Fields of Research

Igneous and metamorphic petrology
Resource geoscience
Geochronology
Structural geology and tectonics
Isotope geochemistry

Research Objectives

Expanding knowledge in the earth sciences
Uranium exploration
Other mineral resources (excl. energy resources)
Mineral exploration

Career Best Publications

Research Publications

Carbonates at the supergiant Olympic Dam Cu-U-Au-Ag deposit, South Australia. Part 1: Distribution, textures, associations and stable isotope (C, O) signatures; Ore Geology Reviews
Carbonates at the supergiant Olypmic Dam Cu-U-Au-Ag deposit, South Australia part 2: Sm-Nd, Lu-Hf and Sr-Pb isotope constraints on the chronology of carbonate deposition; Ore Geology Reviews
Early, deep magnetite-fluorapatite mineralization at the Olympic Dam Cu-U-Au-Ag deposit, South Australia; Economic Geology and The Bulletin of The Society of Economic Geologists
Effects of hydrothermal alteration on mafic lithologies at the Olympic Dam Cu-U-Au-Ag deposit; Precambrian Research
Linking Olympic Dam and the Cariewerloo Basin: was a sedimentary basin involved in formation of the world’s largest uranium deposit?; Precambrian Research
Neoproterozoic (ca. 820–830 Ma) mafic dykes at Olympic Dam, South Australia: links with the Gairdner Large Igneous Province; Precambrian Research
Olivine-phyric basalt in the Mesoproterozoic Gawler silicic large igneous province, South Australia: Examples at the Olympic Dam Iron Oxide Cu-U-Au-Ag deposit and other localities; Precambrian Research
Postmagmatic magnetite - apatite assemblage in mafic intrusions: a case study of dolerite at Olympic Dam, South Australia; Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology

Research Projects

Research Candidate Supervision