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Ian C.W. Fitzsimons

Ian C.W. Fitzsimons

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Earth Science

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Citations
9374
World Ranking
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National Ranking
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Overview

Ian C.W. Fitzsimons is affiliated with Curtin University in Australia and is an active researcher in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their work primarily spans geophysics, artificial intelligence applications, materials chemistry, paleontology, and geochemistry and petrology.

Their research contributions are documented through a series of recent publications focusing on geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, and high-pressure geophysics and materials. These works have been disseminated mainly in specialized venues including Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, Precambrian Research, Journal of Petrology, Gondwana Research, and American Mineralogist.

Key recent papers include:

  • Texturally Controlled U-Th-Pb Monazite Geochronology Reveals Paleoproterozoic UHT Metamorphic Evolution in the Khondalite Belt, North China Craton, 2020, Journal of Petrology
  • The timing and duration of high-temperature to ultrahigh-temperature metamorphism constrained by zircon U-Pb-Hf and trace element signatures in the Khondalite Belt, North China Craton, 2020, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology
  • A geochemical and isotopic perspective on tectonic setting and depositional environment of Precambrian meta-carbonate rocks in collisional orogenic belts, 2021, Gondwana Research
  • Recovering P-T-t paths from ultra-high temperature (UHT) felsic orthogneiss: An example from the Southern Brasília Orogen, Brazil, 2021, Precambrian Research
  • Establishing the P-T path of UHT granulites by geochemically distinguishing peritectic from retrograde garnet, 2020, American Mineralogist

Fitzsimons' research addresses multiple specialized topics including:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • High-pressure Geophysics and Materials
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
  • Nuclear Materials and Radiation Effects

The scientist collaborates regularly with a group of frequent co-authors, including Shujuan Jiao, Noreen J. Evans, B.J. McDonald, Jinghui Guo, and Jian-Wei Zi.

Fitzsimons has established a publication record in venues that focus on mineralogy, petrology, geochemistry, and geophysics. The main disciplinary focus lies within Earth and Planetary Sciences, particularly geophysics.

Best Publications

  • Assembly, configuration, and break-up history of Rodinia: A synthesis

    Z.X. Li;Z.X. Li;S.V. Bogdanova;A.S. Collins;A. Davidson

  • Proterozoic basement provinces of southern and southwestern Australia, and their correlation with Antarctica

    I. C. W. Fitzsimons

  • Grenville-age basement provinces in East Antarctica: Evidence for three separate collisional orogens

    I.C.W. Fitzsimons

  • How Does the Continental Crust Get Really Hot

    Chris Clark;Ian C. W. Fitzsimons;David Healy;Simon L. Harley

  • A review of tectonic events in the East Antarctic Shield and their implications for Gondwana and earlier supercontinents

    I.C.W. Fitzsimons

  • A cryptic Gondwana-forming orogen located in Antarctica.

    Nathan R. Daczko;Jacqueline A. Halpin;Ian C. W. Fitzsimons;Joanne M. Whittaker

  • The Influence of Retrograde Cation Exchange on Granulite P-T Estimates and a Convergence Technique for the Recovery of Peak Metamorphic Conditions

    I. C. W. Fitzsimons;Simon Harley

  • Metapelitic Migmatites from Brattstrand Bluffs, East Antarctica—Metamorphism, Melting and Exhumation of the Mid Crust

    I. C. W. Fitzsimons

  • Two stages of zircon and monazite growth in anatectic leucogneiss: SHRIMP constraints on the duration and intensity of Pan‐African metamorphism in Prydz Bay, East Antarctica

    I. C. W. Fitzsimons;P. D. Kinny;Simon Harley

  • Antarctica and supercontinent evolution: historical perspectives, recent advances and unresolved issues

    Simon L. Harley;Ian C. W. Fitzsimons;Yue Zhao

  • Untying the Kibaran knot: A reassessment of Mesoproterozoic correlations in southern Africa based on SHRIMP U-Pb data from the Irumide belt

    Bert De Waele;Michael T.D. Wingate;Ian C.W. Fitzsimons;Benjamin S.E. Mapani

  • Pressure–temperature evolution of metapelitic granulites in a polymetamorphic terrane: the Rauer Group, East Antarctica

    Simon Harley;I. C. W. Fitzsimons

  • Post-peak, fluid-mediated modification of granulite facies zircon and monazite in the Trivandrum Block, southern India

    Richard Taylor;Christopher Clark;Ian Fitzsimons;M. Santosh

  • Carbon isotope ratios and nitrogen abundances in relation to cathodoluminescence characteristics for some diamonds from the Kaapvaal Province, S. Africa

    B. Harte;I. C. W. Fitzsimons;I. C. W. Fitzsimons;J. W. Harris;M. L. Otter

  • Bulk chemical control on metamorphic monazite growth in pelitic schists and implications for U–Pb age data

    Ian Fitzsimons;Peter Kinny;S. Wetherley;David Hollingsworth

  • Detrital footprint of the Mozambique ocean: U-Pb SHRIMP and Pb evaporation zircon geochronology of metasedimentary gneisses in eastern Madagascar

    Alan S. Collins;Alfred Kröner;Ian C.W. Fitzsimons;Théodore Razakamanana

  • Structure of the eastern margin of the East African Orogen in central Madagascar

    Alan S Collins;Ian C.W Fitzsimons;Bregje Hulscher;Théodore Razakamanana

  • SIMS stable isotope measurement: counting statistics and analytical precision

    I. C. W. Fitzsimons;Ben Harte;R. M. Clark

  • The geochronological framework of the irumide belt: A prolonged crustal history along the margin of the Bangweulu Craton

    B. De Waele;I. C W Fitzsimons;M. T D Wingate;F. Tembo

  • Out of Africa: detrital zircon provenance of central Madagascar and Neoproterozoic terrane transfer across the Mozambique Ocean

    I. C. W. Fitzsimons;B. Hulscher

Frequent Co-Authors

Simon L. Harley
Simon L. Harley University of Edinburgh
Alan S. Collins
Alan S. Collins University of Adelaide
Jian-Wei Zi
Jian-Wei Zi Curtin University
Noreen J. Evans
Noreen J. Evans Curtin University
Jinghui Guo
Jinghui Guo Chinese Academy of Sciences
M. Santosh
M. Santosh China University of Geosciences
Tim E. Johnson
Tim E. Johnson Curtin University
Chris D. Clark
Chris D. Clark University of Sheffield
Michael T.D. Wingate
Michael T.D. Wingate University of Western Australia
Ben Harte
Ben Harte University of Edinburgh

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