Professor Ian McDougall
Areas of expertise
- Geochronology 040303
- Stratigraphy (Incl. Biostratigraphy And Sequence Stratigraphy) 040311
- Palaeontology (Incl. Palynology) 040308
- Marine Geoscience 040305
- Geomorphology And Regolith And Landscape Evolution 040601
- Volcanology 040314
- Isotope Geochemistry 040203
- Igneous And Metamorphic Petrology 040304
- Tectonics 040313
- Archaeological Science 210102
Research interests
Isotope dating of rocks , mainly using the K/Ar system, including the variant, the 40Ar/39Ar technique. In a former life before I retired in the year 2000, I had considerable involvement in Noble Gas Geochemistry, but have had minimal contact since. Since retirement, I have kept up with writing up projects mainly related to my K/Ar dating studies (see publication list), together with acquiring some new data, mainly through the School of Earth Sciences, University of Queensland,where I have been appointed as a visiting Professor in addition to my appointment as a Visiting Fellow in RSES, ANU.
Publications
- Gray, C & McDougall, I 2009, 'K-Ar geochronology of basalt petrogenesis, Newer Volcanic Province, Victoria', Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol. 56, pp. 245-258.
- McDougall, I & Brown, F 2009, 'Timing of volcanism and evolution of the northern Kenya Rift', Geological Magazine, vol. 146, no. 1, pp. 34-47.
- McDougall, I & Brown, F 2008, 'Geochronology of the pre-KBS Tuff sequence, Omo Group, Turkana Basin', Journal of the Geological Society, vol. 165, no. Part 2, pp. 549-562.
- McDougall, I 2008, 'Geochronology and the evolution of Australia in the Mesozoic', Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol. 55, no. 6&7, pp. 849-864.
- Gathogo, P, Brown, F & McDougall, I 2008, 'Stratigraphy of the Koobi Fora Formation (Pliocene and Pleistocene) in the Loiyangalani region of northern Kenya', Journal of African Earth Sciences, vol. 51, pp. 277-297.
- McDougall, I, Brown, F & Fleagle, J 2008, 'Sapropels and the age of hominins Omo I and II, Kibish, Ethiopia', Journal of Human Evolution, vol. 55, pp. 409-420.
- McDougall, I 2008, 'Brief history of isotope geology at the Australian National University', Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol. 55, no. 6&7, pp. 727 - 736.
- Whitehead, P, Stephenson, P, McDougall, I et al 2007, 'Temporal development of the Atherton Basalt Province, north Queensland', Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol. 54, pp. 691-709.
- Spoor, F, Leakey, M, Gathogo, P et al. 2007, 'Implications of new early Homo fossils from Ileret, east of Lake Turkana, Kenya', Nature, vol. 448, pp. 688-691.
- Brown, F, Heileab, B & McDougall, I 2006, 'Sequence of tuffs between the KBS Tuff and the Chari Tuff in the Turkana Basin, Kenya and Ethiopia', Journal of the Geological Society, vol. 163, no. 1, pp. 185-204.
- McDougall, I & Watkins, R 2006, 'Geochronology of the Nabwal Hills: a record of earliest magmatism in the northern Kenyan Rift Valley', Geological Magazine, vol. 143, pp. 25-39.
- McDougall, I & Brown, F 2006, 'Precise 40Ar/39Ar geochronology for the upper Koobi Fora Formation, Turkana Basin, northern Kenya', Journal of the Geological Society, vol. 163, pp. 205-220.
- McDougall, I, Brown, F & Fleagle, J 2005, 'Stratigraphic placement and age of modern humans from Kibish, Ethiopia', Nature, vol. 433, pp. 733-736.
- Haileab, B, Brown, F, McDougall, I et al 2004, 'Gombe group basalts and initiation of pliocene deposition in the Turkana depression, northern Kenya and southern Ethiopia', Geological Magazine, vol. 141, pp. 41-85.
- Matsumoto, T, Honda, M, McDougall, I et al 2004, 'Isotope fractionation of neon during stepheating extraction?: a comment on Re-interpretation of the existence of a primitive plume under Australia based on neon isotope fractionation during step heating by Gautheron and Moreira (2003)', Terra Nova, vol. 16, pp. 23-26.
- Lus, W, McDougall, I & Davies, H 2004, 'Age of the metamorphic sole of the Papuan ultramafic belt ophiolite, Papua New Guinea', Tectonophysics, vol. 392, pp. 85-101.
- Young, R & McDougall, I 2004, 'Discussion and Reply. Cenozoic volcanism, tectonism and stream derangement in the Snowy Mountains and northern Monaro of New South Wales', Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol. 51, no. 5, pp. 765-772.
- McDougall, I & Spell, T 2003, 'Characterization and calibration of 40Ar/39Ar dating standards', Chemical Geology, vol. 198, pp. 189-211.
- McDougall, I & Feibel, C 2003, 'Numerical Age Control for the Miocene-Pliocene Succession at Lothagam, a Hominoid-bearing Sequence in the Northern Kenya Rift', in Maeve G. Leakey and John M. Harris (ed.), Lothagam: The Dawn of Humanity in Eastern Africa, Columbia University Press, New York, pp. 43-60.
- Vanderhaeghe, O, Teyssier, C, McDougall, I et al. 2003, 'Cooling and exhumation of the Shuswap Metamorphic Core Complex constrained by 40Ar/39Ar thermochronology', Geological Society of America Bulletin, vol. 115, no. 2, pp. 200-216.
- Stern, N, Porch, N & McDougall, I 2002, 'FxJj43: A window into a 1.5-million-year-old palaeolandscape in the Okote Member of the Koobi Fora Formation, northern Kenya', Geoarchaeology: an international journal, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 349-392.
- Stern, N, Porch, N & McDougall, I 2002, 'FxJj43: A window into a 1.5-Million-year-old Palaeolandscape in the Okote Member of the Koobi Fora Formation, Northern Kenya', Geoarchaeology: an international journal, vol. 17, no. 4, pp. 349-392.
- McLaren, S, Dunlap, W, Sandiford, M et al. 2002, 'Thermochronology of high heat-producing crust at Mount Painter, South Australia: Implications for tectonic reactivation of continental interiors', Tectonics, vol. 21, no. 4, pp. 10.1029/2000TC001275.
- Camacho, A, McDougall, I, Armstrong, R et al. 2001, 'Evidence for shear heating, Musgrave Block, central Australia', Journal of Structural Geology, vol. 23, pp. 1007-1013.
- Leakey, M, Spoor, F, Brown, F et al. 2001, 'New hominin genus from eastern Africa shows diverse middle Pliocene lineages.', Nature, vol. 410, pp. 433-440.
- McDougall, I, Verwoerd, W & Chevallier, L 2001, 'K-Ar geochronology of Marion Island, southern Ocean', Geological Magazine, vol. 138, pp. 1-17.
- Karner, D, Renne, P, McDougall, I et al 2001, 'The viability of leucite for 40Ar/39Ar dating and as a Quaternary standard', Chemical Geology, vol. 177, pp. 473-482.
- Camacho, A & McDougall, I 2000, 'Intracratonic, strike-slip partitioned transpression and the formation and exhumation of eclogite facies rocks: An example from the Musgrave Block, central Australia', Tectonics, vol. 19, no. 5, pp. 978-996.
- Fraser, G, McDougall, I, Ellis, D et al 2000, 'Timing and rate of isothermal decompression in Pan-African granulites from Rundvagshetta, East Antarctica', Journal of Metamorphic Geology, vol. 18, no. 4, pp. 441-454.
- Matsumoto, T, Honda, M, McDougall, I et al 2000, 'Noble gases in pyroxenites and metasomatised peridotites from the Newer Volcanics, southeastern Australia: implications for mantle metasomatism', Chemical Geology, vol. 168, no. 1-2, pp. 49-73.
- Dixon, E, Honda, M, McDougall, I et al 2000, 'Preservation of near-solar neon isotopic ratios in Icelandic basalts', Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 180, no. 3-4, pp. 309-324.
- Spell, T, Tulloch, A & McDougall, I 2000, 'Thermochronologic constraints on the breakup of the Pacific Gondwana margin: The Paparoa metamorphic core complex, South Island, New Zealand', Tectonics, vol. 19, no. 3, pp. 433-451.
- Batt, G, Braun, J, Kohn, B et al 2000, 'Thermochronological analysis of the dynamics of the Southern Alps, New Zealand', Geological Society of America Bulletin, vol. 112, no. 2, pp. 250-266.
- McDougall, I & Chivas, A 1999, 'Timing of weathering-induced alteration and manganese deposits in Western Australia: evidence from K/Ar and 40Ar/39Ar dating', Economic Geology; Bulletin of the Society of Economic Geologists, vol. 94, pp. 87-108.
