Publications
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2025
Predicting the preservation of buried ore deposits using deep-time landscape evolution modeling
Science Advances
A Tu, S Sahirovic, S Polanco, S Boone, M Boyd, C Mallard, P Restrepo, Y Ibrahim, L Mahoney, T Salles, B McInnes, E Farahbakhsh, F Kohlmann, M Seton and D Müller
2025
Chemical Geology
A Nixon, SC Boone, Y Gréau, F Kohlmann, M Theile, W Noble, A Prent, J Foden, S Barnes, AN Wainwright, B Wade, K Goemann, S Gilbert, NJ Evans, H Dalton, B Ware, and BIA McInnes
Here we propose a new, flexible inorganic geochemistry reporting schema available within the open access EarthBank platform, as a service to store, interpret, disseminate and explore geochemistry data. The application of this data structure, augmented by purpose-built data interrogation tools, is demonstrated using real-world case studies, including volcanic evolution and magma genesis, mineralisation prospectivity, and catchment provenance and contamination through stream sediment geochemistry.
2025
Exploration of a Combined LIBS and LA-ICP-MS Approach for Apatite Characterisation
Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research
CD Quarles Jr, BT Manard, NA Zirakparvar, J Petrus, B Paul, D Douglas, A Gleadow, B Kohn, S Boone, L Chung, M McMillan, GK Ustinisik, and FM McCubbin
A combined laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) and laser ablation-inductively coupled plasma-mass spectrometry (LA-ICP-MS) method is demonstrated for comprehensive apatite analysis. These measurements provide elemental imaging that can be used as a screening technique for chemical selection of grains for subsequent analysis (e.g., U-Pb geochronology) or can be used to understand elemental distributions within a single grain that would have direct textural-chemical implications (e.g., zoning patterns).
A Gleadow, H Green, D Finch, SC Boone, D Fink, R-H Fülöp, A Codilean, A Unghango
The Paleoproterozoic Warton and Wunaamin Miliwundi Sandstones in the Kimberley Basin of NW Australia contain an abundance of rock shelters hosting a striking succession of rock paintings of immense cultural and archaeological significance. The evolution of these shelters has not previously been studied in detail, yet provides the ultimate control on the long-term survival of rock art within them.
2025
Phanerozoic evolution of Fennoscandia: Evidence from apatite fission track, fluid flow and geodynamic data in Finland and Estonia
Gondwana Research
IT Kukkonen, B Kohn, K Kirsimäe, A Jõeleht, L Chung, M McMillan, SC Boone, A Gleadow
New apatite fission track (AFT) data from Estonia together with previously published data from Finland, all from crystalline basement drill core, constrain the Phanerozoic thermal history of Fennoscandia.
SC Boone, S Glorie, S Zahirovic, A Nixon, F Meeuws, F Kohlmann
Here, we present a novel workflow for placing low-temperature thermochronology data and thermal history modelling results into numerical plate tectonic, mantle dynamic and paleoclimate reconstructions.
2025
Inception and evolution of the Turkana Depression: A review from the perspective of the longest-lived sector of the East African Rift
Journal of African Earth Sciences
CK Morley and SC Boone
The Turkana Depression comprises a highly anomalous sector of the East African Rift (EAR), distinct in its antiquity,
structural complexity, geomorphology and attenuated crustal architecture...
2025
Journal of Earth Science
Y Sun, Y Wang, J Pang, SC Boone, M Wu, C Shao, W Liu
Application of thermochronology to assess the post-mineralisation exhumation and preservation of a W-Mo deposit.
2025
Phanerozoic thermochronology record of Afro-Arabia through space and time
Scientific Data
S Boone, M McMillan, M-L Balestrieri, B Kohn, A Gleadow, A Alimanovic, G Hutchinson, W Noble, V Mackintosh, C Seiler, D Belton, D Majer-Kielbaska, D Stockli, J Jacobs, E Pujols, M Daßinnes, B Emmel, F Kohlmann and R Beucher
Here, we present a relational database of 7,222 low-temperature thermochronology analyses from across eastern Africa and Arabia which record the Phanerozoic thermal evolution of the region through space and time.
Journal of Structural Geology
M McMillan, SC Boone, P Chindandali, B Kohn, A Gleadow
Here, we test footwall exhumation modelling using thermochronology as a means of elucidating 4D normal fault array evolution, using the Miocene Central Basin of the Malawi Rift as a natural laboratory.
B Kohn, R Ketcham, P Vermeesch, S Boone, N Hasebe, D Chew, M Bernet, L Chung, M Danišík, AJW Gleadow, and E Sobel
This paper briefly reviews the fundamentals of fission-track dating and applications. These provide context for recommended guidelines for reporting of essential and supporting meta fission-track data for publication and methodological archiving in structured formats that conform with FAIR Data Principles.
Chemical Geology Volume 635
C Seiler, SC Boone, B Kohn, A Gleadow
EDM and LA-ICP-MS apatite fission-track analyses are indistinguishable across a range of ages, 238U and track...
2023
A geospatial platform for the tectonic interpretation of low-temperature thermochronology Big Data
Scientific Reports Volume 13
S Boone, F Kohlmann, W Noble, M Theile, R Beucher, BP Kohn, S Glorie, M Danišík, R Zhou, M McMillan, A Nixos, AJW Gleadow, X Qin, D Müller, B McInnes
A novel tool for the geospatial archival, analysis and dissemination of fission-track and (U-Th)/He data in 4-dimensions (3D + time).
J. of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth Vol. 128
J Vermeer, M Quigley, SC Boone, B Duffy, R. Langridge, B Kohn
The fast-slipping Alpine (∼30 mm/yr), Hope (∼10–20 mm/yr) and Kelly (∼6 mm/yr) faults in the South Island of New Zealand form...
AusGeochem: An Open Platform for Geochemical Data Preservation, Dissemination and Synthesis
Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research Vol. 46
SC Boone, H Dalton, A Prent, F Kohlmann, M Theile, Y Gréau, G Florin, W Noble, S Hodgekiss, B Ware, D Phillips, B Kohn, S O'Reilly, A Gleadow, B McInnes, T Rawling
An open-access data platform for geospatial archival and interrogation of global geosample and geochemistry data.
2022
Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems Vol. 23
MF McMillan, SC Boone, BP Kohn, AJ Gleadow, PR Chindandali
Northern Malawi's Nyika Plateau is a 3,700 km2 large, highly elevated (∼2,500 m) plateau located at the western margin of ...
2021
Thermo-tectonic imaging of the Gulf of Aden-Red Sea rift systems and Afro-Arabian hinterland
Earth-Science Reviews Volume 222
SC Boone, M-L Balestrieri, B Kohn
Low-temperature thermochronology has long been utilised in the Red Sea-Gulf of Aden rift systems ...
2021
Ore Geology Reviews Volume 133
Y Sun, Z Chen, SC Boone, F Zhong, W Tao
The Changjiang uranium ore field (CUOF) is one of the most important and representative granite-type uranium ore fields ...
SC Boone, M-L Balestrieri, B Kohn
The Oligocene-Recent Red Sea rift is one of the preeminent examples of lithospheric rupture in the recent geological past...
S Boone, M Quigley, P Betts, M Miller, T Rawling
Brutal university cuts are putting at risk an industry crucial to addressing climate change Down Under and around the world...
2021
Minerals Volume 11
Y Sun, BP Kohn, SC Boone, D Weng, K Wang
The Zhuguangshan complex hosts the main uranium production area in South China. We report (U-Th)/He and fission track ...
2019
Birth of the East African Rift System: Nucleation of magmatism and strain in the Turkana Depression
Geology Volume 47
S Boone, BP Kohn, AJW Gleadow, CK Morley, C Seiler, DA Foster
The Turkana Depression of northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia contains voluminous plume-related basalts that mark the onset ...
SC Boone, M-L Balestrieri, B Kohn, G Corti, AJW Gleadow, C Seiler
The Broadly Rifted Zone (BRZ) of southern Ethiopia is a long-lived and structurally complex segment of the East African Rift ...
2018
Tectonophysics Volume 744
SC Boone, BP Kohn, AJW Gleadow, CK Morley, C Seiler, DA Foster, L Chung
The Turkana Depression is a structurally complex and long-lived segment of the East African Rift System (EARS)...
2018
An apatite U–Pb thermal history map for the northern Gawler Craton, South Australia
Geoscience Frontiers Volume 9
JW Hall, S Glorie, AJ Reid, SC Boone, AS Collins, B Kohn
Apatite U–Pb thermochronology was applied to granitoid basement samples across the northern Gawler Craton ...
2018
Tectonics Volume 37
SC Boone, C Seiler, CP Kohn, AJW Gleadow, DA Foster, L Chung
The Turkana Depression of northern Kenya lies at the intersection of the NW-SE South Sudan and Anza rifts and the N-S East African Rift...
2018
PhD Dissertation, The University of Melbourne
SC Boone
The Turkana Depression is one of the most important segments of the East African Rift System (EARS) for studying the onset ...
2016
Australian Journal of Earth Sciences Vol. 63
SC Boone, C Seiler, AJ Reid, B Kohn, A Gleadow
An apatite fission track (AFT) study of crystalline basement in the central Gawler Craton reveals apparent ages of ca 430–58 Ma...
White Papers, Popular Science & Opinion Pieces
Critical Minerals and Materials: The sustainable supply of materials for the clean energy transition
The University of Sydney Net Zero Institute
G Weiss, A Abbas, F Akhtar, S Akhtar, SC Boone, G Bryant, H Channer, H Chen, T Chen, N Coe, P Crossley, J Cusack, et al.
The net zero challenge presents a unique opportunity to drive innovation, develop environmentally sustainable solutions, and build a more resilient society and economy.
A Collins, M Blades, SC Boone
Turkana and the East African Rift. The ‘cradle of humanity’. But what is this cradle actually made of? And why is The Rift where it is anyway?
P Manifold, B McInnes, SC Boone, O Lindenmayer
Recently, teams from our AuScope Geochemistry Network (AGN) team and Museums Victoria (MV) collaborated to enhance researcher access to an extensive collection of data for museum-held rocks and mineral specimens via the NCRIS enabled AusGeochem platform. Here collaborators share details of their successful project.
SC Boone, M Quigley, P Betts, MS Miller, T Rawling, M Sandiford
Unprecedented climatic, environmental, energy, and resource crises threaten our world due to a growing, unsustainable human footprint on our planet. But while Australia awaits national strategies to address climate change amidst the COVID-induced recession, deep staffing cuts and closures of tertiary geoscience programmes across the country compromise our collective ability to respond to these challenges.
2021
Recasting the geoscience narrative
The Australian Geologist, September Edition
P Betts, SC Boone, M Quigley, M Miller, M Sandiford, J Condon, T Rawling, C Clark, A Collins
The Australian geoscience research community punches above its weight. But at this time, just when society needs geoscience the most, the discipline is most under threat.
