Personal profile
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.
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 14 Life Below Water -
SDG 15 Life on Land
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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A metasedimentary outlier of the Laurentian continental margin preserved on the Tonian Loch Ness Supergroup, Scottish Caledonides
Strachan, R., Prave, A., Morton, A., Frei, D., Kirsimäe, K. & Cutts, K. A., 30 Dec 2025, (Early online) In: Journal of the Geological Society.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A one-billion-year-old Scottish meteorite impact
Kirkland, C. L., Erickson, T. M., Johnson, T. E., Prave, T., Strachan, R. A., Daggitt, M. L., Hartnady, M. I. H., Reddy, S. M., Taylor, R. J. M., Ribeiro, B. V., Rankenburg, K., Kirscher, U. & Fischer, S., 28 Apr 2025, (Early online) In: Geology.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Late Ordovician regional high-pressure metamorphism in Scotland: Caledonian metamorphic climax predated the closure of Iapetus
Lamont, T., McCarthy, W., Strachan, R., Roberts, N. M. W., Mackay-Champion, T., Bird, A. & Searle, M., 22 Sept 2025, (Early online) In: Bulletin of the Geological Society of America.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Petrogenesis of Late Miocene high Ba-Sr granitoids in eastern Pamir, northwest Tibetan Plateau: Insights into lithospheric mantle evolution and geodynamic processes during India-Asia bidirectional subduction
Yang, F., Yin, J., Yang, Z., Fowler, M., Kerr, A. C., Pease, V., Strachan, R., Chen, W., Tao, Z., Chen, Y., Wang, T. & Xiao, W., 1 Apr 2025, In: Journal of Petrology. 66, 4, 25 p., egaf026.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Neoproterozoic glacial broom
Kirkland, C. L., Strachan, R. A., Archibald, D. B. & Murphy, J. B., 25 Feb 2025, (Early online) In: Geology. p. 1-6 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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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
DOI: 10.1130/B31068.1, https://www.geosociety.org/datarepository/2014/
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Data availability statement for 'Crustal reworking and orogenic styles inferred from zircon Hf isotopes: Proterozoic examples from the North Atlantic region'.
Spencer, C. J. (Creator), Kirkland, C. L. (Creator), Prave, A. R. (Creator), Strachan, R. (Creator) & Pease, V. (Creator), Elsevier BV, 19 Oct 2018
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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
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.c.5324986.v1, 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
DOI: 10.1029/2018TC005050
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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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Projects
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Building Quality Assurance into International Post GraduateStudies: Geosciences as a case study
Storey, C. (PI), Strachan, R. (CoI) & Mottram, C. (CoI)
1/10/19 → 31/03/21
Project: Innovation
Activities
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Curtin University
Strachan, R. (Visiting researcher)
28 Jan 2023 → 2 Mar 2023Activity: Visiting an external organisation types › Visiting an external academic institution
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Geology (Journal)
Strachan, R. (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)
Strachan, R. (Guest editor)
1 Aug 2022Activity: Publication peer-review and editorial work types › Editorial activity
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GAC/MAC
Strachan, R. (Organiser)
14 May 2022 → 19 May 2022Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in conference
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Geology (Journal)
Strachan, R. (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, R. (Recipient), 18 May 2020
Prize: Election to learned society
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