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Alexander R. Cruden

Alexander R. Cruden

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Earth Science

D-Index
46
Citations
7721
World Ranking
4238
National Ranking
224

Overview

Alexander R. Cruden is affiliated with Monash University in Australia and has contributed significantly to the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research primarily engages with geophysics, earthquake and tectonic studies, and geological and geochemical analysis. The breadth of their work encompasses geological formations and processes, high-pressure geophysics and materials, earth-surface processes, artificial intelligence applications, and mechanics of materials.

The scientist's publication record includes numerous articles across multiple respected venues, reflecting a focus on structural geology and tectonics as well as broader geoscientific topics. Frequent publication venues include:

  • Journal of Structural Geology
  • Tectonics
  • Geology
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Precambrian Research

Among the recent papers authored or co-authored by Alexander R. Cruden are the following:

  • "The role of inherited crustal and lithospheric architecture during the evolution of the Red Sea: Insights from three dimensional analogue experiments," 2020, Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • "Inheritance of Penetrative Basement Anisotropies by Extension-Oblique Faults: Insights From Analogue Experiments," 2021, Tectonics
  • "Structural inheritance in amagmatic rift basins: Manifestations and mechanisms for how pre-existing structures influence rift-related faults," 2023, Earth-Science Reviews
  • "Laponite gels - visco-elasto-plastic analogues for geological laboratory modelling," 2021, Tectonophysics
  • "Role of volatiles in intrusion emplacement and sulfide deposition in the supergiant Norilsk-Talnakh Ni-Cu-PGE ore deposits," 2023, Geology

The scientist has collaborated frequently with several co-authors, including:

  • Jonas Köpping
  • Anindita Samsu
  • Steven Micklethwaite
  • J.W.D. Strong
  • Peter A. Cawood

Alexander R. Cruden's work involves detailed studies of earthquake and tectonic processes, geological and geochemical methodologies, and the physical properties of geological materials under varying pressure conditions. This interdisciplinary approach includes investigations into geological formations, geochemical mapping, and numerical or analogue modeling of earth systems.

Best Publications

  • Granite magma formation, transport and emplacement in the Earth's crust.

    N. Petford;A.R. Cruden;K.J.W. McCaffrey;J.-L. Vigneresse

  • Strain and vorticity patterns in ideally ductile transpression zones

    Pierre-Yves F. Robin;Alexander R. Cruden

  • The mineral system approach applied to magmatic Ni-Cu-PGE sulphide deposits

    Stephen J. Barnes;Alexander R. Cruden;Nicholas Arndt;Benoit M. Saumur;Benoit M. Saumur

  • Rapid, semi-automatic fracture and contact mapping for point clouds, images and geophysical data

    Samuel T. Thiele;Lachlan Grose;Anindita Samsu;Steven Micklethwaite

  • Growth of plutons by floor subsidence : implications for rates of emplacement, intrusion spacing and melt-extraction mechanisms.

    A.R. Cruden;K.J.W. McCaffrey

  • Magma Plumbing Systems: A Geophysical Perspective

    Craig Magee;Carl T. E. Stevenson;Susanna K. Ebmeier;Derek Keir

  • Flow and Fabric Development during the Diapiric Rise of Magma

    Alexander R. Cruden

  • Magmatic fabric acquisition mechanisms in a syenite: Results of a combined anisotropy of magnetic susceptibility and image analysis study

    P. Launeau;A. R. Cruden

  • Mapping folds and fractures in basement and cover rocks using UAV photogrammetry, Cape Liptrap and Cape Paterson, Victoria, Australia

    Stefan A. Vollgger;Alexander R. Cruden

  • Analogue benchmarks of shortening and extension experiments

    Guido Schreurs;Susanne J.H. Buiter;David Boutelier;Giacomo Corti

  • Kinematics of a major fan-like structure in the eastern part of the Sveconorwegian orogen, Baltic Shield, south-central Sweden

    Carl Henric Wahlgren;Alexander R. Cruden;Michael B. Stephens

  • Modeling the growth of laccoliths and large mafic sills: Role of magma body forces

    Andrew Bunger;Alexander Cruden;Alexander Cruden

  • Multistage emplacement of the Mount Givens pluton, central Sierra Nevada batholith, California

    Brendan A. McNulty;Othmar T. Tobisch;Alexander R. Cruden;Stuart Gilder

  • Finite deformation in and around a fluid sphere moving through a viscous medium: implications for diapiric ascent

    Harro Schmeling;Alexander R. Cruden;Gabriele Marquart

  • Deformation around a rising diapir modeled by creeping flow past a sphere

    A. R. Cruden

  • Left-lateral transpressive deformation and its tectonic implications, Sveconorwegian orogen, Baltic Shield, southwestern Sweden

    Michael B. Stephens;Carl Henric Wahlgren;Ruud Weijermars;Alexander R. Cruden

  • Fracture-controlled magma conduits in an obliquely convergent continental magmatic arc

    Othmar T. Tobisch;Alexander R. Cruden

  • Regional dome evolution and its control on ore-grade distribution: Insights from 3D implicit modelling of the Navachab gold deposit, Namibia

    Stefan A. Vollgger;Alexander R. Cruden;Laurent Ailleres;E. Jun Cowan

  • The mechanics of sill inception, propagation and growth: Experimental evidence for rapid reduction in magmatic overpressure

    Janine Kavanagh;Janine Kavanagh;David Boutelier;David Boutelier;Alexander Cruden

  • Surface topography and internal strain variation in wide hot orogens from three-dimensional analogue and two-dimensional numerical vice models

    Alexander R. Cruden;Mohammad H. B. Nasseri;Russell Pysklywec

  • Review of drones, photogrammetry and emerging sensor technology for the study of dykes: Best practises and future potential

    Gregory M. Dering;Steven Micklethwaite;Samuel Thomas Thiele;Stefan Alois Vollgger

Frequent Co-Authors

Andrew P. Bunger
Andrew P. Bunger University of Pittsburgh
Hemin Koyi
Hemin Koyi Uppsala University
Wouter Pieter Schellart
Wouter Pieter Schellart Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam
Susanne J. H. Buiter
Susanne J. H. Buiter Helmholtz Centre Potsdam - GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences
Peter G Betts
Peter G Betts Monash University
Guido Schreurs
Guido Schreurs University of Bern
Andrew George Tomkins
Andrew George Tomkins Monash University
George E. Hilley
George E. Hilley Stanford University
Roy W. Schlische
Roy W. Schlische Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Francesco Mazzarini
Francesco Mazzarini National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology

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