In Precambrian Research Volume 281 Pages 236 - 252 ISSN 0301-9268 Altmetric
2016	Age and depositional setting of the Paleoproterozoic Gantaohe Group in Zanhuang Complex: constraints from zircon U–Pb ages and Hf isotopes of sandstones and dacite Published In Precambrian Research Volume 286 Pages 59 - 100 ISSN 0301-9268 Altmetric
2016	Earth's oldest mantle fabrics indicate Eoarchaean subduction Published In Nature Communications Volume 7 Page p. 10665 ISSN 2041-1723 Altmetric
2016	Rapid emergence of life shown by discovery of 3,700-million-year-old microbial structures Published In Nature Volume 537 Pages 535 - 538 ISSN 0028-0836 Altmetric
2016	The Mesoproterozoic to early Neoproterozoic passive margin Lajeado Group and Apiaí Gabbro, Southeastern Brazil Published In Geoscience Frontiers Volume 7 Pages 683 - 694 ISSN 1674-9871 Altmetric
2016	The Sanandaj–Sirjan Zone in the Neo-Tethyan suture, western Iran: Zircon U–Pb evidence of late Palaeozoic rifting of northern Gondwana and mid-Jurassic orogenesis Published In Gondwana Research Volume 40 Pages 43 - 57 ISSN 1342-937X Altmetric
2016	The intra-oceanic Cretaceous (~108 Ma) Kata-Rash arc fragment in the Kurdistan segment of Iraqi Zagros suture zone: implications for Neotethys evolution and closure Published In Lithos Volume 260 Pages 154 - 163 ISSN 0024-4937 Altmetric
2015	3806 Ma Isua rhyolites and dacites affected by low temperature Eoarchaean surficial alteration: Earth's earliest weathering Published In Precambrian Research Volume 268 Pages 323 - 338 ISSN 0301-9268 Altmetric
2015	Geochemistry and age of mafic rocks from the Votuverava Group, southern Ribeira Belt, Brazil: evidence for 1490Ma oceanic back-arc magmatism Published In Precambrian Research Volume 266 Pages 530 - 550 ISSN 0301-9268 Altmetric
2015	Mesoarchaean collision of Kapisilik terrane 3070Ma juvenile arc rocks and >3600Ma Isukasia terrane continental crust (Greenland) Published In Precambrian Research Volume 258 Pages 146 - 160 ISSN 0301-9268 Altmetric
2015	Petrogenesis and tectonic implications of the iron-rich tholeiitic basalts in the Hutuo Group of the Wutai Mountains, Central Trans-North China Orogen Published In Precambrian Research Volume 271 Pages 225 - 242 ISSN 0301-9268 Altmetric
2015	Proposal for a continent ‘Itsaqia’ amalgamated at 3.66 Ga and rifted apart from 3.53 Ga: initiation of a Wilson Cycle near the start of the rock record Published In American Journal of Science: an international earth science journal Volume 315 Pages 509 - 536 ISSN 0002-9599 Altmetric
2015	The Watonga formation and tacking point gabbro, Port Macquarie, Australia: insights into crustal growth mechanisms on the eastern margin of Gondwana Published In Gondwana Research Volume 28 Pages 133 - 151 ISSN 1342-937X Altmetric
2014	Gondwanan Eoarchean–Neoproterozoic ancient crustal material in Iran and Turkey: zircon U-Pb-Hf isotopic evidence Published In Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences Volume 51 Pages 272 - 285 ISSN 0008-4077 Altmetric
2014	Implications for Rodinia reconstructions for the initiation of Neoproterozoic subduction at ~860Ma on the western margin of the Yangtze Block: evidence from the Guandaoshan Pluton Published In Lithos Volume 196-197 Pages 67 - 82 ISSN 0024-4937 Altmetric
2014	Preface to the special issue of Precambrian Research on the understanding of gneiss complexes, in honour of Clark R.L. Friend Published In Precambrian Research Volume 255 Pages 771 - 773 ISSN 0301-9268 Altmetric
2014	Protoliths of enigmatic Archaean gneisses established from zircon inclusion studies: case study of the Caozhuang quartzite, E. Hebei, China Published In Geoscience Frontiers Volume 5 Pages 445 - 455 ISSN 1674-9871 Altmetric
2014	Tracing Archaean terranes under Greenland's Icecap: U-Th-Pb-Hf isotopic study of zircons from melt-water rivers in the Isua area Published In Precambrian Research Volume 255 Pages 900 - 921 ISSN 0301-9268 Altmetric
2013	Episodic Paleoproterozoic (~2.45, ~1.95 and ~1.85 Ga) mafic magmatism and associated high temperature metamorphism in the Daqingshan area, North China Craton: SHRIMP zircon U-Pb dating and whole-rock geochemistry Published In Precambrian Research Volume 224 Pages 71 - 93 ISSN 0301-9268 Altmetric
2013	Evolution of a Cambrian active continental margin: the Delamerian-Lachlan connection in southeastern Australia from a zircon perspective Published In Gondwana Research Volume 24 Pages 1051 - 1066 ISSN 1342-937X Altmetric
2013	Middle Carboniferous-Early Triassic eclogite-blueschist blocks within a serpentinite mélange at Port Macquarie, eastern Australia: implications for the evolution of Gondwana's eastern margin Published In Gondwana Research Volume 24 Pages 1038 - 1050 ISSN 1342-937X Altmetric
2013	Paleo- to Eoarchean crustal evolution in eastern Hebei, North China Craton: new evidence from SHRIMP U-Pb dating and in-situ Hf isotopic study of detrital zircons from paragneisses Published In Journal of Asian Earth Sciences Volume 78 Pages 4 - 17 ISSN 1367-9120 Altmetric
2013	Polycyclic evolution of Camboriú Complex migmatites, Santa Catarina, Southern Brazil: integrated Hf isotopic and U-Pb age zircon evidence of episodic reworking of a Mesoarchean juvenile crust Published In Brazilian Journal of Geology Volume 43 Pages 427 - 443 Altmetric
2013	The Itsaq Gneiss Complex of Greenland: Episodic 3900 to 3660 Ma juvenile crust formation and recycling in the 3660 to 3600 Ma Isukasian orogeny Published In American Journal of Science: an international earth science journal Volume 313 Pages 877 - 911 ISSN 0002-9599 Altmetric
2013	The emergence of the Eoarchaean proto-arc: evolution of a c. 3700 Ma convergent plate boundary at Isua, southern West Greenland Published In Geological Society Special Publication Volume 389 Pages 1 - 21 ISSN 0305-8719 Altmetric
2013	The tectonic evolution of a Neo-Tethyan (Eocene-Oligocene) island-arc (Walash and Naopurdan groups) in the Kurdistan region of the Northeast Iraqi Zagros Suture Zone Published In Island Arc Volume 22 Pages 104 - 125 ISSN 1038-4871 Altmetric
2012	Multiple 3.8-3.1Ga tectono-magmatic events in a newly discovered area of ancient rocks (the Shengousi Complex), Anshan, North China Craton Published In Journal of Asian Earth Sciences Volume 54-55 Pages 18 - 30 ISSN 1367-9120 Altmetric
2012	Ordovician A-type granitoid magmatism on the Ceará Central Domain, Borborema Province, NE-Brazil Published In Journal of South American Earth Sciences Volume 36 Pages 18 - 31 ISSN 0895-9811 Altmetric
2012	Recognition of Late Cretaceous Hasanbag ophiolite-arc rocks in the Kurdistan Region of the Iraqi Zagros suture zone: a missing link in the paleogeography of the closing Neotethys Ocean Published In Lithosphere Volume 4 Pages 395 - 410 ISSN 1941-8264 Altmetric
2012	Waves and weathering at 3.7 Ga: Geological evidence for an equitable terrestrial climate under the faint early Sun Published In Australian Journal of Earth Sciences Volume 59 Pages 167 - 176 ISSN 0812-0099 Altmetric
2011	30 million years of Permian volcanism recorded in the Choiyoi igneous province (W Argentina) and their source for younger ash fall deposits in the Parana Basin: SHRIMP U-Pb zircon geochronology evidence Published In Gondwana Research Volume 19 Pages 509 - 523 ISSN 1342-937X Altmetric
2011	Archaean fluid-assisted crustal cannibalism recorded by low δ18O and negative εHf(T) isotopic signatures of West Greenland granite zircon Published In Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology Volume 161 Pages 1027 - 1050 ISSN 0010-7999 Altmetric
2011	Calymmian (1.50-1.45 Ga) magmatic records in Votuverava and Perau sequences, south-southeastern Brazil: Zircon ages and Nd-Sr isotopic geochemistry Published In Journal of South American Earth Sciences Volume 32 Pages 301 - 308 ISSN 0895-9811 Altmetric
2011	Dunites from Isua, Greenland: a ca. 3720 Ma window into subcrustal metasomatism of depleted mantle Published In Geology (Boulder) Volume 39 Pages 663 - 666 ISSN 0091-7613 Altmetric
2011	Extensional and colisional magmatic records in the Apiai Terrane, south-southeastern Brazil: integration of geochronological U-Pb zircon ages Published In Geologia USP - Serie Cientifica Volume 11 Pages 149 - 175
2011	Multistage late Neoarchaean crustal evolution of the North China Craton, eastern Hebei Published In Precambrian Research Volume 189 Pages 43 - 65 ISSN 0301-9268 Altmetric
2011	Tectonic evolution of the Brusque Group, Dom Feliciano belt, Santa Catarina, Southern Brazil Published In Journal of South American Earth Sciences Volume 32 Pages 324 - 350 ISSN 0895-9811 Altmetric
2011	The Itajaí foreland basin: a tectono-sedimentary record of the Ediacaran period, Southern Brazil Published In International Journal of Earth Sciences Volume 100 Pages 543 - 569 ISSN 1437-3254 Altmetric
2011	The basement of the Punta del Este Terrane (Uruguay): an African Mesoproterozoic fragment at the eastern border of the South American Río de La Plata craton Published In International Journal of Earth Sciences Volume 100 Pages 289 - 304 ISSN 1437-3254 Altmetric
2010	Contribution of SHRIMP U-Pb zircon geochronology to unravelling the evolution of Brazilian Neoproterozoic fold belts Published In Precambrian Research Volume 183 Pages 112 - 144 ISSN 0301-9268 Altmetric
2010	Eoarchean Ophiolites? New Evidence for the Debate on the Isua Supracrustal Belt, Southern West Greeland Published In American Journal of Science: an international earth science journal Volume 310 Pages 826 - 861 ISSN 0002-9599 Altmetric
2010	Preface to special issue of Precambrian Research on the impact of SHRIMP on understanding the precambrian Published In Precambrian Research Volume 183 Pages vii - ix ISSN 0301-9268 Altmetric
2010	Setting of the 2560 MA Qorqut Granite Complex in the Archean Crustal Evolution of Southern West Greenland Published In American Journal of Science: an international earth science journal Volume 310 Pages 1081 - 1114 ISSN 0002-9599 Altmetric
2010	The Formation Age of the Neoarchean Zhuzhangzi and Dantazi Groups in the Qinglong Area, Eastern Hebei Province: Evidence from SHRIMP U-Pb Zircon Dating Published In Geological Review Volume 56 Pages 888 - 898
2010	The complex age of orthogneiss protoliths exemplified by the Eoarchaean Itsaq Gneiss Complex (Greenland): SHRIMP and old rocks Published In Precambrian Research Volume 183 Pages 25 - 43 ISSN 0301-9268 Altmetric
2010	≥3700 Ma pre-metamorphic dolomite formed by microbial mediation in the Isua supracrustal belt (W. Greenland): simple evidence for early life? Published In Precambrian Research Volume 183 Pages 725 - 737 ISSN 0301-9268 Altmetric
2009	A granitic inclusion suite within igneous zircons from a 3.81 Ga tonalite (W.Greenland): Restrictions for Hadean crustal evolution studies using detrital zircons Published In Chemical Geology Volume 261 Pages 76 - 81 ISSN 0009-2541 Altmetric
2009	Detrital zircon sedimentary provenance ages for the Eoarchaean Isua supracrustal belt southern West Greenland: Juxtaposition of an imbricated ca. 3700 Ma juvenile arc against an older complex with 3920-3760 Ma components Published In Precambrian Research Volume 172 Pages 212 - 233 ISSN 0301-9268 Altmetric
2009	Eoarchaean crustal growth in West Greenland (Itsaq Gneiss Complex) and in northeastern China (Anshan area): review and synthesis Published In Geological Society Special Publication Volume 318 Pages 127 - 154 ISSN 0305-8719 Altmetric
2009	Evidence for subduction at 3.8 Ga: Geochemistry of arc-like metabasalts from the southern edge of the Isua Supracrustal Belt Published In Chemical Geology Volume 261 Pages 82 - 97 ISSN 0009-2541 Altmetric
2009	In situ U-Pb, O and Hf isotopic compositions of zircon and olivine from Eoarchaean rocks, West Greenland: new insights to making old crust Published In Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta Volume 73 Pages 4489 - 4516 ISSN 0016-7037 Altmetric
2009	Integrated field geological and zircon morphology evidence for ca. 3.8 Ga rocks at Anshan: Comment on "Zircon U-Pb and Hf isotopic constraints on the Early Archean crustal evolution in Anshan of the North China Craton" by Wu et al. [Precambrian Res. 167 (2008) 339-362] Published In Precambrian Research Volume 172 Pages 357 - 360 ISSN 0301-9268 Altmetric
2009	Iron isotopes may reveal the redox conditions of mantle melting from Archean to Present Published In Earth and Planetary Science Letters Volume 288 Pages 255 - 267 ISSN 0012-821X Altmetric
2009	New 1:20,000 scale geological maps, synthesis and history of investigation of the Isua supracrustal belt and adjacent orthogneisses, southern West Greenland: a glimpse of Eoarchaean crust formation and orogeny Published In Precambrian Research Volume 172 Pages 189 - 211 ISSN 0301-9268 Altmetric
2009	The whole rock Sm-Nd 'age' for the 2825 Ma Ikkattoq gneisses (Greenland) is 800 Ma too young: Insights into Archaean TTG petrogenesis Published In Chemical Geology Volume 261 Pages 62 - 76 ISSN 0009-2541 Altmetric
2009	U-Pb zircon geochronology and Nd isotopic signatures of the pre-mesozoic metamorphic basement of the Eastern Peruvian andes: growth and provenance of a Late Neoproterozoic to Carboniferous accretionary orogen on the Northwest margin of Gondwana Published In The Journal of Geology Volume 117 Pages 285 - 305 ISSN 0022-1376 Altmetric
2008	Constraining the age of the Iporanga Formation with SHRIMP U-Pb zircon: Implications for possible Ediacaran glaciation in the Ribeira Belt, SE Brazil Published In Gondwana Research Volume 13 Pages 117 - 125 ISSN 1342-937X Altmetric
2008	Granites and granites in the East Greenland Caledonides Published In The Geological Society of America Memoir Volume 202 Pages 227 - 249 Altmetric
2008	Palaeoproterozoic and Archaean gneiss complexes in northern Greenland: Palaeoproterozoic terrane assembly in the High Arctic Published In Precambrian Research Volume 161 Pages 419 - 451 ISSN 0301-9268 Altmetric
2008	Polyorogenic history of the East Greenland Caledonides Published In The Geological Society of America Memoir Volume 202 Pages 55 - 70 Altmetric
2008	Seawater-like trace element signatures (REE + Y) of Eoarchaean chemical sedimentary rocks from southern West Greenland, and their corruption during high-grade metamorphism Published In Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology Volume 155 Pages 229 - 246 ISSN 0010-7999 Altmetric
2008	The nagssugtoqidian orogen in South-East Greenland: evidence for paleoproterozoic collision and plate assembly Published In American Journal of Science: an international earth science journal Volume 308 Pages 529 - 572 ISSN 0002-9599 Altmetric
2008	Ti-in-zircon thermometry applied to contrasting Archean metamorphic and igneous systems Published In Chemical Geology Volume 247 Pages 323 - 338 ISSN 0009-2541 Altmetric
2008	West Gondwana amalgamation based on detrital zircon ages from Neoproterozoic Ribeira and Dom Feliciano belts of South America and comparison with coeval sequences from SW Africa Published In Geological Society Special Publication Volume 294 Pages 239 - 256 ISSN 0305-8719 Altmetric
2007	2635 Ma amphibolite facies gold mineralisation near a terrane boundary (suture?) on Storo, Nuuk region, southern West Greenland Published In Precambrian Research Volume 159 Pages 19 - 32 ISSN 0301-9268 Altmetric
2007	Ajacent terranes with ca.2715 and 2650 Ma high-pressure metamorphic assemblages in the Nuuk region of the North Atlantic Craton, southern West Greenland: complexities of Neoarchaean collisional orogeny Published In Precambrian Research Volume 155 Pages 159 - 203 ISSN 0301-9268 Altmetric
2007	Apatite recrystallisation during prograde metamorphism, Cooma, southeast Australia: implications for using an apatite - graphite association as a biotracer in ancient metasedimentary rocks Published In Australian Journal of Earth Sciences Volume 54 Pages 1023 - 1032 ISSN 0812-0099 Altmetric
2007	Comment on "A Vestige of Earth's Oldest Ophiolite" Published In Science Volume 318 Pages 746c - 746c ISSN 0036-8075 Altmetric
2007	Coupled 142Nd-143Nd isotopic evidence for hadean mantle dynamics Published In Science Volume 318 Pages 1907 - 1910 ISSN 0036-8075 Altmetric
2007	Raman and ion microscopic imagery of graphitic inclusions in apatite from olderthan 3830 Ma Akilia supracrustal rocks, west Greenland: Comment and Reply : Comment Published In Geology (Boulder) Volume 35 Pages e169 - e169 ISSN 0091-7613 Altmetric
2007	Structure and SHRIMP U/Pb Zircon ages of granites adjacent to the Chitradurga schist belt: implications for Neoarchaean convergence in the Dharwar craton, Southern India Published In Journal of the Geological Society of India Volume 69 Pages 5 - 24 ISSN 0016-7622
2007	The Beja Layered Gabbroic Sequence (Ossa-Morena Zone, Southern Portugal): geochronology and geodynamic implications Published In Geodinamica Acta: the European journal of geodynamics Volume 20 Pages 139 - 157 ISSN 0985-3111 Altmetric
2007	~3,850 Ma tonalites in the Nuuk region, Greenland: geochemistry and their reworking within an Eoarchaean gneiss complex Published In Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology Volume 154 Pages 385 - 408 ISSN 0010-7999 Altmetric

Chapter

Year	Title
2016	The isua supracrustal belt of the North Atlantic Craton (Greenland): Spotlight on sedimentary systems with the oldest preserved sedimentary structures (~3.7, ~3.75, and ~3.8 Ga) Published In Sediment Provenance: Influences on Compositional Change from Source to Sink Publisher Amsterdam, The Netherlands: Elsevier Pages 563 - 591 ISBN 9780128033869 Altmetric
2014	Isua supracrustal belt, West Greenland: geochronology Published In Encyclopedia of Scientific Dating Methods Publisher Netherlands: Springer Netherlands Pages 1 - 4 ISBN 9789400763265 Altmetric
2012	A chronostratigraphic division of the Precambrian: possibilities and challenges Published In The Geologic Time Scale 2012 Publisher Elsevier Science & Technology Pages 299 - 392 Altmetric
2007	The Itsaq Gneiss Complex of Southern West Greeland and the Construction of Eoarchaean Crust at Convergent Plate Boundaries Published In Earth's oldest rocks Publisher Elsevier Pages 187 - 218 Altmetric

Conference Paper

Year	Title
2016	Overview of the tectonic evolution of the Iraqi Zagros Thrust Zone: sixty million years of convergence in Neotethys Published In 2nd European Mineralogical Conference: EMC2016

Investigator On

Year	Title
2018	Revealing the deep earth in deep time Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2017	Engineering planetary habitability: Earth's critical first billion years Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
2016 - 2017	Focused ion beam microscope for trace element analysis and nanomachining Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
2015	A new national electron microprobe facility Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)
2012 - 2015	Carbon dioxide sequestration 3.7 billion years ago and the oldest climate cycles Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Discovery Projects
	Innovative isotopic techniques to study the response of soil and water resources to modern and past climate change Awarded by: Australian Research Council (ARC) Funding Scheme: Linkage Infrastructure Equipment & Facilities (LIEF)

Potential Supervision Topics

The geochemistry of altered Eoarchaean metabasalts; more evidence of carbon dioxide drawdown? (Honours) Deep crust under the Illawarra: Interpreting xenoliths in a dolerite dykes from the southern part of the region (Honours) Geochemical processes in deep time (Masters/PhD)

Teaching Activities

EESC201 Earth's Inferno Coordinator and delivery of all content 2010 - 2020
EESC306 Resources and Environments Lectures on geochronology in the resource industry 2010 - 2020
EESC101 Planet Earth Subject coordinator and delivery of all content 2010 - 2016

Advisees

Graduate Advising Relationship

Degree	Research Title	Advisee
Doctor of Philosophy	The Macquarie Arc: Understanding The Geologic Setting of Porphyry-Copper Systems in Eastern Australia.	Zhang, Qing
Doctor of Philosophy	Tectonic Evolution of the Shyok Suture in the Nubra Valley, Ladakh Himalaya, NW India	Saktura, Wanchese
Doctor of Philosophy	Tectonic Evolution of the Himalayan Dras Arc and Fore-Arc Sequence in Ladakh, NW India	Walsh, Jessica

Education And Training

Ph.D. in Geology, Exeter University, Department of Geology 1976 - 1980

Teaching Overview

I taught a range of undergraduate and graduate subjects at Memorial University of Newfoundland 1984-1988.

In University of Wollongong subjects taught are:

2010-2016 EESC101 'Planet Earth' an introduction to the solid Earth - its structure, evolution, rocks, minerals etc.

2010-continuing EESC201 'Earth's Inferno' the second year igneous and metamorphic petrology subject.

I have introduced many innovations into these subjects, including digital online resources such as 'Petroscope', the deployment of more 'real-life' assessment items and deployment of Hi-Tech equipment in teaching, such as the hand-held-XRF.

My goal is to embed the range of laboratory, field and computational skills necessary for a professional Geoscientist.

Keywords

Archaean gneiss complexes
Earliest evidence of life
Isua supracrustal belt
Zirconology

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http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8393-9456 (pending confirmation)

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