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Overview

Simon Hanmer is affiliated with the Geological Survey of Canada in Canada. Their research focuses on several interconnected fields and topics within the natural sciences.

The main fields of study for Hanmer include:

  • Physics and Astronomy
  • Earth and Planetary Sciences

The subfields of study incorporate:

  • Astronomy and Astrophysics
  • Atmospheric Science

Hanmer's main topics of work revolve around:

  • Planetary Science and Exploration
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Astro and Planetary Science

Among their recent scholarly contributions is the paper titled Basic structural geology of Venus: A review of the gaps and how to bridge them, published in 2023 in the journal Earth-Science Reviews. This publication has received citations reflecting engagement by the academic community.

The frequent publication venue for their research is:

  • Earth-Science Reviews

Co-authorship data indicates no regular collaborators have been recorded in the recent dataset.

Best Publications

  • Shear-sense indicators: A review

    Simon Hanmer;C. W. Passchier

  • Anorthosites and related granitoids in the Grenville orogen: A product of convective thinning of the lithosphere?

    D. Corrigan;S. Hanmer

  • Asymmetrical pull-aparts and foliation fish as kinematic indicators

    Simon Hanmer

  • Great Slave Lake Shear Zone, Canadian Shield: reconstructed vertical profile of a crustal-scale fault zone

    S. Hanmer

  • Petrofabric, P-wave anisotropy and seismic reflectivity of high-grade tectonites

    Ji Shaocheng;Matthew H. Salisbury;Simon Hanmer

  • Striding-Athabasca mylonite zone: implications for the Archean and Early Proterozoic tectonics of the western Canadian Shield

    Simon Hanmer;Michael Williams;Chris Kopf

  • Ductile thrusting at mid-crustal level, southwestern Grenville Province

    Simon Hanmer

  • Petrogenesis of Neoarchaean volcanic rocks of the MacQuoid supracrustal belt: A back-arc setting for the northwestern Hearne subdomain, western Churchill Province, Canada

    H.A. Sandeman;S. Hanmer;S. Tella;A.A. Armitage

  • The leucogranites of southern Brittany; origin by faulting, frictional heating, fluid flux and fractional melting

    D. F. Strong;S. K. Hanmer

  • Striding-Athabasca mylonite zone: Complex Archean deep-crustal deformation in the East Athabasca mylonite triangle, northern Saskatchewan

    Simon Hanmer;Randy Parrish;Michael Williams;Chris Kopf

  • SW Grenville Province, Canada: the case against post-1.4 Ga accretionary tectonics

    S. Hanmer;S. Hanmer;D. Corrigan;S. Pehrsson;L. Nadeau

  • Great Slave Lake shear zone, NW Canada : mylonitic record of Early Proterozoic continental convergence, collision and indentation

    Simon Hanmer;Samuel Bowring;Otto van Breemen;Randall Parrish

  • U–Pb geochronology of the MacQuoid supracrustal belt and Cross Bay plutonic complex: Key components of the northwestern Hearne subdomain, western Churchill Province, Nunavut, Canada

    William J. Davis;Simon Hanmer;Subhas Tella;Hamish A. Sandeman

  • Syntectonic generation and segregation of tonalitic melts from amphibolite dikes in the lower crust, Striding‐Athabasca mylonite zone, northern Saskatchewan

    M. L. Williams;S. Hanmer;C. Kopf;M. Darrach

  • Microstructure and geochemistry of plagioclase and microcline in naturally deformed granite

    Simon K. Hanmer

  • Kinematical and rheological evolution of a crustal-scale ductile thrust zone, Central Metasedimentary Belt, Grenville orogen, Ontario:' Reply

    Simon Hanmer;Sally McEachern

  • Back folds in the core of the Himalayan orogen: An alternative interpretation

    Laurent Godin;Richard L. Brown;Simon Hanmer;Randall Parrish

  • Geology of the Striding-Athabasca mylonite zone, northern Saskatchewan and southeastern District of Mackenzie, Northwest Territories

    S Hanmer

  • Archean high-pressure metamorphism in the western Canadian Shield

    David R. Snoeyenbos;Michael L. Williams;Simon Hanmer

  • Magnetotelluric and teleseismic study across the Snowbird Tectonic Zone, Canadian Shield: A Neoarchean mantle suture?

    Alan G. Jones;David Snyder;Simon Hanmer;Isa Asudeh

  • High strain zone in the hanging wall of the Annapurna detachment, central Nepal Himalaya

    Laurent Godin;Richard L. Brown;Simon Hanmer

Frequent Co-Authors

William J. Davis
William J. Davis Geological Survey of Canada
Robert H. Rainbird
Robert H. Rainbird Geological Survey of Canada
Randall R. Parrish
Randall R. Parrish University of Portsmouth
Cees W. Passchier
Cees W. Passchier Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
Laurent Godin
Laurent Godin Queen's University
William J. Hinze
William J. Hinze Purdue University West Lafayette
Deborah R. Hutchinson
Deborah R. Hutchinson United States Geological Survey
Bernd Milkereit
Bernd Milkereit University of Toronto
David W. Eaton
David W. Eaton University of Calgary
James N. Connelly
James N. Connelly University of Copenhagen

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