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Research outputs per year
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Biography
- 2013 - Professor of Geology, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Portsmouth.
- 2007-2017, Head of School, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Portsmouth.
- 2003-2013 Reader, School of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Portsmouth.
- 1982-2003 Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Principal Lecturer/Reader, Department of Geology, Oxford Polytechnic/Oxford Brookes University.
- 1978-1982 University of Keele, Staffordshire (graduated PhD; thesis title: “Geology of the Moine rocks of the Loch Eil area, West Inverness-shire”).
- 1975-1978 University College of Wales, Aberystwyth (graduated BSc Hons in Geology, Upper Second Class).
Research Interests
- The nature of orogenic processes within the middle to lower continental crust.
- Mechanisms of granite emplacement in different structural settings.
- The application of geochronological techniques to date deformational and metamorphic events during orogeny.
- The evolution and reactivation history of major continental fault zones.
- The syn- to post-orogenic erosional history of mountain belts.
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Strike-slip influenced stratigraphic and structural development of the Foula Sandstone Group, Shetland: implications for offshore Devonian basin development on the northern UK continental shelf
Utley, T. A. G., Holdsworth, R. E., Blackbourn, G. A., Dempsey, E., Strachan, R. A., McCaffrey, K. J. W., Morton, A. C., Bird, A. F., Jones, R. R., Saßnowski, A. & Walker, R. J., 5 May 2023, In: Journal of the Geological Society. 180, 3, 19 p., jgs2022-148.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A new stratigraphic framework for the early Neoproterozoic successions of Scotland
Krabbendam, M., Strachan, R. & Prave, T., 1 Mar 2022, In: Journal of the Geological Society. 179, 2, 16 p., jgs2021-054.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A template for an improved rock-based subdivision of the pre-Cryogenian time scale
Shields, G. A., Strachan, R. A., Porter, S. M., Halverson, G. P., Macdonald, F. A., Plumb, K. A., De Alvarenga, C. J., Banerjee, D. M., Bekker, A., Bleeker, W., Brasier, A., Chakraborty, P. P., Collins, A. S., Condie, K., Das, K., Evans, D. A. D., Ernst, R., Fallick, A. E., Frimmel, H., Fuck, R., & 16 others, 1 Jan 2022, In: Journal of the Geological Society. 179, 1, 22 p., jgs2020-222.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Paleo- and mesoarchean TTG-sanukitoid to high-K granite cycles in the southern são francisco craton, SE brazil
De Morisson Valeriano, C., Turbay, C. V. G., Bruno, H., Simonetti, A., Heilbron, M., Bersan, S. M. & Strachan, R., 1 Sept 2022, In: Geoscience Frontiers. 13, 5, 46 p., 101372.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Testing petrogenetic models for contemporaneous mafic and felsic-intermediate magmatism within the ‘Newer Granite’ suite of the Scottish and Irish Caledonides
Archibald, D. B., Murphy, B., Fowler, M., Strachan, R. & Hildebrand, R. S., 7 Mar 2022, New Developments in the Appalachian-Caledonian- Variscan Orogen. Kuiper, Y. D., Murphy, J. B., Nance, R. D., Strachan, R. A. & Thompson, M. D. (eds.). Geological Society of America, (Special Papers of the Geological Society of America; vol. 554).Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review
Datasets
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Supporting data for 'Neoproterozoic to early Paleozoic extensional and compressional history of East Laurentian margin sequences: the Moine Supergroup, Scottish Caledonides'.
Strachan, R. (Creator), Cawood, P. A. (Creator), Kinny, P. D. (Creator), Loewy, S. L. (Creator), Merle, R. E. (Creator), Millar, I. (Creator), Dalziel, I. W. D. (Creator), Jourdan, F. (Creator), Nemchin, A. A. (Creator) & Connelly, J. N. (Creator), Geological Society of America, 1 Mar 2015
https://www.geosociety.org/datarepository/2014/
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Supplementary data for 'Geometry of folded and boudinaged pegmatite veins emplaced within a strike-slip shear zone: A case study from the Caledonian orogen, northern Scotland'.
Alsop, G. I. (Creator), Strachan, R. (Creator), Holdsworth, R. E. (Creator) & Burns, I. M. (Creator), Elsevier BV, 13 Nov 2020
DOI: 10.1016/j.jsg.2020.104233
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Supplementary material for 'Tectonic significance of a supra-ophiolitic sedimentary cover succession, Unst, Shetland, Scottish Caledonides: insights from the U-Pb-Hf detrital zircon record'.
Papapavlou, K. (Creator), Strachan, R. (Creator), Storey, C. (Creator) & Bullen, D. (Creator), Geological Society of London, 15 Mar 2021
https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.c.5324986.v1
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Supporting information for 'Evidence for an Early Silurian syn-orogenic basin within the metamorphic hinterland of the North Atlantic Caledonides: insights from the U-Pb zircon geochronology of the Funzie Conglomerate, Shetland, Scotland'.
Biejat, S. (Creator), Strachan, R. (Creator), Storey, C. (Creator) & Lancaster, P. (Creator), John Wiley & Sons Inc., 3 Aug 2018
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Supplementary materials for 'Patterns of Silurian deformation and magmatism during sinistral oblique convergence, northern Scottish Caledonides'.
Strachan, R. (Creator), University of Portsmouth, 6 May 2020
DOI: 10.17029/4fae62f9-cefc-4682-b0bf-c21fb9e1391e
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Activities
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Curtin University
Rob Strachan (Visiting researcher)
28 Jan 2023 → 2 Mar 2023Activity: Visiting an external organisation types › Visiting an external academic institution
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Geology (Journal)
Rob Strachan (Guest editor)
1 Jan 2023 → 31 Dec 2023Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
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Geological Society of America (Publisher)
Rob Strachan (Guest editor)
1 Aug 2022Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
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GAC/MAC
Rob Strachan (Organiser)
14 May 2022 → 19 May 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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Geology (Journal)
Rob Strachan (Guest editor)
1 Jan 2022 → 31 Dec 2022Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
Prizes
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Fellow of the Geological Society of America
Strachan, Rob (Recipient), 18 May 2020
Prize: Election to learned society
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