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Geoffrey L. Clarke

Geoffrey L. Clarke

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Earth Science

D-Index
56
Citations
8347
World Ranking
2496
National Ranking
145

Overview

Geoffrey L. Clarke is affiliated with the University of Sydney in Australia. Their research primarily focuses on Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a specialized emphasis on Geophysics. Clarke's work frequently intersects with topics such as Geological and Geochemical Analysis, High-pressure geophysics and materials, and earthquake and tectonic studies.

Their publication record includes contributions to several well-regarded scientific journals. Notable venues where Clarke's work appears are:

  • Journal of Metamorphic Geology
  • Tectonophysics
  • Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

Among Clarke's recent scholarly papers are:

  • "Cryptic evidence for the former presence of lawsonite in blueschist and eclogite," published in 2020 in the Journal of Metamorphic Geology
  • "Magmatic flare-ups in arcs controlled by fluctuations in subduction water flux," published in 2024 in Tectonophysics
  • "Delayed Growth of Ferropericlase and Bridgmanite Controls Slab Residence at the 660-km Discontinuity," published in 2021 in the Journal of Geophysical Research Solid Earth

Clarke has collaborated frequently with several researchers across their published work. Notable coauthors include:

  • Timothy Chapman
  • Luke Milan
  • Sabin Zahirovic
  • Andrew Merdith
  • Ming-Dao Sun

The scientist's research contributes to a deeper understanding of the complex interactions within the Earth's interior, particularly focusing on high-pressure mineral physics and tectonic processes. Studies involving minerals such as lawsonite and bridgmanite under various geological conditions are characteristic of Clarke's contributions.

Best Publications

  • The interpretation of reaction textures in Fe-rich metapelitic granulites of the Musgrave Block, central Australia: constraints from mineral equilibria calculations in the system K2O-FeO-MgO-Al2O3-SiO2-H2O-TiO2-Fe2O3

    R. W. White;Roger Powell;G. L. Clarke

  • Eocene arc-continent collision in New Caledonia and implications for regional southwest Pacific tectonic evolution

    J. C. Aitchison;G. L. Clarke;S. Meffre;D. Cluzel

  • Fractionation of bulk rock composition due to porphyroblast growth: effects on eclogite facies mineral equilibria, Pam Peninsula, New Caledonia

    B. A. Marmo;G. L. Clarke;R. Powell

  • A two-stage evolution of the Neoproterozoic Rayner Structural Episode: new U–Pb sensitive high resolution ion microprobe constraints from the Oygarden Group, Kemp Land, East Antarctica

    N M Kelly;G L Clarke;Christopher Fanning

  • Prograde Metamorphic Assemblage Evolution during Partial Melting of Metasedimentary Rocks at Low Pressures: Migmatites from Mt Stafford, Central Australia

    R. W. White;Roger Powell;G. L. Clarke

  • Principles of Metamorphic Petrology

    R. H. Vernon;G. L. Clarke

  • The lawsonite paradox: a comparison of field evidence and mineral equilibria modelling

    G. L. Clarke;R. Powell;J. A. Fitzherbert

  • Transition of metamorphic series from the Kyanite- to andalusite-types in the Altai orogen, Xinjiang, China: Evidence from petrography and calculated KMnFMASH and KFMASH phase relations

    Chunjing Wei;Geoffrey Clarke;Wei Tian;Lin Qiu

  • Eclogites and Blueschists of the Pam Peninsula, NE New Caledonia: a Reappraisal

    G.L. Clarke;J.C. Aitchison;D. Cluzel

  • The Late Jurassic to present evolution of the Andean margin: Drivers and the geological record

    Kayla T. Maloney;Geoffrey L. Clarke;Keith A. Klepeis;Leonardo Quevedo

  • Calculated phase equilibria for MORB compositions: a reappraisal of the metamorphic evolution of lawsonite eclogite

    C. J. Wei;G. L. Clarke

  • Cretaceous high‐P granulites at Milford Sound, New Zealand: metamorphic history and emplacement in a convergent margin setting

    G. L. Clarke;K. A. Klepeis;N. R. Daczko

  • Metamorphism of High/ultrahigh-pressure Pelitic–Felsic Schist in the South Tianshan Orogen, NW China: Phase Equilibria and P–T Path

    Chunjing Wei;Wei Wang;Wei Wang;Geoffrey L. Clarke;Lifei Zhang

  • Calculated phase equilibria for low- and medium-pressure metapelites in the KFMASH and KMnFMASH systems

    C. J. Wei;R. Powell;G. L. Clarke

  • Low-pressure granulite facies metapelitic assemblages and corona textures from MacRobertson Land, east Antarctica: the importance of Fe2O3and TiO2in accounting for spinel-bearing assemblages

    G. L. Clarke;R. Powell;M. Guiraud

  • Continental underthrusting and obduction during the Cretaceous closure of the Rocas Verdes rift basin, Cordillera Darwin, Patagonian Andes

    Keith Klepeis;Paul Betka;Paul Betka;Geoffrey Clarke;Mark Fanning

  • Metamorphism in the Olary Block, South Australia: compression with cooling in a Proterozoic fold belt

    G.L. Clarke;M. Guiraud;R. Powell;J.P. Burg

  • In-situ U–Pb geochronology and Hf isotope analyses of the Rayner Complex, east Antarctica

    J. A. Halpin;C. L. Gerakiteys;G. L. Clarke;E. A. Belousova

  • Decoding near-concordant U–Pb zircon ages spanning several hundred million years: recrystallisation, metamictisation or diffusion?

    J. A. Halpin;J. A. Halpin;N. R. Daczko;L. A. Milan;G. L. Clarke

  • Occurrence and Origin of Andalusite in Peraluminous Felsic Igneous Rocks

    DB Clarke;M. Dorais;B. Barbarin;D. Barker

Frequent Co-Authors

Nathan R. Daczko
Nathan R. Daczko Macquarie University
Keith A. Klepeis
Keith A. Klepeis University of Vermont
Jonathan C. Aitchison
Jonathan C. Aitchison University of Queensland
Richard W. White
Richard W. White University of St Andrews
Roger Powell
Roger Powell University of Melbourne
Jacqueline A. Halpin
Jacqueline A. Halpin University of Tasmania
Trevor Ireland
Trevor Ireland University of Queensland
Dominique Cluzel
Dominique Cluzel University of New Caledonia
Sandra Piazolo
Sandra Piazolo University of Leeds
Ron H. Vernon
Ron H. Vernon Macquarie University

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