The study uses U–Pb zircon geochronology, whole-rock geochemistry and phase equilibrium and trace element modelling to evaluate the timing and duration of high-temperature metamorphism and investigate the implications for the source of Mesoarchean tonalite magmatism in the Akia Terrane of West Greenland. The study was part of the Department of Geology, Government of Greenland’s mapping project in the Maniitsoq region, West Greenland.
Building Mesoarchaean crust upon Eoarchaean roots: the Akia Terrane, West Greenland
Open access scientific paper published in Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology investigating the source, genesis and evolution of the Archean felsic crust, West Greenland. Co-authoring the paper, the Department of Geology within the Government of Greenland also supported the field work of the project.
North Atlantic Craton architecture revealed by kimberlite-hosted crustal zircons
Open access scientific paper published in Earth and Planetary Science Letters investigating the North Atlantic Craton architecture using kimberlite-hosted crustal zircons. Co-authoring the paper, the Department of Geology within the Government of Greenland also supported the field and sampling work.
Apatite and titanite from the Karrat Group, Greenland; implications for charting the thermal evolution of crust from the U-Pb geochronology of common Pb bearing phases
Open access scientific paper published in Precambrian Research investigating the thermal evolution of crust using apatite and titanite from the Karrat Group, West Greenland. This study forms part of a project co-financed by the Department of Geology within the Government of Greenland, and the Geological Survey and Denmark and Greenland (GEUS).
Assessing the mechanisms of common Pb incorporation into titanite
Open access scientific paper published in Chemical Geology investigating the spatial and compositional distribution of trace elements (including Pb) in metamorphic titanites from a Greenland amphibolite. The study was co-financed by the Department of Geology within the Government of Greenland, and the Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland (GEUS).
Mesoarchean exhumation of the Akia terrane and a common Neoarchean tectonothermal history for West Greenland
Open access scientific paper published in Precambrian Research, investigating the depositional and metamorphic history of supracrustal rocks in the Akia terrane, West Greenland. Co-authoring the paper, the Department of Geology within the Government of Greenland also supported the field and analytical work in the Maniitsoq region, Southwest Greenland.
Apatite: a U-Pb thermochronometer or geochronometer?
Open access scientific paper published in Lithos presenting a case study of two apatite samples from the Akia Terrane in Greenland to investigate the post magmatic history of the region. Co-authoring the paper, the Department of Geology within the Government of Greenland also supported the field and analytical work in the Maniitsoq region, Southwest Greenland.
Corundum formation by metasomatic reactions in Archean metapelite, SW Greenland: Exploration vectors for ruby deposits within high-grade greenstone belts
Open access research publication in Geoscience Frontiers investigating corundum formation in Archean metapelites from Southwest Greenland. The Department of Geology within the Government of Greenland supported the field and analytical work in the Maniitsoq region, Southwest Greenland, where the main samples of this study were collected.
Spot the difference: Zircon disparity tracks crustal evolution
An open access scientific paper published in Geology, comparing global and Greenlandic detrital zircon records.
Titanite petrochronology linked to phase equilibrium modelling constrains tectono-thermal events in the Akia Terrane, West Greenland
Open access scientific publication published in Chemical Geology. This study forms part of a mapping project financed by the Ministry of Mineral Resources, Government of Greenland.