Associate Professor Martin Hand

Academic Background

Associate Professor Martin Hand received a BSc (Hons.) from the University of Newcastle in 1988. His PhD is from the University of Melbourne, which he received in 1995.

He commenced as a Postdoctural Researcher at the University of Adelaide in 1993 before being employed as a Lecturer in 2000.

The Stillwell Medal for best paper in Australian Journal of Earth Sciences was awarded to Associate Professor Martin Hand in 2002. He received the Wollaston Award from the Geological Society of London in 2004.

Research Interests

Metamorphic Geology Textural record of metamorphism heat sources for high geothermal gradient metamorphism.

Continental interior deformation factors that help localise deformation within continental interiors.

Time scales of intraplate deformation.

Structural evolution of intraplate region.

Professional Associations

Associate Professor Martin Hand is Vice Chair of the Specialist Group in Tectonics and Structural Geology of the Geological Society of Australia as well as a Member of the Geological Society of America, Geological Society of London and the American Geophysical Union. He is on the Editorial Board for Lithos.

Projects

Convergent Margins

• Variation in metamorphic style along the Northern margin of the Damara Orogen, Namibia with Doctor Ben Goscombe, Professor David Gray (the University of Melbourne) and Doctor Joanne Mawby (CERG Alumni).
• Metamorphism and geophysical constraints on crustal architecture in the southern Delamerian Orogen with Daniel Brock (Hons. 2003) and Doctor Nick Direen
• Characterising the structural and metamorphic architecture of the east Nepal Himalayas with Doctor Ben Goscombe and Professor David Gray (the University of Melbourne).
• Granulites of the Malawi mosaic with Doctor Ben Goscombe and Professor David Gray (the University of Melbourne).

Intracratonic Deformation

• Alice Springs Orogeny.
• Central Australian rift systems.
• The Petermann Orogeny, Central Australia: Intracratonic deformation.
• Intracratonic deformation – linking interiors and margins with Doctor Nick Direen.

Proterozoic Tectonics

• An integrated tectonic analysis of the Fowler Domain in the Western Gawler Craton with Jane Thomas (Hons. 2004) and Doctor Nick Direen.
• Determining the timing and tectonothermal evolution of the major Archaean to Proterozoic orogenic systems of the Gawler Craton with Rian Dutch (PhD Candidate).
• Investigation of the Tunkillia Suite, western Gawler Craton: Palaeoproterozoic arc-type magmatism with Justin Payne (PhD Candidate) and Doctor Karin Barovich.
• Palaeoproterozoic collisional tectonics along the eastern margin of the Gawler Craton, South Australia with Elena Belousova and Norman Pearson (GEMOC), Doctor Anthony Reid (PIRSA) and Michael Schwarz (Monax Mining).
• Terrane mapping and crustal analysis of the northern Gawler Craton with Justin Payne (PhD Candidate) and Doctor Karin Barovich.
• Metamorphism and geochronology of reworking in the Strangways Metamorphic Complex, Arunta Province with Mark Burdett (PhD Candidate), Doctor Chris Clark and Doctor David Kelsey.
• Curnamona Province, South Australia: terrane analysis with Doctor Karin Barovich, Professor John Foden and Doctor Lachlan Rutherford (PIRSA).
• Isotopic, geochemical and petrogenic approaches to terrane analysis and Proterozoic reconstruction in the Musgrave Block with Ben Wade (PhD Candidate) and Doctor Karin Barovich.

Structural Geology

• End-member boudin classification and modified boudin structures with Doctor Ben Goscombe and Cees Passchier (University of Mainz)
• Fleurieu Arc of the Delamerian Orogen with Daniel Brock (Hons. 2004) and Doctor Nick Direen

Transpressional Tectonics

• The Damara Orogen, Namibia: Aspects of transpressional and convergent tectonics with Doctor Ben Goscombe and Professor David Gray (The University of Melbourne).
• Metamorphic expressions of transpressional deformation: the Damara Orogen, Namibia with Doctor Ben Goscombe, Doctor Joanne Mawby (CERG Alumni) and Professor David Gray (The University of Melbourne).

Neoproterozoic Palaeogeography

• The Indian Keystone of Gondwana : Protolith Affiliation, Age and Significance of Metamorphism of the Southern Granulite Terrane of India with Doctor Alan Collins, Stacey McKenzie (Hons. 2006), Louise Kropinksi (Hons. 2006), Doctor Christopher Clark, Doctor David Kelsey and Professor John Foden.
• North Atlantic Neoproterozoic tectonism - constraints from the Shetlands with Doctor Christopher Clark, Kathryn Cutts (Hons. 2006) and Doctor David Kelsey.

Recent Publications

Follow the link for a listing of Associate Professor Martin Hand's most recent publications related to the work of CERG.