Dr Justin Payne

Biography/ Background

I am a Lecturer within the School of Earth and Environmnetal Sciences where I teach into Earth's Interior I, coordinate and lecture in Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology II and am involved in the running of the Field Geoscience III course in central Australia.

In this position I am also responsible for developing and facilitating isotopic and geochemical research at the University of Adelaide. This work is under the banner of an IMER Strategic Research Initiative "Developments in geochemical and isotopic tools for advanced tectonic analysis and mineral exploration at the U of A" to Prof. Martin Hand, Assoc. Prof. Alan Collins and Assoc. Prof. Nigel Cook.

I am a member of the Centre for Tectonics Resources and Exploration (TRAX).

I completed my PhD studies in 2008 on the Palaeoproterozoic evolution of the Gawler Craton and greater Mawson Continent. This work has led into my current overarching research interests in the use of trace element and isotope geochemistry and geochronology to elucidate the evolution of the Earth's crust. These tools are combined with metamorphic and igneous petrology and field observations to produce multi-disciplinary solutions to meso- to macro-scale tectonic questions.

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A taste of my current analytical and geological research projects:

• Re-addressing the impact of isobaric and molecular interferences in in-situ Laser Ablation Multi-collector Inductively Coupled Plasma Mass Spectrometry (LA-MC-ICP-MS) with a focus on the influence of REE-oxides in Hf isotope measurements.
• Archaean Supercratons or Supercontinents? There is increasing evidence for multiple supercratons in the middle to late Archaean and I am interested in the assembly of the 'other' supercraton with many of the terranes that are commonly left out of the supercraton/supercontinent debate.
• Trace Element Imaging - Using LA-ICP-MS Trace Element Imaging (I like to use LA-ICP-MS-TEI) to investigate the distribution of trace elements within metamorphic and igneous minerals in high temperature earth systems. This work also currently includes method development for fish otoliths, trace essential metals (i.e. Fe) in cereal grains and element distributions within root and leaf tissues of salt tolerant plants.
• The influence of xenocrystic garnet on the trace element and isotopic characteristics of highly peraluminous granites
• Distribution and Re-distribution of Hf and the REEs during crustal formation and re-working. Why are we continously underestimating the degree of ancient continent growth? Can the detrital zircon Hf isotope record (including O isotopes if that is your fancy) actually tell us that much about continental growth? I think they can but not using the methods we currently employ to interrogate the datasets.
  
• Bulk Crustal Enrichment - Investigating the mechanisms by which large terranes as a whole are enriched in incompatible elements. The Diamantina Craton, Australia, is an obvious example with a heat flow anomaly providing evidence for widespread enrichment in U and Th. This bulk crustal enrichment in U and Th has some interesting consequences but we know almost nothing about the origin and timing of this crustal (or lithospheric) enrichment.
  

 

"Software"/Data Processing Tools

• HfTRAX - An easy-to-use Microsoft Excel workbook for processing Lu-Hf LA-MC-ICP-MS data using all of the proposed Yb interference correction routines. Provides the ability to use multiple methods at once with a lower signal threshold on Yb for use of the direct Yb mass bias determination method. Also provides a plot of the corrected data (measurement by measurement) so you can more readily identify any variation in the zircon or analytical issues (i.e. 176Hf/177Hf correlation with REEs). Contact me if you are interested in obtaining a copy.
  

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 Previous Employment:

University of Adelaide - 2009-2010 - Teaching Support/Post-doctoral Researcher
GEMOC, Macquarie University -  2008-2009 - ICP-MS Geochemist
University of Adelaide - 2008 - Research Associate
University of Adelaide - 2004 - 2008 - PhD Candidate (APAI)

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Project Funding and Awards:

"Developing World-Class Trace Element Imaging facilities through Key Analytical Infrastructure Advances" - Premier's Science and Research Fund 2010 - $766,000 - Hand, Cook, Tester, Payne and 15 others. (Payne developed & co-ordinated project and primary writer)

 

David I. Groves Medal 2008 - Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Harold Woolhouse Prize 2008 - Best Ph.D. Thesis in Faculty of Science (U of A)
Walter Howchin Medal 2008 - Geological Society of Australia (SA Division)
Research Abroad Scholarship 2007 - University of Adelaide
Eric Rudd Memorial Travel Scholarship 2007 - Geology and Geophysics (U of A) 

Publications

12. Anderson, J.R., Payne, J.L., Kelsey, D.E., Hand, M., Collins, A.S., Santosh, M., 2012. High-pressure granulites at the dawn of the Proterozoic. Geology. v. 40, p. 431-434. DOI: 10.1130/G32854.1

11. Morrissey, L., Payne, J.L., Kelsey, D.E., and Hand, M., 2011. Grenvillian-aged reworking in the North Australian Craton, central Australia: constraints from geochronology and modelled phase equilibria. Precambrian Resarch, 191 (3-4), pp. 141-165.

10. Howard, K.E., Hand, M., Barovich, K.M., Payne, J.L., Cutts, K., Belousova, E.A., 2011. U-Pb zircon, zircon Hf and whole rock Sm-Nd isotopic constraints on the evolution of Paleoproterozoic rocks in the northern Gawler Craton. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences 58, 615-638.

9. Teale, W., Collins, A., Foden, J., Payne, J.L., Plavsa, D., Chetty, T., Santosh, M., and Fanning, M., 2011. Cryogenian (~830 Ma) mafic magmatism and metamorphism in the northern Madurai Block, southern India: a magmatic link between Sri Lanka and Madagascar? Asian Journal of Earth Sciences, Accepted.

8. Howard, K.E., Barovich, K.M., Hand, M., Belousova, E.A. & Payne, J.L., 2011. U-Pb, Lu-Hf and Sm-Nd isotopic constraints on provenance and depositional timing of metasedimentary rocks in the western Gawler Craton: Implications for Proterozoic reconstruction models. Precambrian Research, 184 (1-4), pp. 43-62.

7. Selway, K.M., Hand, M., Payne, J.L., Heinson, G.S. & Reid, A., 2011. Magnetotelluric constraints on the tectonic setting of Grenville-aged orogenesis in central Australia. Journal of the Geological Society, London, 168, 1-13.

6. Payne, J.L., Ferris, G.M., Barovich, K.M. & Hand, M., 2010. Pitfalls of classifying ancient magmatic suites with tectonic discrimination diagrams: An example from the Paleoproterozic Tunkillia Suite, Gawler Craton, Australia. Precambrian Research, 177 (3-4), 227-240. doi:10.1016/j.precamres.2009.12.005

5. Payne, J.L., Hand, M., Barovich, K.M., Reid, A. &  Evans, D.A.D., 2009. A global context for the Palaeoproterozoic evolution of the Mawson Continent. In: Reddy, S.M., Mazumder, R., Evans, D.A.D. & Collins, A.S. (eds) Palaeoproterozoic Supercontinents and Global Evolution. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 323, 319-356. doi:10.1144/SP323.16

4. Selway, K.M.,Hand, M., Heinson, G.S. and Payne, J.L., 2009. Magnetotelluric constraints on subduction polarity: Reversing reconstruction models for Proterozoic Australia. Geology, 37, 9, 799-802. doi:10.1130/G30175A.1

3. Payne, J.L., Hand, M., Barovich, K.M. & Wade, B.P., 2008. Temporal Constraints on the timing of high-grade metamorphism in the northern Gawler Craton: implications for assembly of the Australian Proterozoic.  Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 55, 623-640.

2. Wade, B., Payne, J.L., Barovich, K.M., Hand, M., Reid, A., 2007. Petrogenesis of the 1.5 Ga magmatism in the Coompana Block - Filling the magmatic gap in Proterozoic Australia. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 54, 1089-1102

1. Payne, J.L., Barovich, K.M. & Hand, M., 2006. Provenance of metasedimentary rocks in the northern Gawler Craton, Australia: Implications for Palaeoproterozoic reconstructions. Precambrian Research, 148, 275-291.

 

 

 

Professional Associations

Geological Society of Australia
Geological Association of Canada
Geochemical Society  
American Geophysical Union

Participant of IGCP 509 - Palaeoproterozoic Supercontinents and Global Evolution

Entry last updated: Monday, 7 May 2012