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Clark R.L. Friend is affiliated with Oxford Brookes University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily lies within Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong focus on geophysics and geology. The scientist has contributed extensively to studies involving geological and geochemical analysis as well as high-pressure geophysics and materials.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

Subfields of study involve:

  • Geophysics
  • Geology
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Paleontology
  • Environmental Chemistry

Clark R.L. Friend's major research topics encompass:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geological Studies and Exploration
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena

The scientist has published several recent papers, prominently in the journal Precambrian Research and Earth and Planetary Science Letters. Notable works include:

  • "Eoarchean contrasting ultra-high-pressure to low-pressure metamorphisms (<250 to >1000 °C/GPa) explained by tectonic plate convergence in deep time" (2020), Precambrian Research
  • "Fifty years of the Eoarchean and the case for evolving uniformitarianism" (2021), Precambrian Research
  • "Isua (Greenland) ~3700 Ma meta-serpentinite olivine Mg# and δ18O signatures show connection between the early mantle and hydrosphere: Geodynamic implications" (2021), Precambrian Research
  • "Review of the Isua supracrustal belt area (Greenland) Eoarchean geology from integrated 1:20,000 scale maps, field observations and laboratory data: Constraints on early geodynamics" (2022), Precambrian Research
  • "In support of rare relict ∼3700 Ma stromatolites from Isua (Greenland)" (2021), Earth and Planetary Science Letters

Clark R.L. Friend frequently collaborates with a group of researchers, including Allen P. Nutman, Vickie C. Bennett, Martin J. Van Kranendonk, Keewook Yi, and Allan R. Chivas. Their work shows recurring partnerships with Allen P. Nutman and Vickie C. Bennett, who both have contributed to multiple publications together.

The scientist's frequent publication venues comprise:

  • Precambrian Research
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Lithos
  • Earth-Science Reviews
  • Geoscience Frontiers

Best Publications

  • Evidence for life on Earth before 3,800 million years ago.

    S. J. Mojzsis;G. Arrhenius;K. D. McKeegan;T. M. Harrison

  • Rapid emergence of life shown by discovery of 3,700-million-year-old microbial structures

    Allen Phillip Nutman;Allen Phillip Nutman;Vickie C. Bennett;Clark R. L. Friend;Martin J. Van Kranendonk

  • The Itsaq Gneiss Complex of southern West Greenland; the world's most extensive record of early crustal evolution (3900-3600 Ma)

    Allen P. Nutman;Victor R. McGregor;Clark R.L. Friend;Victoria C. Bennett

  • Multistage late Neoarchaean crustal evolution of the North China Craton, eastern Hebei

    Allen P. Nutman;Yusheng Wan;Lilin Du;Clark R.L. Friend

  • Crustal Evolution of Singhbhum North Orissa Eastern India

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  • Recognition of ≥3850 Ma water-lain sediments in West Greenland and their significance for the early Archaean Earth

    Allen P. Nutman;Stephen J. Mojzsis;Clark R.L. Friend

  • SHRIMP U-Pb Geochronology of the Closepet Granite and Peninsular Gneiss, Karnataka, South India

    C. R. L. Friend;A. P. Nutman

  • Meta-igneous (non-gneissic) tonalites and quartz-diorites from an extensive ca. 3800 Ma terrain south of the Isua supracrustal belt, southern West Greenland: constraints on early crust formation

    Allen P. Nutman;Vickie C. Bennett;Clark R. L. Friend;Marc D. Norman

  • New pieces to the Archaean terrane jigsaw puzzle in the Nuuk region, southern West Greenland: steps in transforming a simple insight into a complex regional tectonothermal model

    Clark R L Friend;Allen Phillip Nutman

  • ̃ 3710 and ⪖ 3790 Ma volcanic sequences in the Isua (Greenland) supracrustal belt; structural and Nd isotope implications

    Allen P. Nutman;Vickie C. Bennett;Clark R.L. Friend;Minik T. Rosing

  • Late Archaean terrane accretion in the Godthåb region, southern West Greenland

    C. R. L. Friend;A. P. Nutman;V. R. McGregor

  • New 1:20,000 scale geological maps, synthesis and history of investigation of the Isua supracrustal belt and adjacent orthogneisses, southern West Greenland: a glimpse of Eoarchaean crust formation and orogeny

    Allen P. Nutman;Clark R.L. Friend

  • TIMING OF LATE ARCHAEAN TERRANE ASSEMBLY, CRUSTAL THICKENING AND GRANITE EMPLACEMENT IN THE NUUK REGION, SOUTHERN WEST GREENLAND

    C.R.L. Friend;A.P. Nutman;H. Baadsgaard;P.D. Kinny

  • Evolution and assembly of Archean Gneiss Terranes in the Godthåbsfjord Region, southern west Greenland: Structural, metamorphic, and isotopic evidence

    Allen P. Nutman;Clark R. L. Friend;Halfdan Baadsgaard;Victor R. McGregor

  • Evidence for 3650–3600 Ma assembly of the northern end of the Itsaq Gneiss Complex, Greenland: Implication for early Archaean tectonics

    Allen P. Nutman;Clark R. L. Friend;Vickie C. Bennett

  • A reappraisal of the Lewisian Gneiss Complex: geochronological evidence for its tectonic assembly from disparate terranes in the Proterozoic

    C. R. L. Friend;P. D. Kinny

  • The early archaean Itsaq gneiss complex of Southern West Greenland: The importance of field observations in interpreting age and isotopic constraints for early terrestrial evolution

    Allen P Nutman;Allen P Nutman;Vickie C Bennett;Clark R.L Friend;Victor R Mcgregor

  • Provenance of the Moine Supergroup of NW Scotland: evidence from geochronology of detrital and inherited zircons from (meta)sedimentary rocks, granites and migmatites

    C.R.L. Friend;R.A. Strachan;P.D. Kinny;G.R. Watt

  • Adjacent terranes with ca. 2715 and 2650 Ma high-pressure metamorphic assemblages in the Nuuk region of the North Atlantic Craton, southern West Greenland: Complexities of Neoarchaean collisional orogeny

    Allen Phillip Nutman;Clark Friend

  • U-Pb isotopic evidence for the accretion of different crustal blocks to form the Lewisian Complex of northwest Scotland

    P. D. Kinny;C. R. L. Friend

  • New evidence for protolith ages of Lewisian granulites, northwest Scotland

    C. R. L. Friend;P. D. Kinny

Frequent Co-Authors

Allen P. Nutman
Allen P. Nutman University of Wollongong
Vickie C. Bennett
Vickie C. Bennett Australian National University
Peter D. Kinny
Peter D. Kinny Curtin University
Allan R. Chivas
Allan R. Chivas University of Wollongong
Martin J. Van Kranendonk
Martin J. Van Kranendonk Curtin University
Marc D. Norman
Marc D. Norman Australian National University
Dunyi Liu
Dunyi Liu Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences
Rob Strachan
Rob Strachan University of Portsmouth
Hiroshi Hidaka
Hiroshi Hidaka Nagoya University
Stephen J. Mojzsis
Stephen J. Mojzsis University of Bayreuth

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