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Martin Hand is a researcher affiliated with the University of Adelaide in Australia. Their work predominantly falls within the broad field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a significant focus on geophysics, which accounts for most of their research output. Other notable subfields include artificial intelligence as applied to geology, atmospheric science, geochemistry and petrology, and general geological studies.

The scientist's research topics encompass a variety of geological and geochemical analyses, earthquake and tectonic studies, geochemistry and geologic mapping, and high-pressure geophysics and materials. Further areas of interest include geology and paleoclimatology research, paleontology and stratigraphy of fossils, and elemental analysis within geochemistry.

Among their frequently published venues are the Journal of Metamorphic Geology, Geoscience Frontiers, Lithos, Gondwana Research, and Precambrian Research. These journals highlight the prominence of metamorphic geology, regional geological studies, and the study of Earth's early geological history in their work.

Martin Hand has collaborated extensively with several co-authors, demonstrating ongoing scientific partnerships. Frequent co-authors include Laura J. Morrissey, Stijn Glorie, Sarah Gilbert, Alexander Simpson, and Renée Tamblyn.

The scientist has contributed to numerous papers, some of the recent ones include:

  • New Maps of Global Geological Provinces and Tectonic Plates, 2022, Earth-Science Reviews
  • In-situ Lu Hf geochronology of garnet, apatite and xenotime by LA ICP MS/MS, 2021, Chemical Geology
  • Robust laser ablation Lu-Hf dating of apatite: an empirical evaluation, 2023, Geological Society London Special Publications
  • In situ laser ablation Lu-Hf geochronology of garnet across the Western Gneiss Region: campaign-style dating of metamorphism, 2021, Journal of the Geological Society
  • Isotopic systematics of zircon indicate an African affinity for the rocks of southernmost India, 2020, Scientific Reports

Best Publications

  • Thermobarometric modelling of zircon and monazite growth in melt-bearing systems: examples using model metapelitic and metapsammitic granulites

    D. E. Kelsey;C. Clark;C. Clark;M. Hand

  • On ultrahigh temperature crustal metamorphism: phase equilibria, trace element thermometry, bulk composition, heat sources, timescales and tectonic settings

    David E. Kelsey;Martin Hand

  • Tectonic Framework and Evolution of the Gawler Craton, Southern Australia

    Martin Hand;Anthony Reid;Liz Jagodzinski

  • Passage through India: the Mozambique Ocean suture, high-pressure granulites and the Palghat-Cauvery shear zone system

    Alan S. Collins;Chris Clark;K. Sajeev;M. Santosh

  • Boudinage classification: end-member boudin types and modified boudin structures

    Ben D. Goscombe;Cees W. Passchier;Martin Hand

  • Crustal architecture of the Himalayan metamorphic front in eastern Nepal

    Ben Goscombe;David Gray;Martin Hand

  • Neoproterozoic orogeny along the margin of Rodinia: Valhalla orogen, North Atlantic

    Peter A. Cawood;Rob Strachan;Kathryn Cutts;Peter D. Kinny

  • Palaeozoic synorogenic sedimentation in central and northern Australia: a review of distribution and timing with implications for the evolution of intracontinental orogens

    P. W. Haines;M. Hand;M. Sandiford

  • High-Temperature Granite Magmatism, Crust–Mantle Interaction and the Mesoproterozoic Intracontinental Evolution of the Musgrave Province, Central Australia

    Robert H. Smithies;H.M. Howard;P. M. Evins;Christopher L. Kirkland

  • Compressional intracontinental orogens: Ancient and modern perspectives

    Tom Raimondo;Tom Raimondo;Martin Hand;William J. Collins

  • Intraplate deformation in central Australia, the link between subsidence and fault reactivation

    Martin Hand;Mike Sandiford

  • Correlations and reconstruction models for the 2500–1500 Ma evolution of the Mawson Continent

    Justin L. Payne;Martin Hand;Karin M. Barovich;Anthony Reid

  • Temporal constraints on the timing of high-grade metamorphism in the northern Gawler Craton: implications for assembly of the Australian Proterozoic

    J. L. Payne;M. Hand;K. M. Barovich;B. P. Wade

  • Evidence for early mesoproterozoic arc magmatism in the musgrave block, Central Australia : Implications for proterozoic crustal growth and tectonic reconstructions of Australia

    B. P. Wade;K. M. Barovich;M. Hand;I. R. Scrimgeour

  • Controls on the locus of intraplate deformation in central Australia

    Mike Sandiford;Martin Hand

  • Provenance of metasedimentary rocks in the northern Gawler Craton, Australia: Implications for Palaeoproterozoic reconstructions

    Justin L. Payne;Karin M. Barovich;Martin Hand

  • Structure of the Kaoko Belt, Namibia: progressive evolution of a classic transpressional orogen

    Ben Goscombe;Martin Hand;David Gray

  • Provenance and tectonic development of the late Archaean Gawler Craton, Australia; U–Pb zircon, geochemical and Sm–Nd isotopic implications

    G Swain;Ailsa Woodhouse;Martin Hand;K. Barovich

  • Gondwanan basement terranes of the Variscan–Appalachian orogen: Baltican, Saharan and West African hafnium isotopic fingerprints in Avalonia, Iberia and the Armorican Terranes

    Bonnie J. Henderson;William Joseph Collins;James Brendan Murphy;Gabriel Gutierrez-Alonso;Gabriel Gutierrez-Alonso

  • The hot southern continent: heat flow and heat production in Australian Proterozoic terranes

    Sandra McLaren;Michael. A Sandiford;Martin Hand;N Neumann

  • Continental Reactivation and Reworking

    J. A. Miller;R. E. Holdsworth;I. S. Buick;M. Hand

  • Flow Processes in Faults And Shear Zones

    G. I. Alsop;R. E. Holdsworth;K. J. W. McCaffrey;M. Hand

Frequent Co-Authors

David E. Kelsey
David E. Kelsey University of Adelaide
Justin L. Payne
Justin L. Payne University of South Australia
Karin M. Barovich
Karin M. Barovich University of Adelaide
Alan S. Collins
Alan S. Collins University of Adelaide
Mike Sandiford
Mike Sandiford University of Melbourne
Simon P. Holford
Simon P. Holford University of Adelaide
Zhenjiang You
Zhenjiang You University of Queensland
M. Santosh
M. Santosh China University of Geosciences
Ian S. Buick
Ian S. Buick Stellenbosch University
Pavel Bedrikovetsky
Pavel Bedrikovetsky University of Adelaide

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