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Overview

Ian Metcalfe is affiliated with the University of New England in Australia and focuses their research primarily within Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their investigations encompass a range of subfields, including Geophysics, Paleontology, and Geology, with additional work in Artificial Intelligence and Atmospheric Science.

The main topics of Ian Metcalfe's research work include:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
  • Earthquake and tectonic studies
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • High-pressure geophysics and materials
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research

Ian Metcalfe has contributed to multiple publications, with notable papers such as:

  • Multiple Tethyan ocean basins and orogenic belts in Asia, 2021, Gondwana Research
  • Upper Permian and Lower Triassic conodonts, high-precision U-Pb zircon ages and the Permian-Triassic boundary in the Malay Peninsula, 2020, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences

Frequent coauthors include:

  • James L. Crowley
  • Timothy Chapman
  • Luke Milan
  • Phil Blevin
  • Daoliang Chu

Ian Metcalfe has published works in several venues, with multiple articles appearing in Gondwana Research. Other publication venues include Nature Geoscience, Nature Communications, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, and Alcheringa An Australasian Journal of Palaeontology.

Best Publications

  • Gondwana dispersion and Asian accretion: Tectonic and palaeogeographic evolution of eastern Tethys

    Ian Metcalfe;Ian Metcalfe

  • Palaeozoic and Mesozoic tectonic evolution and palaeogeography of East Asian crustal fragments: The Korean Peninsula in context

    I. Metcalfe

  • Tectonic framework and Phanerozoic evolution of Sundaland

    Ian Metcalfe;Ian Metcalfe

  • Age and timing of the Permian mass extinctions: U/Pb dating of closed-system zircons.

    Roland Mundil;Kenneth R. Ludwig;Ian Metcalfe;Paul R. Renne;Paul R. Renne

  • Gondwanaland dispersion, Asian accretion and evolution of eastern Tethys∗

    I. Metcalfe

  • Permian tectonic framework and palaeogeography of SE Asia

    I Metcalfe

  • Parallel Tethyan sutures in mainland Southeast Asia: New insights for Palaeo-Tethys closure and implications for the Indosinian orogeny

    Masatoshi Sone;Ian Metcalfe

  • Pre-Cretaceous evolution of SE Asian terranes

    I. Metcalfe

  • The Jinshajiang–Ailaoshan Suture Zone, China: tectonostratigraphy, age and evolution

    Xiaofeng Wang;I Metcalfe;Ping Jian;Longqing He

  • Borneo and Indochina are Major Evolutionary Hotspots for Southeast Asian Biodiversity

    Mark de Bruyn;Bjorn Stelbrink;Robert J Morley;Robert Hall

  • Palaeozoic–Mesozoic history of SE Asia

    Ian Metcalfe;Ian Metcalfe

  • Origin and assembly of south-east Asian continental terranes

    I. Metcalfe

  • Ocean Plate Stratigraphy in East and Southeast Asia

    Koji Wakita;Ian Metcalfe

  • The Bentong–Raub Suture Zone

    I Metcalfe

  • Multiple Tethyan ocean basins and orogenic belts in Asia

    Ian Metcalfe

  • Tectonic evolution of the Malay Peninsula

    I. Metcalfe;I. Metcalfe

  • Late Palaeozoic and Mesozoic tectonic and palaeogeographical evolution of SE Asia

    Ian Metcalfe

  • High-precision U-Pb CA-TIMS calibration of Middle Permian to Lower Triassic sequences, mass extinction and extreme climate-change in eastern Australian Gondwana

    Ian Metcalfe;Ian Metcalfe;J L Crowley;Robert Nicoll;Robert Nicoll;Mark D. Schmitz

  • Tectonic Evolution of Sundaland

    I. Metcalfe

  • Timing of the Permian-Triassic biotic crisis: implications from new zircon U/Pb age data (and their limitations)

    Roland Mundil;Ian Metcalfe;Kenneth R. Ludwig;Paul R. Renne;Paul R. Renne

Frequent Co-Authors

Roland Mundil
Roland Mundil Berkeley Geochronology Center
Paul R. Renne
Paul R. Renne Berkeley Geochronology Center
James L. Crowley
James L. Crowley Boise State University
Kliti Grice
Kliti Grice Curtin University
Kenneth R. Ludwig
Kenneth R. Ludwig Berkeley Geochronology Center
Mark D. Schmitz
Mark D. Schmitz Boise State University
Qinglai Feng
Qinglai Feng China University of Geosciences
Xuefa Shi
Xuefa Shi First Institute of Oceanography
Jinnan Tong
Jinnan Tong China University of Geosciences
William L. Griffin
William L. Griffin Macquarie University

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