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ashleigh.hood@unimelb.edu.au

Credentials


Position
Senior Lecturer in Sedimentology
School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences
Education
PhD
University of Melbourne
Bachelors Degree (Honours)
University of Melbourne
ORCID

0000-0002-1430-2371

Dr Ashleigh Hood

Senior Lecturer in Sedimentology
School of Geography, Earth and Atmospheric Sciences

59 Scholarly works
7 Projects

HIGHLIGHTS

  • 2026

    Journal article

    Synsedimentary mineralization in the Paleoproterozoic McArthur River (HYC) Zn-Pb-Ag deposit, McArthur Basin, Australia
    DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2026.108031
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Tectonically-induced neptunian dykes and breccias of the Paleoproterozoic Teena Dolomite: Significance to stratiform zinc deposits in the McArthur Basin, Australia
    DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2025.107768
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Elevated Marine Dissolved Silica Levels Explain a Wide Range of Ediacaran–Cambrian Ediacara-Style Fossil Deposits
    DOI: 10.1111/gbi.70017
  • 2025

    Conference Proceedings

    How did phosphorus cycling shape oxygen and early animal evolution in the Ediacaran?
    DOI: 10.7185/gold2025.25398
  • 2024

    Research contracts (non-grants)

    Ancient Oceans and Future Resources
  • 2021

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Oxygenation History of the Earth and the Evolution of Complex Life
  • 2019

    Research Grant

    The Oxygenation of Earth's Early Marine Ecosystems
Ashleigh Hood

RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS

  • 2025

    Conference Proceedings

    Sedimentary zinc in the Palaeoproterozoic: implications for the chemical conditions of early eukaryote habitats
    DOI: 10.7185/gold2025.32314
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Chemosynthesis enhances net primary production and nutrient cycling in a hypersaline microbial mat
    DOI: 10.1093/ismejo/wraf117
  • 2025

    Journal article

    Greenstone belt-hosted Mesoarchaean Mbarga BIF prospect, NW Congo Craton (southern Cameroon): Petrography, geochemistry, Sr-Nd isotopes, zircon u-pb geochronology, petrogenetic, and tectonic implications
    DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2024.107631
  • 2024

    Journal article

    An earliest Ediacaran oxygenation episode in the Wilpena Group, Adelaide Superbasin, South Australia
    DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2024.107433
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Oolitic ironstones, continental iron flux and reverse weathering in the Proterozoic Eon: Insights from the Tonian Katherine Group, Yukon
    DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2024.104790
  • 2024

    Journal article

    Palaeontology from Australasia and beyond: Abstracts from Palaeo Down Under 3 Perth, Western Australia, July 2023
    DOI: 10.1080/03115518.2024.2347595

RECENT PROJECTS

  • 2026

    Research grants (ARC, NHMRC, MRFF)

    Making a Habitable Planet: Tracking Earth’s Thermostat With Marine Sediment
  • 2025

    Research grants (other domestic)

    2024 Research Impetus Grants Scheme

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