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Email

jhergt@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Honorary (Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor Emeritus)
School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Education
PhD
The Australian National University
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
La Trobe University
ORCID

0000-0003-3410-1670

Prof Janet Hergt

Honorary (Redmond Barry Distinguished Professor Emeritus)
School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

169 Scholarly works
19 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Characterisation of rock varnish at Murujuga (Western Australia): Implications for climate records and petroglyph dating
    DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2026.110154
  • 2021

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Dating Murujuga's Rock Art: New Scientific Approaches
  • 2018

    Research Grant

    High Resolution Timeframe for Hominin Evolution in the Turkana Basin, Kenya
  • 2018

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Dating the Aboriginal Rock Art Sequence of the Kimberley in Nw Australia
  • 2014

    Journal article

    Towards a method for quantitative LA-ICP-MS imaging of multi-phase assemblages: Mineral identification and analysis correction procedures
    DOI: 10.1111/j.1751-908X.2014.00270.x
  • 2012

    Journal article

    CellSpace: A module for creating spatially registered laser ablation images within the Iolite freeware environment
    DOI: 10.1039/c2ja10383d
  • 2011

    Journal article

    Iolite: Freeware for the visualisation and processing of mass spectrometric data
    DOI: 10.1039/c1ja10172b
Janet Hergt

Latest Honours,
Awards and Fellowships


2021
Geochemical Fellow
2021
Approved at 19/5/21 out of rounds UAPC University of Melbourne
2019
University of Melbourne
2019
University of Melbourne

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2025

    Journal article

    High-resolution tephrochronology resolves stratigraphic complexities in archaeologically significant Nariokotome tuffs, Turkana Basin
    DOI: 10.1073/pnas.2424142122
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Extreme enriched-mantle (EM) compositions recorded by the Sr-Nd-Hf isotopes of global cratonic lamproites
    DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2025.02.014
  • 2025

    Conference Proceedings

    Unravelling the Plio-Pleistocene history of the paleontologically significant Turkana Basin, Kenya
    DOI: 10.7185/gold2025.30287
  • 2025

    Conference Proceedings

    High-resolution tephrochronological tools reveal geochemical complexity in volcanic products: examples from the Turkana Basin, Kenya
    DOI: 10.7185/gold2025.30341
  • 2024

    Journal article

    An improved methodology for high-resolution LA-ICP-MS trace-element fingerprinting of tephra layers: Insights from the Upper and Lower Nariokotome Tuffs, Turkana Basin, Kenya
    DOI: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2024.122084
  • 2024

    Conference Proceedings

    Revisiting Sr-Nd-Hf isotope variations in global cratonic lamproites
    DOI: 10.29173/ikc4136
  • 2024

    Conference Proceedings

    UNRAVELLING STRATIGRAPHIC COMPLEXITIES IN THE NARIOKOTOME TUFF COMPLEX USING A COMBINATION OF HIGH-RESOLUTION TEPHROCHRONOLOGICAL TOOLS
    DOI: 10.1130/abs/2024am-403783
  • 2023

    Journal article

    Time resolved trace element calibration strategies for LA-ICP-MS
    DOI: 10.1039/d3ja00037k

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