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Gleadow, Andrew John Ward (1948 - )FAA |
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| Geologist | |
| Born: 14 June 1948 | |
| Andrew John W. (Andy) Gleadow is Professor and Head of Earth Sciences at the University of Melbourne. He has specialised in the field of fission track analysis and has developed dating techniques for a variety of geological applications. Gleadow completed both undergraduate and postgraduate degrees at the University of Melbourne, graduating with a PhD in Geology in 1974. He subsequently held positions at the University of London, the University of Melbourne, and the University of Bern. From 1988 to 1998 he was Professor of Earth Sciences at La Trobe University, and from early 1999 has been Professor and Head of the School of Earth Sciences at The University of Melbourne. He was also a Research Coordinator of the Australian Geodynamics Cooperative Research Centre. He has researched and published extensively on all aspects of the development and application of fission track dating in geology, especially in the areas of tectonics, thermochronology, sedimentary basin analysis and hydrocarbon exploration. He has worked extensively on the geology of Antarctica, Africa, and America, as well as Australia. He was awarded the Stillwell Medal of the Geological Society of Australia for 1989, the Research Medal of the Royal Society of Victoria for 1994 and the Gold Medal for Excellence in Research by the Australian Institute of Nuclear Science and Engineering for 1996. In 1999 he was elected a Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science and awarded its Jaeger Medal for 2003. Taken from his homepage - see link below |
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While undertaking his doctor of philosophy, Andrew John Ward Gleadow co-developed fission track thermochronology - a new method for geological dating and thermal history analysis of rock samples. The method is based on counting tiny “fission tracks” in apatite crystals, which preserve the rocks thermal history. This dating method has been used widely throughout the geological sciences, including in mineral and oil exploration, and archaeology. Gleadow and his research group have established Australia at the forefront of this field internationally. Using this fission track technology, Gleadow and colleagues have sampled over 3000 rock from across Australia. They then developed a computer model to show how the landscape has changed over time and how the island continent broke away from the supercontinent of Gondwana. – i.e. it shows the geological history of the entire Australian continent. Chronology
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