News of ITAR Activities

• June-November 2022: Fieldwork in Western Scotland.

• May  2022: Review paper on the collapse of the Damara Belt published in Gondwana Research, 2022, 109, 285-375.

• March  2020: Review paper on the metamorphic evolution of the NE Arabian margin published in Gondwana Research, 2020, 83, 298-371.

• December  2019: Review paper on the metamorphic evolution of the Zambezi Belt published in Gondwana Research, 2020, 80, 410-465.

• November  2019: Review paper on the metamorphic evolution of the Yilgarn Craton published in Precambrian Research, 2019, 335, 105441.

• July-September 2019: Fieldwork in Western Scotland.

• April-June 2019: Fieldwork in Namibia.

• July-September 2018: Fieldwork in Western Scotland.

• April-June 2018: Fieldwork in Namibia and Zimbabwe.

• March 2018: Manuscript on the metamorphic evolution of the central Himalayan Orogen published as a Focus Review in Gondwana Research.

• Janurary 2018: Manuscript on the tectonic evolution of the Damara Orogenic System published as a chapter in SW Gondwana by Springer-Verlag.

• October 2017: Manuscript on the metamorphic evolution of the Damara Orogen published as a Focus Review in Gondwana Research.

• September 2017: Manuscript on the deformation evolution of the Damara Orogenic System published as a Focus Review in Geoscience Frontiers.

• July-September 2017: Fieldwork in Western Scotland.

• April-June 2017: Fieldwork in Namibia and Zimbabwe.

• February 2017: Submitted manuscript on synthesis of Damara Orogenic System tectonics for publication in SW Gondwana by Springer-Verlag.

• February 2017: Submitted manuscript on Damara Orogenic System deformation and tectonics to Geoscience Frontiers.

• February 2017: Submitted manuscript on Damara Orogen metamorphism  to Journal of Petrology.

• July-September 2016: Fieldwork in Western Scotland.

• March-June 2016: Fieldwork in Namibia and Zimbabwe.

• July-August 2015: Fieldwork in Western Scotland.

• March-June 2015: Fieldwork in Namibia and Zimbabwe.

• December 2014: Started Australia Metamorphic Project [OZMP] in collaboration with GA.

• October-November 2014: Fieldwork in Tasmania.

• June 2014: Completed and submitted Western Yilgarn Craton research to GSWA for publication.

• March-September 2014: Fieldwork in Namibia and Zimbabwe.

• April-September 2013: Fieldwork in Namibia and Zimbabwe.

• The 2010 paper: Geodynamics of the eastern Yilgarn Craton. Precambrian Research, 183, 175-202, is in the top 25 down loaded Precambrian Research papers.

• 10^th June - 30^th October 2012: Fieldwork in NW Scotland.

• 1^st March - 30^th April 2012: Fieldwork in Broken Hill for structural studies.

• 21^st  - 24^th Feburary 2012: Presentation of Yilgarn research at Geological Survey of WA open day, Perth.

• 14^th Feburary 2012: Presentation of Yilgarn research to Minotaur Mining, Adelaide.

• 1^st October - 30^th October 2011: Fieldwork in Broken Hill for structural studies.

• 10^th July - 30^th August 2011: Fieldwork in Eyre Peninsular for structural studies.

• 1^st March - 30^th April 2011: Fieldwork in Broken Hill and northeast NSW for structural studies.

• 12^th-20^th December 2010: Fieldwork on Eyre and Fleurieu Peninsulas, South Australia for structural studies.

• 18^th-31^st October 2010: Fieldwork in the Olary Province, South Australia for structural studies.

• 5^th-9^th September 2010: Presenting Yilgarn research at 5^th International Archaean Symposium, Perth.

• September 2010: Geodynamics of the Eastern Yilgarn Craton by Czarnota, Blewett and Goscombe is available as a paper in Precambrian Research. [see Downloads page] [1]

• August 2010: Gold Exploration Targeting study of the Eastern Yilgarn Craton by Czarnota, Blewett and Goscombe is available as a paper in Precambrian Research. Link to accepted paper. [2]

• 1^st-30^th June 2010: Fieldwork in the Yilgarn Craton for the GSWA funded West Yilgarn Craton Metamorphic Project (WYCMP).

• 9^th-11^th February 2010: Presention at Geological Survey of Western Australia, Perth.

• December 2009: Metamorphic study of the Eastern Yilgarn Craton is available from Geoscience Australia. GA Record 2009/23 [3].

• 1^st July - 15^th August 2009: Fieldwork in Namibia, Zimbabwe and Zambia with Prof. David Foster, students and Prof. Ben Mapani.

• 3^rd-29^th May 2009: Fieldwork in the Yilgarn Craton for the GSWA funded West Yilgarn Craton Metamorphic Project (WYCMP).

• 1^st January 2009-31^st March 2009: Fieldwork to document active tectonic environments in South America: hot spot oceanic island plateau (Galapagos Archipelago [4]) and continental magmatic arc (Peruvian Andes).

• 9^th November 2008-31^st December 2008: Fieldwork to document Pan-African Anti-Atlas suture and Hercynian High-Atlas orogenic belt in Morocco.

• 1^st-8^th November 2008: Talk and meetings with the Norway Geological Survey (NGU), Trondheim.

• 20^th August 2008: Manuscript in press to be published in Gondwana Research; "Metamorphic response in orogens of different obliquity, geometry and scale", is available in Downloads [1] web page.

• 1^st August 2008: Start of GSWA funded West Yilgarn Craton Metamorphic Project (WYCMP).

• 30^th July 2008: End of pmd*CRC funded Y4 East Yilgarn Craton Metamorphic Project (EYCMP).

• 11^th-24^th July 2008: East Yilgarn Craton field workshop and Australian Earth Science Convention, Perth.

• 4^th-6^st July 2008: Fieldwork at Olary Province in SA, with Sydney University.

• 1^st-3^rd June 2008: Fieldwork at Kanmantoo Province, SA.

• 13^th-19^th April 2008: At Geoscience Australia in Canberra.

• 1^st-2^nd April 2008: Presenting at pmd*CRC [5] meeting Kalgoorlie.

• 12^th February 2008: Submitted APF proposal to ARC. Secular change in the thermo-mechanical response to orogenesis during the assembly of supercontinents; Goscombe, Clarke, Foster, Santosh and Meert.Proposal unsuccessfull.

• 3^rd-15^th December 2007: At Geoscience Australia [6] in Canberra.

• 7^th-18^th November 2007: Invited to talk at the International Association for Gondwana Research symposium at Kyushu University, Japan and receive 2006 Best Paper Award [7] for a paper on the crustal architecture of the Himalayas in Eastern Nepal [8].

• October 2007: Journal of Structural Geology Photograph of the Month (pseudo-boudinage), is available online at Science Direct [9].

• 21^st-27^th September 2007: Attended field workshop in the northern Yilgarn Craton. Invited to present findings on East Yilgan Craton Metamorphism at Kalgoorlie07 Conference [10]. The metamorphic contribution and all components of the now mature, integrated Y4 program (structure, fluids, modelling, provenance, geochemistry...) recieved commendations from Dr Tim Griffin (Director GSWA), Greg Hall (Australian Mineral Fields), Prof. Campbell McCuaig (Director CET) and Dr Jon Hronsky (Western Mining Services).

• September 2007: Journal of Structural Geology Photograph of the Month (a reworked boudin), is available online at Science Direct [11].

• 7^th August 2007: ITAR web site.

• July 2007: Gondwana Research Focus Paper on structure and strain variation in the transpressional Kaoko Belt in West Gondwana, is available online at Science Direct [12].

• 19^th-28^th June 2007: Field training of new geologist staff at NTGS.

• 2^nd-4^th May 2007: Presenting at pmd*CRC meeting in Perth.

• March 2007: Precambrian Research paper on the outboard Coastal Terrane in the Kaoko Belt, Namibia available online at Science Direct [13].

• 1^st-14^th Janurary 2007: Metamorphic study of the Eastern Arunta for the NTGS.

• 20^th-23^rd November 2006: Presenting at pmd*CRC meeting in Perth.

• October 2006: Structure and metamorphic database compilation for NTGS.

• August-September 2006: Field work in the East Yilgarn Craton.

• July 2006: Field work in Namibia (Kaoko Belt, Damara Orogen, Gariep Belt) with Prof. David Foster and Prof. David Gray.

• 1^st June 2006: Start of long-term research contract to document the metamorphic evolution of the eastern Yilgarn Craton (EYCMP). EYCMP is a component of the wider Y4 Project, is funded by pmd*CRC with support from GSWA and GA and ends on 30th June 2008. EYCMP is undertaken in collaboration with Richard Blewett (Team Leader) and Karol Czarnota of Geoscience Australia, Roland Maas of Melbourne University, Bruce Groenewald of Geological Survey of Western Australia, with input from the wider Y4 team (Andy Barnicoat, John Walshe, Heather Sheldon, Yanhua Zhang, John Miller, Ned Stolz, Peter Neumayr, Rick Squire, David Champion, Paul Henson...), GSWA staff (Steve Wyche, Martin Van Kranendonk, Charlotte Hall) and technical support (Angus Netting, Michael Verrall, Greg Hitchen, Paul Hamilton, Liz Webber, Bill Pappas).

• 21^st Janurary 2006: ITAC venture established in Malalcahuello Village, Chile.

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