Dr. Martin J. Van Kranendonk
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Phone: + 61 8 9222 3631 Fax: + 61 8 9222 3633 Email: martin.vankranendonk@doir.wa.gov.au Postal: Geological Survey of Western Australia |
Academic Qualifications:
PhD (1992) Queen's University, Canada
MSc (1987) University of Toronto, Canada
BSc Hon. (1984) University of Toronto, Canada
Years as a Researcher: 6
Current position: Senior Geologist (Pilbara project), Geological Survey of Western Australia (1997-recent)
Past Appointments:
-Australian Research Council Post-doctoral Fellow (1994-1997), University of Newcastle (Pilbara structural evolution)
-Canadian Government Laboratory Visiting Fellow (1992-1994), Geological Survey of Canada (co-leader of geological mapping in the Torngat Mountains)
Ten Most Significant Publications in last 5 years:
1. Van Kranendonk, M. J. (in press) - Volcanic degassing, hydrothermal circulation and the flourishing of early life on Earth: new evidence from the North Pole and Marble Bar areas, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia. Precambrian Research.
2. Brasier, M.D., Green, O.R., Jephcoat, A.P., Kleppe, A.K., Van Kranendonk, M.J., Lindsay, J.F., Steele, A., & Grassineau, N. (2002): Questioning the evidence for Earth's oldest fossils. Nature, v. 416, 76-81.
3. Van Kranendonk, M. J., Hickman, A. H., Smithies, R. H., Nelson, D. R., and Pike, G. (in press, July 2002) - Geology and Tectonic Evolution of the Archaean North Pilbara Terrain, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia. Economic Geology.
4. Van Kranendonk, M. J. (submitted) - Re-assessment of the thrust-accretion hypothesis for the Theespruit area, Barberton Mountain Land, South Africa. Tectonics.
5. Van Kranendonk, M. J. and Collins, W. J. (in press) - Punctuated diapiric emplacement of granitoid domes in the ancient, eastern nucleus of the Archaean Pilbara Craton, Western Australia. Precambrian Research.
6. Collins, W. J., Van Kranendonk, M. J. & Teyssier, C. (1998) - Partial convective overturn of Archaean crust in the east Pilbara Craton, Western Australia: Driving mechanisms and tectonic implications. Journal of Structural Geology 20, 1405-1424.
7. Van Kranendonk, M. J. and Collins, W. J. (1998) - Timing and tectonic significance of Late Archaean, sinistral strike-slip deformation in the Central Pilbara Structural Corridor, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia. Precambrian Research 88, 207-232.
8. Collins, W.J. and Van Kranendonk, M.J. (1999) - Model for the development of kyanite during partial convective overturn of Archaean granite-greenstone terranes: the Pilbara Craton, Australia. Journal of Metamorphic Geology 17, 145-156.
9. Van Kranendonk, M. J. and Wardle, R. J. (1997) - Crustal-scale flexural slip folding during late tectonic amplification of an orogenic boundary perturbation in the Paleoproterozoic Torngat Orogen, NE Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 34, 1545-1565.
10. Van Kranendonk, M. J. (1996) - Tectonic evolution of the Paleoproterozoic Torngat Orogen; Evidence from P-T-t-d paths in the North River map area, Labrador. Tectonics 15, 843-869.
Last Updated: Jan 30 2006