Professor Gleadow has been a pioneer in the development of fission track dating methods for understanding the thermal and tectonic evolution of the continental crust, establishing Australia at the forefront of this field internationally. He has published widely on fission track and other thermochronological methods, especially as applied to extensional tectonics, the evolution of cratons and orogenic belts, sedimentary basin analysis, and landscape evolution.
He currently leads a major collaborative dating project aimed at establishing a robust time scale for the remarkable Indigenous rock art of the Kimberley Region of NW Australia. He has been Head of the Schools of Earth Sciences at both Melbourne and La Trobe Universities, and a Program Coordinator in both the Australian Geodynamics, and Predictive Mineral Discovery CRCs, amongst many other roles. His work has been recognised by numerous awards, including the Research Medal of the Royal Society of Victoria; the Stillwell and Selwyn Medals of the Geological Society of Australia, the Gold Medal of the Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering, the Centenary Medal of the Australian Government, the Jaeger Medal of the Australian Academy of Science and the Laslett Prize for Fission Track Thermochronology. He is a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science, the Geological Society of Australia and the American Geophysical Union, and Geochemical Fellow of the Geochemical Society and European Association of Geochemistry. He is currently a Director of the Kimberley Foundation Australia and has previously served as President of the Geological Society of Australia and Councillor for the Australian Academy of Science. In 2017, he was made an Officer in the Order of Australia for distinguished service to the earth sciences and education.
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The Fish Canyon Tuff: A new look at an old low-temperature thermochronology standard
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High Resolution Timeframe For Hominin Evolution In The Turkana Basin, Kenya
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The hi-tech archaeological scientists
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12,000-Year-old Aboriginal rock art from the Kimberley region, Western Australia
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Dating The Aboriginal Rock Art Sequence Of The Kimberley In Nw Australia
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Is this the oldest rock art in the world?
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Neogene evolution of the eastern margin of Gulf of California, Sonora, Mexico: Insights fr..
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Honours, Awards and Fellowships
Officer of the Order of Australia
Laslett Prize
F.L. Stillwell Medal
National Carrick Award for Teaching Excellence - Physical Sciences
David White Award for Excellence in Teaching
Jaeger Medal
Centenary Medal
Selwyn Medal
Gold Medal for Excellence in Research
Special Investigator Award
Research Medal
F.L. Stillwell Medal
Fellow of the American Geophysical Union
Geochemical Fellow of the Geochemical Society and European Association of Geochemistry
FGSAust - Fellow of the Geological Society of Australia
FAA - Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science
Credentials
Positions
Positions
Professorial Fellow Thermochronolgy
Earth Sciences
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The Geochemical Society
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American Geophysical Union
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Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia
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Sigma-Xi Scientific Research Society
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Geological Society of America
Member, Past-President, National Executive Committee
Geological Society of Australia
Education
Education
Doctor of Philosophy
University of Melbourne
Bachelor of Science (honours)
University of Melbourne