Earth - Research Specialties
Our Earth sub-theme integrates our planet's geological and prehistoric past and the cataclysmic processes that shaped the earth. Our internationally-recognised staff has diverse expertise in vertebrate and invertebrate palaeontology, biostratigraphy, tectonics, as well as sedimentary, igneous and metamorphic geology.
Research Interests: Geology and Earth Sciences
- Sedimentology
- Structural and metamorphic geology
- Mineralogy and mineral deposits
- Detrital mineral geochronology and geochemistry
- Geophysics and geological mapping
- Palaeobiology, palaeoecology and palaeobiogeography
Our People
- Mesozoic vertebrates, particularly dinosaurs Cretaceous vertebrate palaeoecology of western Canada and Australia Palaeobiology, especially related to skin impressions, palaeopathology and feeding behaviour of dinosaurs
- dinosaur footprints
- structural & metamorphic geology
- cordilleran arcs
- geodynamics
- tectonics
- geochrolology
- geochemistry
- ore deposits and minerals exploration
- marine geology
- palaeontology
- palaeobiology, palaeoecology and palaeobiogeography
- biostratigraphy
- taphonomy, including exceptional fossil preservation (e.g., Konservat-Lagerstätten)
- the Cambrian 'explosion' event
- taxonomy and phylogeny of Cambrian animals
- early Palaeozoic fossil arthropods, especially Cambrian trilobites and their kin
- early Cambrian Emu Bay Shale Biota of Kangaroo Island, South Australia
- earth sciences