Welcome to Integrated Terrane Analysis web site

Contact: ben.goscombe@gmail.com [3]

Main areas of expertise:
• Field work and geological mapping
• Structural analysis, profiles and strain mapping
• Metamorphic analysis and petrology
• Metamorphic mapping and field gradients
• Collation and synthesis of large, orogen-wide datasets
• Integrated terrane analysis and tectonic synthesis

Current, Ongoing and Completed ITAR collaborative projects:

• Australia Metamorphic Project [OZMP] [4]: Collaborative research funded by Geoscience Australia to summarize the metamorphic evolution of the Australian continent and spatio-temporal metamorphic map patterns. In collaboration with Dr Richard Blewett (GA), Karol Czarnota (GA), Roger Skirrow (GA), Geoff Fraser (GA) and other staff at GA, MRT and NSW Geological Survey.

• West Yilgarn Craton Metamorphism Project [5]: Collaborative research funded by large grant from GSWA [6]. In collaboration with Dr Richard Blewett (GA), David Foster (University of Florida), Ben Wade (Adelaide Microscopy), Steve Wyche (GSWA), Angus Netting (Adelaide Microscopy) and Paul Hamilton on technical support. [Link to GSWA Field Notes] [7].

• East Yilgarn Craton Metamorphism Project [8]: Collaborative research funded by pmd*CRC and Geoscience Australia. In collaboration with Dr Richard Blewett (GA), Karol Czarnota (GA), Bruce Groenewald (GSWA), Roland Maas (Melb Uni) and other GA, GSWA and pmd*CRC staff.

• Thermo-mechanical response within collisional Pan-African Orogenic Systems [9]: Ongoing collaborative research self-funded by ITAR and previous funding by NSF (Foster) and ARC (Gray). In collaboration with Prof. David Foster [10] (University of Florida), Prof. David Gray [11] (Melbourne University), Dr. Dave Kelsey and Dr. Ben Wade [12] (Adelaide University) with Paul Hamilton and Angus Netting on technical support.

• Damara Orogen [13], Kaoko Belt [14] and Zambezi Belt [9] Projects in Namibia, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi: Collaborators David Foster, David Gray, David Kelsey and Ben Wade.

• Macquarie Island project in Southern Ocean [15]: Collaborators Graham Baines [16] (Adelaide University), Joshua Schwartz [17] (University of Alabama), Elena Miranda [18] (California State University, Northridge), David Foster (Florida University) and John Everard (MRT).

• Eastern Arunta Metamorphic studies and staff training: Funded by the Northern Territory Geological Survey [19].

• Structural studies on boudinage, kinematic indicators and transpression in shear zones from Nambia and South Australia: In collaboration with Prof David Gray (Geostructures).

• Metamorphic project in Mali [20]: In collaboration with Dr Thomas Bekker-Fullgraf and funded by the BRGM [21].

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