Dr. Martin J. Van Kranendonk
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Phone: + 61 8 9222 3631 Fax: + 61 8 9222 3633 Email: martin.vankranendonk@dmp.wa.gov.au Postal: Geological Survey of Western Australia |
Academic Qualifications:
PhD (1992) Queen's University, Canada
MSc (1987) University of Toronto, Canada
BSc Hon. (1984) University of Toronto, Canada
Current position:
Specialist – Precambrian Geoscience
Geological Survey of Western Australia (2007-present)
Past Appointments:
-Senior Geologist (Pilbara project), Geological Survey of Western Australia (1997-2007)
-Australian Research Council Post-doctoral Fellow (1994-1997), University of Newcastle (Pilbara structural evolution)
-Canadian Government Laboratory Visiting Fellow (1992-1994), Geological Survey of Canada (co-leader of geological mapping in the Torngat Mountains)
Ten Most Significant Publications in last 5 years:
1) Van Kranendonk, M.J., Kröner, A., Hegner, E., Connelly, J. (2009): Age, lithology and structural evolution of the c. 3.53 Ga Theespruit Formation in the Tjakastad area, southwestern Barberton Greenstone Belt, South Africa, with implications for Archean tectonics. Chemical Geology 261, 114-138.
2) Van Kranendonk, M. J., Philippot, P., Lepot, K., Bodorkos, S., Pirajno, F. (2008): Geological setting of Earth’s oldest fossils in the c. 3.5 Ga Dresser Formation, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia. Precambrian Research 167, 93-124. doi. 10.1016/j.precamres.2008.07.003.
3) Van Kranendonk, M.J., Smithies, R.H., Bennett, V., (Eds.), 2007. Earth’s Oldest Rocks. Developments in Precambrian Geology, Series 15. Elsevier, Amsterdam, 1307pp.
4) Philippot, P., Van Zuilen, M., Lepot, K., Thomazo, C., Farquhar, J., Van Kranendonk, M. (2007): Early Archean microorganisms preferred elemental sulphur, not sulphate. Science, v. 317, p. 1534-1537.
5) Smithies, R.H., Van Kranendonk, M.J., Champion, D.C., (2007): The Mesoarchaean emergence of modern style subduction. In: S. Maruyama and M. Santosh (eds.), Island Arcs: Past and Present; Gondwana Research, v. 11, p. 50-68.
6) Sugitani, K., Grey, K., Allwood, A.C., Nagaoka, T., Minami, M., Marshall, C.P., Van Kranendonk, M.J., Walter, M.R. (2007): Diverse microstructures from Archean chert from the Mount Goldsworthy – Mount Grant area, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia: Microfossils, dubiofossils, or pseudofossils? Precambrian Research, v. 158, p. 228-262.
7) Van Kranendonk, M.J., Smithies, R.H., Hickman, A.H., Champion, D.C. (2007): Secular tectonic evolution of Archaean continental crust: interplay between horizontal and vertical processes in the formation of the Pilbara Craton, Australia. Terra Nova, v. 19(1), p. 1-38.
8) Van Kranendonk, M.J. (2006): Volcanic degassing, hydrothermal circulation and the flourishing of early life on Earth: new evidence from the Warrawoona Group, Pilbara Craton, Western Australia. Earth-Science Reviews, v. 74, p. 197-240.
9) Garcia-Ruiz J.M., Hyde, S.T., Carnerup, A.M., Christy, A.G., Van Kranendonk, M.J., Welham, N.J. (2003): Self-assembled silica-carbonate structures and detection of ancient microfossils. Science, v. 302, p. 1194-1197.
10) Brasier, M.D., Green, O.R., Jephcoat, A.P., Kleppe, A.K., Van Kranendonk, M.J., Lindsay, J.F., Steele, A., Grassineau, N. (2002): Questioning the evidence for Earth's oldest fossils. Nature, v. 416, p. 76-81.