Prof Sandy Cruden - Researcher Profile

Biography

Sandy is Professor of Tectonics and Geodynamics and Head of the School of Geosciences, Faculty of Science at Monash University.

Sandy’s research areas of interest are:

• Experimental Tectonics
• Rates and Dynamics of Magma Emplacement
• Precambrian Tectonics
• Intraplate Geodynamics
• Magmatic Arc Tectonics
• Pure and Applied Structural Geology

Research & Supervision Interests

See keywords and publications list.

I am actively seeking highly motivated students to work on challenging PhD projects in Experimental Tectonics (aka Analogue Modelling), structural controls on ore deposits and the mechanics of igneous intrusion.  Projects can be laboratory or field focused or a mixture of both.

Keywords

Continental Tectonics, Experimental Tectonics, Fracture Analysis - Nuclear Waste Respositories, Magma Emplacement and Migration, Structural Controls on MIneralization, Structural Geology

Qualifications

DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY

Institution: Uppsala University

Year awarded: 1989

BSC (HONS) IN GEOLOGY

Institution: Dundee University

Year awarded: 1984

Publications

Book Chapters

Cruden, A., 2006, Emplacement and growth of plutons: implications for rates of melting and mass transfer in continental crust, in Evolution and Differentiation of the Continental Crust, eds Michael Brown, Tracy Rushmer, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK, pp. 456-519.

Cruden, A., 2006, Emplacement and growth of plutons: implications for rates of melting and mass transfer in continental crust, in Evolution and Differentiation of the Continental Crust, eds Michael Brown and Tracy Rushmer, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge UK, pp. 455-519.

Siddorn, J., Cruden, A., Hauser, R., Armstrong, J., Kirkham, G., 2006, The Giant-Con gold deposits: Preliminary intergrated structural and mineralization history, in Gold in the Yellowknife Greenstone Belt, Northwest Territories: Results of the EXTECH III Multidisciplinary Research Project, eds CD Anglin, H Falck, DF Wright and EJ Ambrose, Geological Association of Canada, Ontario Canada, pp. 213-231.

Journal Articles

Boutelier, D., Oncken, O., Cruden, A., 2012, Fore-arc deformation at the transition between collision and subduction: insights from 3-D thermomechanical laboratory experiments, Tectonics [P], vol 31, American Geophysical Union, Washington DC USA, pp. 1-15.

Mazzarini, F., Musemeci, G., Cruden, A., 2012, Interactions between low-angle normal faults and plutonism in the upper crust: insights from the island of Elba, Italy: comment, Geological Society of America Bulletin [P], vol 124, issue 11-12, Geological Society of America, Boulder USA, pp. 1913-1915.

Riller, U., Cruden, A., Boutelier, D., Schrank, C., 2012, The causes of sinuous crustal-scale deformation patterns in hot orogens: evidence from scaled analogue experiments and the southern Central Andes, Journal of Structural Geology [P], vol 37, Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford UK, pp. 65-74.

Bunger, A., Cruden, A., 2011, Correction to "Modeling the growth of laccoliths and large mafic sills: Role of magma body forces", Journal of Geophysical Research [P], vol 116, American Geophysical Union, Washington DC USA, pp. 1-6.

Bunger, A., Cruden, A., 2011, Modeling the growth of laccoliths and large mafic sills: Role of magma body forces, Journal of Geophysical Research [P], vol 116, American Geophysical Union, Washington DC USA, pp. 1-18.

Nilfouroushan, F., Pysklywec, R., Cruden, A., 2011, Sensitivity analysis of numerical scaled models of fold-and-thrust belts to granular material cohesion variation and comparison with analog experiments, Tectonophysics [P], vol 526-529, Elsevier, Amsterdam, Netherlands, pp. 196-206.

Boutelier, J., Cruden, A., Brent, T., Stephenson, R., 2011, Timing and mechanisms controlling evaporite diapirism on Ellef Ringnes Island, Canadian Arctic Archipelago, Basin Research [E], vol 23, issue 4, Wiley-Blackwell Publishing Inc, Oxford Oxon England, pp. 478-498.

Mazzarini, F., Musumeci, G., Cruden, A., 2011, Vein development during folding in the upper brittle crust: The case of tourmaline-rich veins of eastern Elba Island, northern Tyrrhenian Sea, Italy, Journal of Structural Geology [P], vol 33, issue 10, Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford England, pp. 1509-1522.

Schrank, C.E., Cruden, A.R., 2010, Compaction control of topography and fault network structure along strike-slip faults in sedimentary basins, Journal of Structural Geology [P], vol 32, issue 2, Pergamon Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford England, pp. 184-191.

Pysklywec, R.N., Gogus, O., Percival, J., Cruden, A.R., Beaumont, C., 2010, Insights from geodynamical modeling on possible fates of continental mantle lithosphere: collision, removal, and overturn, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences [P], vol 47, issue 4, National Research Council Canada-NRC Research Press, Ottawa Canada, pp. 541-563.

Riller, U., Boutelier, D., Schrank, C., Cruden, A.R., 2010, Role of kilometer-scale weak circular heterogeneities on upper crustal deformation patterns: Evidence from scaled analogue modeling and the Sudbury Basin, Canada, Earth And Planetary Science Letters [P], vol 297, issue 3-4, Elsevier Science BV, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 587-597.

Grocott, J., Arevalo, C., Welkner, D., Cruden, A., 2009, Fault-assisted vertical pluton growth: Coastal Cordillera, north Chilean Andes, Journal of the Geological Society [P], vol 166, Geological Society Publication House, Bath Avon England, pp. 295-301.

Boutelier, D., Cruden, A., 2008, Impact of regional mantle flow on subducting plate geometry and interplate stress: insights from physical modelling, Geophysical Journal International [P], vol 174, issue 2, Blackwell Publishing, Oxford Oxon England, pp. 719-732.

Boutelier, D., Schrank, C., Cruden, A., 2008, Power-law viscous materials for analogue experiments: New data on the rheology of highly-filled silicone polymers, Journal of Structural Geology [P], vol 30, issue 3, Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford England, pp. 341-353.

Schrank, C., Boutelier, D., Cruden, A., 2008, The analogue shear zone: From rheology to associated geometry, Journal of Structural Geology [P], vol 30, issue 2, Pergamon-Elsevier Science Ltd, Oxford England, pp. 177-193.

Schreurs, G., Buiter, S., Boutelier, D., Corti, G., Costa, E., Cruden, A., Daniel, J., Hoth, S., Koyi, H., Kukowski, N., Lohrmann, J., Ravaglia, A., Schlische, R., Withjack, M., Yamada, Y., Cavozzi, C., Delventisette, C., Brady, J., Hoffman-Rothe, A., Mengus, J., Montanari, D., Nilforoushan, F., 2006, Analogue benchmarks of shortening and extension experiments, Geological Society Special Publication [P], vol 253, Geological Society Publishing House, Bath Avon England, pp. 1-27.

Nitescu, B., Cruden, A., Bailey, R., 2006, Crustal structure and implications for the tectonic evolution of the Archean Western Superior craton from forward and inverse gravity modeling, Tectonics [P], vol 25, issue 1, American Geophysical Union, Washington DC USA, pp. 1-16.

Nitescu, B., Cruden, A., Bailey, R., 2006, Integrated potential-field and seismic constraints on the structure of the Archean metasedimentary English River belt, Western Superior craton, Canada, Precambrian Research [P], vol 144, issue 3-4, Elsevier Science BV, Amsterdam Netherlands, pp. 261-277.

Hrabi, R., Cruden, A., 2006, Structure of the archean english river subprovince: implications for the tectonic evolution of the western Superior Province, Canada, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences [P], vol 43, issue 7, National Research Council Canada - NRC Rsearch Press, Ottawa Canada, pp. 947-966.

Cruden, A., Nasseri, M., Pysklywec, R., 2006, Surface topography and internal strain variation in wide hot orogens from three-dimensional analogue and two-dimensional numerical vice models, Geological Society Special Publication [P], vol 253, Geological Society Publishing House, Bath Avon England, pp. 79-104.

Melnyk, M., Davis, D., Cruden, A., Stern, R., 2006, U-Pb ages constraining structural development of an Archean terrane boundary in the Lake of the Woods area, western Superior Province, Canada, Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences [P], vol 43, issue 7, National Research Council Canada-NRC Research Press, Ottawa Canada, pp. 967-993.

Conference Proceedings

Cruden, A., Bunger, A., 2010, Emplacement dynamics of laccoliths, sills and dykes from dimensional scaling and mechanical models, LASI 4 Conference: Physical Geology of Subvolcanic Systems: Laccoliths, Sills and Dykes Abstracts, 22 September 2010 to 26 September 2010, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant USA, pp. 15-16.

Mazzarini, F., Musumeci, G., Cruden, A., 2010, Sill geometry and fabrics in the syn-tectonic contact aureole of the Porto Azzurro pluton, eastern Elba Island, Italy, LASI 4 Conference: Physical Geology of Subvolcanic Systems: Laccoliths, Sills and Dykes Abstracts, 22 September 2010 to 26 September 2010, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant USA, pp. 37-38.

Saumur, B., Cruden, A., Evans-Lamswood, D., 2010, The Mesoproterozoic Voisey's Bay intrusion: Laccolith or Lopolith?, LASI 4 Conference: Physical Geology of Subvolcanic Systems: Laccoliths, Sills and Dykes Abstracts, 22 September 2010 to 26 September 2010, Central Mithigan University, Mount Pleasant USA, pp. 51-52.

Mazzarini, F., Isola, l., Cruden, A., 2010, Thickness distribution of felsic sills in the upper brittle crust, eastern Elba Island, Italy, LASI 4 Conference: Physical Geology of Subvolcanic Systems: Laccoliths, Sills and Dykes Abstracts, 22 September 2010 to 26 September 2010, Central Michigan University, Mount Pleasant USA, pp. 35-36.

Cruden, A., Schrank, C., 2008, Archean granite-greenstone dome and keel structure development by shortening of heterogeneous crust, Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicate, 22 September 2008 to 24 September 2008, Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale, Italy, pp. 34-38.

Schrank, C., Regenauer-Lieb, K., Fusseis, F., Cruden, A., 2008, Numerical models of cm-scale shear zones in anisotropic rocks, Bollettino di Geofisica Teorica ed Applicate, 22-24/9/2008, Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale - OGS, Florence, Italy, pp. 116-119.

Teaching Commitment

ESC 2132 Field Geology

Consulting

I currently consult for Nuclear Waste Management Organization (Canada) and serve on their Adaptive Phase Management - Geoscientific Review Group.

In the past I have consulted for:

• Swedish Nuclear Fuels Ltd (SKB)
• Voisey's Bay Nickel Co. (INCO)
• Gartner Lee Ltd.
• AECOM Ltd.
• Azimuth Environmental Consulting Ltd.
• Atomic Energy Canada Ltd.
• Goldcorp Ltd.

 

 

Grants

Title:

Three-dimensional subduction models of overriding plate deformation and mantle flow using laboratory and numerical methods.

Investigators:

Schellart, W, Cruden, A, Stegman, D

Funding:

(2011 - 2014). Monash University.

(2011 - 2015). Australian Research Council (ARC).

Title:

The First Australian High Pressure Synchrotron Facility for Geoscience Research.

Investigators:

Cruden, A, Rushmer, T, O'Neill, H, Turner, S

Funding:

(2012 - 2016). Australian Research Council (ARC).