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Prof

Andy Gleadow

Professorial Fellow Thermochronolgy
Earth Sciences
Thermochronology of the Continental Crust
science & technology
physical sciences
geochemistry & geophysics
geology
geosciences, multidisciplinary
thermochronology
apatite
technology
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Andy Gleadow

 
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Primary Interest
Geology
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Projects

Displaying the 10 most recent projects by Andy Gleadow.

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High Resolution Timeframe for Hominin Evolution in the Turkana Basin, Kenya

This project aims to establish a high-resolution timeframe for hominin evolution in the famed Omo-Turkana Basin, Kenya. The Basin hosts a va..

2018 - 2021
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DATING THE ABORIGINAL ROCK ART SEQUENCE OF THE KIMBERLEY IN NW AUSTRALIA

This project aims to develop a robust time scale for the known aboriginal rock art sequence in the Kimberley, Western Australia (WA). The pr..

2018 - 2022
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DATING THE ABORIGINAL ROCK ART SEQUENCE OF THE KIMBERLEY IN NW AUSTRALIA

This project aims to develop a robust time scale for the known aboriginal rock art sequence in the Kimberley, Western Australia (WA). The pr..

2018 - 2022
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KIMBERLEY VISIONS: ROCK ART STYLE PROVINCES IN NORTHERN AUSTRALIA

This project aims to examine the role that art has played in managing social and environmental change over the past 50 000 years. The projec..

2016 - 2021
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A NEW NATIONAL ELECTRON MICROPROBE FACILITY - UOM CONTRIBUTIONS (NON-LEAD ARC LIEF)

Precise chemical microanalysis underpins research on Earth materials. The Electron Microprobe (EMP) is the main instrument to achieve this. ..

2015 - 2016
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Dating the Aboriginal rock art of the Kimberley region, WA - landscape geochemistry, surface processes and complementary dating techniques

The age of much of the spectacular rock art of the Kimberley region of Western Australia remains unknown, especially in its earliest stages...

2014 - 2017
Completed
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Dating the Aboriginal rock art of the Kimberley region, WA - landscape geochemistry, surface processes and complementary dating techniques

The age of much of the spectacular rock art of the Kimberley region of Western Australia remains unknown, especially in its earliest stages...

2014 - 2017
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SIMULATION ANALYSIS AND MODELLING MELBOURNE

2014 - 2022
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EARTH COMPOSITION AND EVOLUTION-MELBOURNE THERMOCHRONOLOGY

2013 - 2022
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Geodynamics and continental extension in the East African Rift System - origin and evolution of the Turkana Depression in northern Kenya

The Lake Turkana region in northern Kenya, famous for its fossil evidence of human origins, occupies a critical position within the Great Ri..

2013 - 2017
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Projects

Project Types

21

Research Grant

6

Research Contracts

3

Internal Research Grant

Scholarly Works

Displaying the 10 most recent scholarly works by Andy Gleadow.

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Ages for Australia's oldest rock paintings

Damien Finch, Andrew Gleadow, Janet Hergt, Pauline Heaney, Helen Green, Cecilia Myers, Peter Veth, Sam Harper, Sven Ouzman, Vladimir A Levchenko

Journal article  |  2021  |  Nature Human Behaviour

Naturalistic depictions of animals are a common subject for the world's oldest dated rock art, including wild bovids in Indonesia ..

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Reviewer Comments on gchron-2020-31

Andrew Gleadow

Journal article  |  2021

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Neogene evolution of the eastern margin of Gulf of California, Sonora, Mexico: Insights from low-temperature thermochronology

R Lugo-Zazueta, B Kohn, A Gleadow, T Calmus, E Ramos-Velazquez, JM Fletcher, E Perez-Segura

Journal article  |  2020  |  Journal of South American Earth Sciences

The rifted margin of Sonora in Mexico experienced the early stages of Neogene extension related to Gulf of California opening, whe..

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12,000-Year-old Aboriginal rock art from the Kimberley region, Western Australia

Damien Finch, Andrew Gleadow, Janet Hergt, Vladimir A Levchenko, Pauline Heaney, Peter Veth, Sam Harper, Sven Ouzman, Cecilia Myers, Helen Green

Journal article  |  2020  |  Science Advances

The Kimberley region in Western Australia hosts one of the world's most substantial bodies of indigenous rock art thought to exten..

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Post Gondwana breakup evolution of the SE Australia rifted margin revisited

Malcolm McMillan, Andrew Gleadow, Barry Kohn, Christian Seiler

Journal article  |  2019  |  Terra Nova

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Reviewer Comments on the “Technical Note: TrackFlow, a new versatile microscope system for fission track analysis”

Andrew Gleadow

Journal article  |  2019

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Analyst and etching protocol effects on the reproducibility of apatite confined fission-track length measurement, and ambient-temperature annealing at decadal timescales

Murat T Tamer, Ling Chung, Richard A Ketcham, Andrew JW Gleadow

Journal article  |  2019  |  American Mineralogist

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Thermochronological insights into the morphotectonic evolution of the Eastern Highlands, Zimbabwe: Implications for thermal history modelling of multi-thermochronometer data

Vhairi Mackintosh, Barry Kohn, Andrew Gleadow, David X Belton

Journal article  |  2019  |  Journal of African Earth Sciences

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Birth of the East African Rift System: Nucleation of magmatism and strain in the Turkana Depression

Samuel C Boone, Barry P Kohn, Andrew JW Gleadow, Christopher K Morley, Christian Seiler, David A Foster

Journal article  |  2019  |  Geology

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Etching of fission tracks in monazite: An experimental study

Sean Jones, Andy Gleadow, Barry Kohn, Steven M Reddy

Journal article  |  2019  |  Terra Nova

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Keyword Analysis

Geology
Non-Oriented Research
Expanding Knowledge
Geochemistry
Physical Geography and Environmental Geoscience
Geophysics
Atomic, Molecular, Nuclear, Particle and Plasma Physics
Analytical Chemistry
Atmospheric Sciences
Exploration

News

Displaying the 4 most recent news articles by Andy Gleadow.

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Australia’s oldest known Aboriginal rock paintings

Andy Gleadow, Helen Green, Janet Hergt

February 22, 2021
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This 17,500-year-old kangaroo in the Kimberley is Australia's oldest Aboriginal rock painting

Andy Gleadow, Janet Hergt

February 21, 2021
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The hi-tech archaeological scientists

Andy Gleadow, Helen Green

October 25, 2017
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Is this the oldest rock art in the world?

Andy Gleadow, Helen Green, Janet Hergt

September 24, 2015

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Honours, Awards and Fellowships

2017

Officer of the Order of Australia

2014

Laslett Prize

International Thermochronology Community
2009

F.L. Stillwell Medal

Geological Society of Australia
2007

National Carrick Award for Teaching Excellence - Physical Sciences

Carrick Institute
2007

David White Award for Excellence in Teaching

University of Melbourne
2004

Jaeger Medal

Australian Academy of Science
2003

Centenary Medal

Australian Government
2002

Selwyn Medal

Geological Society of Australia
1997

Gold Medal for Excellence in Research

Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering
1996

Special Investigator Award

Australian Research Council
1995

Research Medal

Royal Society of Victoria
1992

F.L. Stillwell Medal

Geological Society of Australia
2012

Fellow of the American Geophysical Union

2012

Geochemical Fellow of the Geochemical Society and European Association of Geochemistry

2007

FGSAust - Fellow of the Geological Society of Australia

1999

FAA - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science

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Awards

Credentials

Positions

Professorial Fellow Thermochronolgy

Earth Sciences

Member

The Geochemical Society

Member

American Geophysical Union

Member

Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia

Education

Doctor of Philosophy

University of Melbourne

Bachelor of Science (honours)

University of Melbourne

Links

International Linkages

University of California - Los Angeles

United States

University of Arizona

United States

Centro de Investigacion Cientifica y de Educacion Superior de Ensenada

Mexico

Copenhagen University

Denmark