Sandra McLaren

The 2018 M-w 7.5 Highlands Earthquake in Papua New Guinea: Implications for Structural Style in an Active Fold and Thrust Belt

Luke Mahoney, Richard Stanaway, Sandra McLaren, Kevin Hill, Eric Bergman

Journal article  |  2021  |  TECTONICS

The Papuan Fold and Thrust Belt (PFTB) in Papua New Guinea is actively forming within a complex tectonic setting at the boundary o..

In Australasia, gender is still on the agenda in geosciences

HK Handley, J Hillman, M Finch, T Ubide, S Kachovich, S McLaren, A Petts, J Purandare, A Foote, C Tiddy

Journal article  |  2020  |  Advances in Geosciences

Diversity and inclusion in the workplace optimise performance through the input of a range of perspectives and approaches that dri..

Heat Flow in Southern Australia and Connections With East Antarctica

Alicia Pollett, Derrick Hasterok, Tom Raimondo, Jacqueline A Halpin, Martin Hand, Betina Bendall, Sandra McLaren

Journal article  |  2019  |  GEOCHEMISTRY GEOPHYSICS GEOSYSTEMS

Viscosity and melt generation at the base of ice sheets are critically dependent upon heat flow. Yet subglacial heat flow is poorl..

Late Cretaceous to Oligocene burial and collision in western Papua New Guinea: Indications from low-temperature thermochronology and thermal modelling

Luke Mahoney, Sandra McLaren, Kevin Hill, Barry Kohn, Kerry Gallagher, Martin Norvick

Journal article  |  2019  |  TECTONOPHYSICS

Recent field and analytical work have considerably improved our understanding of the structure of the Muller Range along the front..

Variations and controls on crustal thermal regimes in Southeastern Australia

Ben Mather, Sandra McLaren, David Taylor, Sukanta Roy, Louis Moresi

Journal article  |  2018  |  TECTONOPHYSICS

The surface heat flow field in Australia has for many years been poorly constrained compared to continental regions elsewhere. 182..

Complex fold and thrust belt structural styles: Examples from the Greater Juha area of the Papuan Fold and Thrust Belt, Papua New Guinea

Luke Mahoney, Kevin Hill, Sandra McLaren, Amanda Hanani

Journal article  |  2017  |  JOURNAL OF STRUCTURAL GEOLOGY

The remote and inhospitable Papuan Fold Belt in Papua New Guinea is one of the youngest yet least well-documented fold and thrust ..

Heat flow and inferred ground surface temperature history at Tynong North, southeastern Australia

G Beardsmore, M Sandiford, K Gordon, M McLean, S Egan, S McLaren

Journal article  |  2017  |  Australian Journal of Earth Sciences

Borehole temperature data have the potential to record historical variations in ground and air surface temperature, yet very few r..

Phase equilibria constraints on the melt fertility of crustal rocks: the effect of subsolidus water loss

G Webb, R Powell, S McLaren

Journal article  |  2015  |  JOURNAL OF METAMORPHIC GEOLOGY

During regional prograde metamorphism, H2O generated by ongoing dehydration reactions is likely to be continuously lost from a roc..

Magmatism, orogeny and the origin of high-heat-producing granites in Australian Proterozoic terranes

Sandra McLaren, Roger Powel

Journal article  |  2014  |  JOURNAL OF THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY

Temperature-dependent processes such as magmatism and orogeny provide key insights into the Earth's thermal state. We propose an i..

The development of a climate: an arid continent with wet fringes

S MCLAREN, MW Wallace, SJ Gallagher, BE Wagstaff, AMP Tosolini

Book Chapter  |  2014

This book provides a critical appraisal of ecosystem theory using case studies of biological invasions in Australasia.