Professor Ian S. Williams
Professor Emeritus, Research School of Earth Sciences
ANU College of Science
Areas of expertise
- Sedimentology 040310
- Inorganic Geochemistry 040202
- Geochronology 040303
- Evolutionary Impacts Of Climate Change 060306
- Isotope Geochemistry 040203
- Igneous And Metamorphic Petrology 040304
- Mineralogy And Crystallography 040306
- Tectonics 040313
- Geology 0403
Research interests
The micro-scale behaviour of mineral isotopic systems under diverse geological conditions. The age, origin and thermal history of the Earth’s crust, with a particular emphasis on the early Earth, granite genesis, polymetamorphic terranes and sediment provenance. Palaeoclimate. Instrumentation and techniques for ion microprobe analysis of geological and biological materials.
Publications
- Du, Y, Onoue, T, Karadi, V et al. 2021, 'Evolutionary Process from Mockina bidentata to Parvigondolella andrusovi: Evidence from the Pizzo Mondello Section, Sicily, Italy', Journal of Earth Science, vol. 32, no. 3, pp. 667-676.
- Krzeminska, E, Johansson, A, Krzeminski, L et al. 2021, 'Basement correlation across the southernmost Baltic Sea: Geochemical and geochronological evidence from onshore and offshore deep drill cores, northern Poland', Precambrian Research, vol. 362.
- Jafari, A, Williams, I, Moayyed, M et al. 2021, 'Physical and chemical interactions between coeval ‎magmas: a case study of mixing and mingling from the ‎Urumieh plutonic complex, NW Iran', International Geology Review.
- Long, K, Schneider, L, Williams, I et al. 2020, 'A first look at oxygen isotope records from modern and Holocene-aged gastropod (Stenomelania) shells from Lake Kutubu, Papua New Guinea', Journal of Quaternary Science, vol. Online.
- Iles, K, Hergt, J, Woodhead, J et al. 2020, 'Petrogenesis of granitoids from the Lachlan Fold Belt, southeastern Australia: The role of disequilibrium melting', Gondwana Research, vol. 79, pp. 87-109.
- Mikulski, S, Williams, I, Stein, H et al. 2020, 'Zircon u-pb dating of magmatism and mineralizing hydrothermal activity in the variscan karkonosze massif and its eastern metamorphic cover (SW Poland)', Minerals, vol. 10, no. 9, pp. 1-33.
- Poole, G, Kemp, A, Hagemann, S et al. 2020, 'The petrogenesis of back-arc magmas, constrained by zircon O and Hf isotopes, in the Frontal Cordillera and Precordillera, Argentina', Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, vol. 175, no. 9, pp. -.
- Nambaje, C, Williams, I, Satish-Kumar, M et al. 2020, 'Direct evidence for Archean crust in the Western Domain of the Karagwe Ankole Belt, Rwanda: Implications for Neoarchean to Paleoproterozoic crustal evolution', Precambrian Research, vol. 350, pp. 1-17.
- Jamei, S, Ghorbani, M, Williams, I et al. 2020, 'Tethyan oceans reconstructions with emphasis on the Early Carboniferous Pir-Eshagh A-type rhyolite and the Late Palaeozoic magmatism in Iran', International Geology Review, vol. -, no. -, pp. 1-18.
- Jafari, A, Moayyed, M & Williams, I 2020, 'The age and geochemistry of the Bardkish syenite, northwest Iran: Syenite formation during Neo-Tethyan subduction', The Island Arc, vol. 29, no. 1, pp. 1-21.
- Nunes Avila, J, Ireland, T, Holden, P et al. 2019, 'High-Precision, High-Accuracy Oxygen Isotope Measurements of Zircon Reference Materials with the SHRIMP-SI', Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research, vol. 44, no. 1, pp. 85-102.
- Albanesi, G, Barnes, C, Trotter, J et al. 2019, 'Comparative Lower-Middle Ordovician conodont oxygen isotope palaeothermometry of the Argentine Precordillera and Laurentian margins', Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, pp. -.
- James, H, Willmes, M, Courtaud, P et al. 2019, 'Who's been using my burial mound? Radiocarbon dating and isotopic tracing of human diet and mobility at the collective burial site, Le Tumulus des Sables, southwest France', Journal of Archaeological Science: Reports, vol. 24, pp. 955-966.
- Sreenivas, B, Dey, S, Rao, B et al 2019, 'A new cache of Eoarchaean detrital zircons from the Singhbhum craton, eastern India and constraints on early Earth geodynamics', Geoscience Frontiers (Previously Earth Science Frontiers), vol. 10, no. 4, pp. 1359-1370.
- Willmes, M, Lewis, L, Davis, B et al. 2019, 'Calibrating temperature reconstructions from fish otolith oxygen isotope analysis for California's critically endangered Delta Smelt', Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, vol. 33, no. 14, pp. 1207-1220.
- Goudemand, N, Romano, C, Leu, M et al 2019, 'Dynamic interplay between climate and marine biodiversity upheavals during the early Triassic Smithian -Spathian biotic crisis', Earth-Science Reviews, vol. 195, pp. 169-178.
- Mikulski, S, Williams, I & Markowiak, M 2019, 'Carboniferous–Permian magmatism and Mo–Cu (W) mineralization in the contact zone between the Małopolska and Upper Silesia Blocks (south Poland): an echo of the Baltica–Gondwana collision', International Journal of Earth Sciences (Geologische Rundschau), vol. 108, no. 5, pp. 1467-1492.
- Schmitt, A, Magee, J, Williams, I et al 2019, 'Oxygen isotopic heterogeneity in the Temora-2 reference zircon', Geoscience Australia, vol. 04.
- Fiannacca, P, Williams, I, Cirrincione, R et al 2019, 'Poly-Orogenic Melting of Metasedimentary Crust From a Granite Geochemistry and Inherited Zircon Perspective (Southern Calabria-Peloritani Orogen, Italy)', Frontiers in Earth Science, vol. 7, pp. 1-15.
- Scicchitano, M, Rubatto, D, Hermann, J et al 2018, 'In Situ Oxygen Isotope Determination in Serpentine Minerals by Ion Microprobe: Reference Materials and Applications to Ultrahigh-Pressure Serpentinites', Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research, vol. 42, no. 4, pp. 459-479pp.
- Pownall, J, Armstrong, R, Williams, I et al. 2018, 'Miocene UHT granulites from Seram, eastern Indonesia: a geochronological–REE study of zircon, monazite and garnet', Geological Society of London Special Publication, vol. 478, pp. 167-196.
- Cross, A & Williams, I 2018, 'SHRIMP U-Pb-Th xenotime (YPO4) geochronology: A novel approach for the correction of SIMS matrix effects', Chemical Geology, vol. 484, pp. 81-108pp.
- Jeon, H & Williams, I 2018, 'Trace inheritance—Clarifying the zircon O-Hf isotopic fingerprint of I-type granite sources: Implications for the restite model', Chemical Geology, vol. 476, pp. 456-468pp.
- Liu, Y, Ling, M, Williams, I et al 2018, 'The formation of the giant Bayan Obo REE-Nb-Fe deposit, North China, Mesoproterozoic carbonatite and overprinted Paleozoic dolomitization', Ore Geology Reviews, vol. 92, pp. 73-83.
- Smith, T, Austin, C, Green, D et al. 2018, 'Wintertime stress, nursing, and lead exposure in Neanderthal children', Science Advances, vol. 4, no. 10, pp. 9pp.
- Long, K, Wood, R, Williams, I et al 2018, 'Fish otolith microchemistry: Snapshots of lake conditions during early human occupation of Lake Mungo, Australia', Quaternary International, vol. 463, no. A, pp. 29-43.
- Ghosh, P, Prasanna, K, Banerjee, Y et al 2018, 'Rainfall seasonality on the Indian subcontinent during the Cretaceous greenhouse', Scientific Reports, vol. 8, pp. 9pp.
- Fang, F, Martin, L, Williams, I et al. 2018, '2D modelling: A Monte Carlo approach for assessing heterogeneous beta dose rates in luminescence and ESR dating: Paper II, application to igneous rocks', Quaternary Geochronology, vol. 48, pp. 195-206pp.
- Ghosh, P, Prasanna, K, Banerjee, Y et al 2018, 'Author Correction: Rainfall seasonality on the Indian subcontinent during the Cretaceous greenhouse', Scientific Reports, vol. 8, no. 10299, pp. 1pp.
- Nawrocki, J, Gozhik, P, Lanczont, M et al 2018, 'Palaeowind directions and sources of detrital material archived in the Roxolany loess section (southern Ukraine)', Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, vol. 496, pp. 121-135pp.
- Williams, I & Campbell, K 2017, 'Bruce William Chappell 1936-2012', Historical Records of Australian Science, vol. 28, no. 2, pp. 146-158pp.
- Li, L, Shi, Y, Williams, I et al 2017, 'Geochemical and zircon isotopic evidence for extensive high level crustal contamination in Miocene to mid-Pleistocene intra-plate volcanic rocks from the Tengchong field, western Yunnan, China', Lithos, vol. 286, pp. 227-240pp.
- Fiannacca, P, Williams, I & Cirrincione, R 2017, 'Timescales and mechanisms of batholith construction: Constraints from zircon oxygen isotopes and geochronology of the late Variscan Serre Batholith (Calabria, southern Italy)', Lithos, vol. 277, pp. 302-314.
- Rojas-Agramonte, Y, Williams, I, Arculus, R et al 2017, 'Ancient xenocrystic zircon in young volcanic rocks of the southern Lesser Antilles island arc', Lithos, vol. 290-291, pp. 228-252pp.
- Zhou, L, Jin, Z, Williams, I et al 2016, 'Oxygen and strontium isotope markers of Lake Qinghai naked carp otoliths and their implication for fish migratory pattern', Chinese Science Bulletin, vol. 61, no. 6, pp. 668-675pp.
- Trotter, J, Williams, I, Barnes, C et al 2016, 'New conodont delta O-18 records of Silurian climate change: Implications for environmental and biological events', Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, vol. 443, pp. 34-48.
- Williams, I, Mikulski, S, Krzemińska, E et al 2015, 'Sulphur isotope measurements of sulphide minerals from the polymetallic ore deposits in the sudetes, using the SHRIMP IIe/MC ion microprobe [Badania izotopow siarki w mineralach siarczkowych ze zloz rud polimetalicznych w sudetach za pomoca mikrosondy jon', Biuletyn - Panstwowego Instytutu Geologicznego, vol. 464, no. -, pp. 61-78.
- Trotter, J, Williams, I, Nicora, A et al 2015, 'Long-term cycles of Triassic climate change: A new ∂18O record from conodont apatite', Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 415, pp. 165-174.
- Iles, K, Hergt, J, Sircombe, K et al 2015, 'Portrait of a reference material: Zircon production in the Middledale Gabbroic Diorite, Australia, and its implications for the TEMORA standard', Chemical Geology, vol. 402, pp. 140-152.
- Pereira, M, Chichorro, M, Moita, P et al 2015, 'The multistage crystallization of zircon in calc-alkaline granitoids: U-Pb age constraints on the timing of Variscan tectonic activity in SW Iberia', International Journal of Earth Sciences (Geologische Rundschau), vol. 104, no. 5, pp. 1167-1183.
- Kusiak, M, Williams, I, Dunkley, D et al 2014, 'Monazite to the rescue: U-Th-Pb dating of the intrusive history of the composite Karkonosze pluton, Bohemian Massif', Chemical Geology, vol. 364, pp. 76-92.
- Ling, M, Sun, W, Liu, Y et al 2014, 'The Genesis of the Bayan Obo REE Deposit and Granitoids', Bulletin of Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry (Kuangwu Yanshi Diqiu Huaxue Tongbao), vol. 33, no. 1, pp. 125pp.
- Lennox, P, Forster, M & Williams, I 2014, 'Emplacement and deformation ages of the Wyangala Granite, Cowra, NSW', Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol. 61, no. 4, pp. 607-618.
- Jeon, H, Williams, I & Bennett, V 2014, 'Uncoupled O and Hf isotopic systems in zircon from the contrasting granite suites of the New England Orogen, eastern Australia: Implications for studies of Phanerozoic magma genesis', Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 146, pp. 132-149.
- Mikulski, S & Williams, I 2014, 'Zircon U-Pb ages of granitoid apophyses in the western part of the klodzko-zloty Stok Granite Pluton (SW Poland)', GEOLOGICAL QUARTERLY, vol. 58, no. 2, pp. 251-262.
- Mikulski, S & Williams, I 2014, 'Zircon U-Pb dating of igneous rocks in the Radzimowice and Wielislaw Zlotoryjski auriferous polymetallic deposits, sudetes, SW Poland', Societatis Geologorum Poloniae. Annales, vol. 84, no. 3, pp. 213-233.
- Long, K., Stern, N., Williams, I., et al 2014, 'Fish otolith geochemistry, environmental conditions and human occupation at Lake Mungo, Australia', Quaternary Science Reviews, vol. 88, pp. 82-95.
- Demaiffe, D, Wiszniewska, J, Krzeminska, E et al 2013, 'A hidden alkaline and carbonatite province of early carboniferous age in northeast Poland: Zircon U-Pb and pyrrhotite Re-Os geochronology', Journal of Geology, vol. 121, no. 1, pp. 91-104.
- Zartman, R, Kempton, P, Paces, J et al 2013, 'Lower-crustal Xenoliths from Jurassic kimberlite diatremes, Upper Michigan (USA): Evidence for proterozoic orogenesis and plume magmatism in the lower crust of the southern superior province', Journal of Petrology, vol. 54, no. 3, pp. 575-608.
- Mikulski, S, Williams, I & Baginski, B 2013, 'Early Carboniferous (Vis,an) emplacement of the collisional Kodzko-Zoty Stok granitoids (Sudetes, SW Poland): constraints from geochemical data and zircon U-Pb ages', International Journal of Earth Sciences (Geologische Rundschau), vol. 102, no. 4, pp. 1007-1027.
- Wan, Y, Zhang, Y, Williams, I et al 2013, 'Extreme zircon O isotopic compositions from 3.8 to 2.5 Ga magmatic rocks from the Anshan area, North China Craton', Chemical Geology, vol. 352, pp. 108-124.
- Ling, M, Liu, Y, Williams, I et al 2013, 'Formation of the world's largest REE deposit through protracted fluxing of carbonatite by subduction-derived fluids', Scientific Reports, vol. 3.
- Rickard, M & Williams, I 2013, 'No zircon U-Pb evidence for a Precambrian component in the Late Eocene Yavuna trondhjemite, Fiji', Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol. 60, no. 4, pp. 521-525.
- Maidment, D, Hand, M & Williams, I 2013, 'High grade metamorphism of sedimentary rocks during Palaeozoic rift basin formation in central Australia', Gondwana Research, vol. 24, no. 3-4, pp. 865-885.
- Fiannacca, P, Williams, IS, Cirrincione, R, Pezzino, A. 2013, 'The augen gneisses of the Peloritani Mountains (NE Sicily): Granitoid magma production during rapid evolution of the northern Gondwana margin at the end of the Precambrian', Gondwana Research, vol. 23, no. 2, pp. 782-796.
- Neiva, A, Williams, I, Lima, S et al 2012, 'U-Pb and Ar-39/Ar-40 data constraining the ages of the source, emplacement and recrystallization/cooling events from late- to post-D-3 Variscan granites of the Gouveia area, central Portugal', Lithos, vol. 153, pp. 72-83.
- Fiannacca, P, Williams, I, Cirrincione, R et al 2012, 'Late Cadomian and late Variscan granitoid magmatism in the southern Calabria-Peloritani Orogen (southern Italy)', Rendiconti Online Societa Geologica Italiana, vol. 215, no. 1, pp. 131-132.
- Jeon, H, Williams, I & Chappell, B 2012, 'Magma to mud to magma: Rapid crustal recycling by Permian granite magmatism near the eastern Gondwana margin', Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 319, pp. 104-117.
- Talavera, C, Montero, P, MartÃnez Poyatos, D et al 2012, 'Ediacaran to Lower Ordovician age for rocks ascribed to the Schist-Graywacke Complex (Iberian Massif, Spain): Evidence from detrital zircon SHRIMP U-Pb geochronology', Gondwana Research, vol. 22, no. 3-4, pp. 928-942.
- Rigo, M, Trotter, J, Preto, N et al 2012, 'Oxygen isotopic evidence for late Triassic monsoonal upwelling in the northwestern Tethys', Geology, vol. 40, no. 6, pp. 515-518.
- Williams, I, Fiannacca, P, Cirrincione, R et al 2012, 'Peri-Gondwanan origin and early geodynamic history of NE Sicily: A zircon tale from the basement of the Peloritani Mountains', Gondwana Research, vol. 22, no. 3-4, pp. 855-865.
- Pereira, M, Chichorro, M, Silva, J et al 2012, 'Early carboniferous wrenching, exhumation of high-grade metamorphic rocks and basin instability in SW Iberia: Constraints derived from structural geology and U-Pb and Ar-40-Ar-39 geochronology', Tectonophysics, vol. 558, pp. 28-44.
- Aubert, M, Williams, I, Sporcic, K et al 2012, 'In situ oxygen isotope micro-analysis of faunal material and human teeth using a SHRIMP II: A new tool for palaeo-ecology and archaeology', Journal of Archaeological Science, vol. 39, no. 10, pp. 3184-3194.
- Ickert, R, Williams, I & Wyborn, D 2011, 'Ti in zircon from the Boggy Plain zoned pluton: implications for zircon petrology and Hadean tectonics', Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, vol. 162, no. 2, pp. 447-461pp.
- Hiess, J, Bennett, V, Nutman, A et al. 2011, 'Archaean fluid-assisted crustal cannibalism recorded by low δ18O and negative εHf(T) isotopic signatures of West Greenland granite zircon', Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, vol. 161, no. 6, pp. 1027-1050.
- Kim, S, Kwon, S, Santosh, M et al 2011, 'A Paleozoic subduction complex in Korea: SHRIMP zircon U-Pb ages and tectonic implications', Gondwana Research, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 890-903.
- Ickert, R & Williams, I 2011, 'U-Pb zircon geochronology of silurian-devonian granites in southeastern Australia: Implications for the timing of the benambran orogeny and the I-S dichotomy', Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol. 58, no. 5, pp. 501-516.
- Nawrocki, J, Panczyk, M & Williams, I 2011, 'Isotopic ages of selected magmatic rocks from King George Island (West Antarctica) controlled by magnetostratigraphy', GEOLOGICAL QUARTERLY, vol. 55, no. 4, pp. 301-322.
- Jeon, H, Williams, I, Chappell, B et al. 2010, 'Implications of contrasting patterns of inherited zircon in the Late Palaeozoic granites of the Lachlan and New England fold belts', Australian Earth Sciences Convention (AESC 2010), Geological Society of Australia, Sydney.
- Chichorro, M, Pereira, M, Diaz-Azpiroz, M et al 2008, 'Cambrian ensialic rift-related magmatism in the Ossa-Morena Zone (Evora-Aracena metamorphic belt, SW Iberian Massif): Sm-Nd isotopes and SHRIMP zircon U-Th-Pb geochronology', Tectonophysics, vol. 461, no. 1-4, pp. 91-113.
- Pereira, M, Chichorro, M, Williams, I et al 2008, 'Zircon U-Pb geochronology of paragneisses and biotite granites from the SW Iberian Massif (Portugal): Evidence for a palaeogeographical link between the Ossa-Morena Ediacaran basins and the West African craton', Geological Society of London Special Publication, vol. 297, pp. 385-408.
- Sola, A, Pereira, M, Williams, I et al 2008, 'New insights from U-Pb zircon dating of Early Ordovician magmatism on the northern Gondwana margin: The Urra Formation (SW Iberian Massif, Portugal)', Tectonophysics, vol. 461, no. 1-4, pp. 114-129.
- Sajeev, K, Williams, I & Osanai, Y 2010, 'Sensitive high-resolution ion microprobe U-Pb dating of prograde and retrograde ultrahigh-temperature metamorphism as exemplified by Sri Lankan granulites', Geology, vol. 38, no. 11, pp. 971-974.
- Myrow, P, Hughes, N, Goodge, J et al. 2010, 'Extraordinary transport and mixing of sediment across Himalayan central Gondwana during the Cambrian-Ordovician', Geological Society of America Bulletin, vol. 122, no. 9-10, pp. 1660-1670.
- Nawrocki, J, Panczyk, M & Williams, I 2010, 'Isotopic ages and palaeomagnetism of selected magmatic rocks from King George Island (Antarctic Peninsula)', Journal of the Geological Society, vol. 167, no. 5, pp. 1063-1079.
- Williams, I, Krzeminska, E & Wiszniewska, J 2009, 'An extension of the Svecofennian orogenic province into NE Poland: Evidence from geochemistry and detrital zircon from Paleoproterozoic paragneisses', Precambrian Research, vol. 172, pp. 234-254.
- Krzeminska, E, Wiszniewska, J, Skridlaite, G et al 2009, 'Late Svecofennian sedimentary basins in the crystalline basement of NE Poland and adjacent area of Lithuania: ages, major sources of detritus, and correlations', GEOLOGICAL QUARTERLY, vol. 53, no. 3, pp. 255-271.
- Kim, Y, Cheong, C, Lee, Y et al 2009, 'SHRIMP allanite U-Th-Pb dating of bimodal Triassic metamorphism of Neoarchean tonalitic gneisses, Daeijak Island, central Korea', Geosciences Journal, vol. 13, no. 3, pp. 305-315.
- Hiess, J, Bennett, V, Nutman, A et al. 2009, 'In situ U-Pb, O and Hf isotopic compositions of zircon and olivine from Eoarchaean rocks, West Greenland: New insights to making old crust', Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 73, pp. 4489-4516.
- Sola, A, Williams, I, Neiva, A et al 2009, 'U-Th-Pb SHRIMP ages and oxygen isotope composition of zircon from two contrasting late Variscan granitoids, Nisa-Albuquerque batholith, SW Iberian Massif: Petrologic and regional implications', Lithos, vol. 111, pp. 156-167.
- Panczyk, M, Nawrocki, J & Williams, I 2009, 'Isotope age constraint for the Blue Dyke and Jardine Peak subvertical intrusions of King George Island, West Antarctica', Polish Polar Research, vol. 30, no. 4, pp. 379-391.
- Pereira, M, Chichorro, M, Williams, I et al 2009, 'Variscan intra-orogenic extensional tectonics in the Ossa-Morena Zone (Evora-Aracena-Lora del Rıo metamorphic belt, SW Iberian Massif): SHRIMP zircon U-Th-Pb geochronology', Geological Society of London Special Publication, vol. 327, pp. 215-237.
- Mazhari, S, Bea, F, Amini, S et al 2009, 'The Eocene bimodal Piranshahr massif of the Sanandaj-Sirjan Zone, NW Iran: a marker of the end of the collision in the Zagros orogen', Journal of the Geological Society, vol. 166, pp. 53-69.
- Neiva, A, Williams, I, Ramos, J et al 2009, 'Geochemical and isotopic constraints on the petrogenesis of Early Ordovician granodiorite and Variscan two-mica granites from the Gouveia area, central Portugal', Lithos, vol. 111, pp. 186-202.
- Dusel-Bacon, C & Williams, I 2009, 'Evidence for prolonged mid-Paleozoic plutonism and ages of crustal sources in east-central Alaska from SHRIMP U-Pb dating of syn-magmatic, inherited, and detrital zircon', Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol. 46, pp. 21-39.
- Ickert, R, Hiess, J, Williams, I et al. 2008, 'Determining high precision, in situ, oxygen isotope ratios with a SHRIMP II: Analyses of MPI-DING silicate-glass reference materials and zircon from contrasting granites', Chemical Geology, vol. 257, pp. 114-128.
- Ireland, T, Clement, S, Compston, W et al. 2008, 'Development of SHRIMP', Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol. 55, pp. 937-954.
- Flowers, R, Bowring, S, Mahan, K et al 2008, 'Stabilization and reactivation of cratonic lithosphere from the lower crustal record in the western Canadian shield', Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, vol. 156, pp. 529-549.
- Kim, S, Williams, I, Kwon, S et al 2008, 'SHRIMP zircon geochronology, and geochemical characteristics of metaplutonic rocks from the south western Gyeonggi Block, Korea: Implications for Paleoproterozoic to Mesozoic tectonic links between the Korean Peninsula and eastern China', Precambrian Research, vol. 162, no. 3-4, pp. 475-497.
- Hiess, J, Bennett, V, Nutman, A et al. 2008, 'Archean TTG Petrogenesis - The U/Pb-O-Hf Isotopic Perspective', V.M. Goldschmidt Conference 2008, Pergamon Press, United Kingdom, pp. A375.
- Liu, Y, Williams, I, Chen, J et al 2008, 'The Significance of Paleoproterozoic Zircon in Carbonatite Dikes Associated With The Bayan Obo REE-Nb-Fe Deposit', American Journal of Science, vol. 308, pp. 379-397.
- Williams, I, Cho, D & Kim, S 2008, 'Geochronology, and geochemical and Nd-Sr isotopic characteristics, of Triassic plutonic rocks in the Gyeonggi Massif, South Korea: Constraints on Triassic post-collisional magmatism', Lithos, vol. 107, pp. 239-256.
- Wang, Y, Campbell, I, Allen, C et al. 2008, 'Rate of growth of the preserved North American continental crust: Evidence from Hf and O isotopes in Mississippi detrital zircons', Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 73, pp. 712-728.
- Fiannacca, P, Williams, I, Cirrincione, R et al 2008, 'Crustal Contributions to Late Hercynian Peraluminous Magmatism in the Southern Calabria-Peloritani Orogen, Southern Italy: Petrogenetic Inferences and the Gondwana Connection', Journal of Petrology, vol. 49, no. 8, pp. 1497-1514.
- Williams, I, Rutland, R & Kousa, J 2008, 'A regional 1.92 Ga tectonothermal episode in Ostrobothnia, Finland: Implications for models of Svecofennian accretion', Precambrian Research, vol. 165, pp. 15-36.
- Goodge, J, Vervoort, J, Fanning, C et al. 2008, 'A positive test of East Antarctica-Laurentia juxtaposition within the Rodinia supercontinent.', Science, vol. 321, no. 5886, pp. 235-240.
- Trotter, J, Williams, I, Barnes, C et al 2008, 'Did Cooling Oceans Trigger Ordovician Biodiversification? Evidence from Conodont Thermometry', Science, vol. 321, no. July, pp. 550-554.
- Williams, I & Pulford, A 2008, 'The contribution of geochronology to understanding the paleozoic geological history of Australia', Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol. 55, no. 6, pp. 821-848.
- Buick, I, Storkey, A & Williams, I 2008, 'Timing relationships between pegmatite emplacement, metamorphism and deformation during the intra-plate Alice Springs Orogeny, central Australia', Journal of Metamorphic Geology, vol. 26, no. 9, pp. 915-936.
- Pidgeon, R, Nemchin, A, van Bronswijk, W et al 2007, 'Complex history of a zircon aggregate from lunar breccia 73235', Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, vol. 71, pp. 1370-1381.
- Gregory, C, Rubatto, D, Allen, C et al. 2007, 'Allanite micro-geochronology: A LA-ICP-MS and SHRIMP U-Th-Pb study', Chemical Geology, vol. 245, pp. 162-182.
- Williams, I 2007, 'Earth science: Old diamonds and the upper crust', Nature, vol. 448, pp. 880-881.
- Maidment, D, Williams, I & Hand, M 2007, 'Testing long-term patterns of basin sedimentation by detrital zircon geochronology, Centralian Superbasin, Australia', Basin Research, vol. 19, pp. 335-360.
- Krzeminska, E, Wiszniewska, J, Williams, I et al. 2007, 'Late Paleoproterozoic arc-related granites from the Mazowsze domain, NE Poland', in Andrzej Kozlowski and Janina Wiszniewska (ed.), Granitoids in Poland, AM Monograph No. 1, Polska Akademia Nauk (Polish Academy of Sciences), Warszawa, pp. 41-56.
- Kim, S, Oh, C, Williams, I et al 2006, 'Phanerozoic high-pressure eclogite and intermediate-pressure granulite facies metamorphism in the Gyeonggi Massif, South Korea: implications for the eastward extension of the Dabie-Sulu continental collision zone', Lithos, vol. 92, pp. 357-377.
- Kim, S, Oh, C, Ryu, I et al 2006, 'Neoproterozoic bimodal volcanism in the Okcheon Belt, South Korea, and its comparison with the Nanhua Rift, South China: implications for rifting in Rodinia', Journal of Geology, vol. 114, pp. 717-733.
- Oh, C, Kim, S & Williams, I 2006, 'Spinel granulite in Odesan area, South Korea: Tectonic implications for the collision between the North and South China blocks', Lithos, vol. 92, no. 3-4, pp. 557-575.
- Suzuki, S, Arima, M, Williams, I et al 2006, 'Thermal history of UHT metamorphism in the Napier Complex, East Antarctica: insights from zircon, monazite and garnet ages', Journal of Geology, vol. 114, pp. 65-84.
- Buick, I, Hermann, J, Williams, I et al 2006, 'A SHRIMP U-Pb and LA-ICPMS trace element study of the petrogenesis of garnet-cordierite-orthoamphibole gneisses from the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt, South Africa', Lithos, vol. 88, pp. 150-172.
- Terada, K, Itoh, K, Hidaka, H et al 2006, 'Eu isotope measurement on single SiC grains from the Murchison meteorite: A new probe of s-process conditions in parent Asymptotic Giant Branch stars', New Astronomy Reviews, vol. 50, pp. 582-586.
- Krzeminska, E, Wiszniewska, J & Williams, I 2006, 'Rewizja wieku najstarszych" skal w podlozu krystalicznym polnocno-wschodniej Polski', Przeglad Geologiczny, vol. 54, no. 11, pp. 967-973.
- Krzeminska, E, Wiszniewska, J & Williams, I 2006, 'Wczesnokarboñski wiek intruzji platformowych w podlozu krystalicznym NE Polski', Przeglad Geologiczny, vol. 54, no. 12, pp. 1093-1098.
- Grün, R, Aubert, M, Eggins, S et al 2006, 'High-resolution in situ analysis of O and Sr isotopes in fossil human teeth', 150 years of Neanderthal discoveries: early Europeans - continuity & discontinuity, Conference Organising Committee, Bonn Germany, pp. na.
- Maidment, D, Hand, M & Williams, I 2005, 'Tectonic cycles in the Strangways Metamorphic Complex, Arunta Inlier, central Australia: geochronological evidence for exhumation and basin formation between two high-grade metamorphic events', Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol. 52, pp. 205-15.
- Tomkins, H, Williams, I & Ellis, D 2005, 'In situ U-Pb dating of zircon formed from retrograde garnet breakdown during decompression in Rogaland, SW Norway', Journal of Metamorphic Geology, vol. 23, pp. 201-215.
- Nakajima, T, Kamiyama, H, Williams, I et al 2005, 'Mafic rocks from the Ryoke Belt, southwest Japan: implications for Cretaceous Ryoke/San-yo granitic magma genesis', Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, vol. 95, no. 1, pp. 249-263.
- Chappell, B, White, A, Williams, I et al 2005, 'Low- and high-temperature granites', Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, vol. 95, no. 1, pp. 125-140.
- Buick, I, Hand, M, Williams, I et al 2005, 'Detrital zircon provenance constraints on the evolution of the Harts Range Metamorphic Complex (central Australia): links to the Centralian Superbasin', Journal of the Geological Society, vol. 162, pp. 777-787.
- Krzeminska, E, Williams, I & Wiszniewska, J 2005, 'A Late Paleoproterozoic (1.80 Ga) subduction-related mafic igneous suite from Lomza, NE Poland', Terra Nova, vol. 17, no. 5, pp. 442-9.
- Goodge, J, Myrow, P, Phillips, D et al. 2004, 'Siliciclastic record of rapid denudation in response to convergent-margin orogenesis, Ross Orogen, Antarctica', in Bernet, M. & Spiegel C. (ed.), Detrital thermochronology - Provenance analysis, exhumation, and landscape evolution of mountain belts, Geological Society of America Inc, Boulder, Colorado, USA, pp. 105-126.
- Goodge, J, Williams, I & Myrow, P 2004, 'Provenance of Neoproterozoic and lower Paleozoic siliciclastic rocks of the central Ross orogen, Antarctica: Detrital record of rift-, passive-, and active-margin sedimentation', Geological Society of America Bulletin, vol. 116, no. 9/10, pp. 1253-1279.
- Black, L, Kamo, S, Allen, C et al. 2004, 'Improved 206Pb/238U microprobe geochronology by the monitoring of a trace-element-related matrix effect; SHRIMP, ID-TIMS, ELA-ICP-MS and oxygen isotope documentation for a series of zircon standards', Chemical Geology, vol. 205, pp. 115-140.
- Dantas, E, Van Schmus, W, Hackspacher, P et al 2004, 'The 3.4-3.5 Ga São José do Campestre massif, NE Brazil: remnants of the oldest crust in South America', Precambrian Research, vol. 130, pp. 113-137.
- Rutland, R, Williams, I & Korsman, K 2004, 'Pre-1.91 Ga deformation and metmorphism in the Palaeo-proterozoic Vammala Migmatite Belt, southern Finland, and implications for Svecofennian tectonics', Bulletin of the Geological Society of Finland, vol. 76, pp. 93-140.
- Baldwin, J, Bowring, S, Williams, M et al 2004, 'Eclogites of the Snowbird tectonic zone: petrological and U-Pb geochronological evidence for Paleoproterozoic high-pressure metmorphism in the western Canadian Shield', Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, vol. 147, pp. 528-548.
- Van Schmus, W, de Brito Neves, B, Williams, I et al 2003, 'The Seridó Group of NE Brazil, a late Neoproterozoic pre- to syn-collisional basin in West Gondwana: insights from SHRIMP U-Pb detrital zircon ages and Sm-Nd crustal residence (TDM) ages', Precambrian Research, vol. 127, pp. 287-327.
- Myrow, P, Hughes, N, Paulsen, T et al 2003, 'Integrated tectonostratigraphic analysis of the Himalaya and implications for its tectonic reconstruction', Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol. 212, pp. 433-441.
- Black, L, Kamo, S, Williams, I et al 2003, 'The application of SHRIMP to Phanerozoic geochronology: a critical appraisal of four zircon standards', Chemical Geology, vol. 200, pp. 171-188.
- Huang, M, Maas, R, Buick, I et al 2003, 'Crustal response to continental collisions between the Tibet, Indian, South China and North China Blocks: geochronological constraints from the Songpan-Garze orogenic Belt, western China', Journal of Metamorphic Geology, vol. 21, pp. 223-240.
- Zeh, A, Williams, I, Bratz, H et al 2003, 'Different age response of zircon and monazite during the tectono-metamorphic evolution of a high grade paragneiss from the Ruhla Crystalline Complex, central Germany', Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, vol. 145, pp. 691-706.
- Davis, D, Williams, I & Krogh, T 2003, 'Historical development of zircon geochronology', in John Hanchar & Paul Hoskin (ed.), Zircon, Mineralogical Society of America, Washington USA, pp. 145-181.
- Ireland, T & Williams, I 2003, 'Considerations in zircon geochronology by SIMS', in John Hanchar & Paul Hoskin (ed.), Zircon, Mineralogical Society of America, Washington USA, pp. 215-241.
- Buick, I, Williams, I, Gibson, R et al 2003, 'Carbon and U-Pb evidence for a Palaeoproterozoic crustal component in the Central Zone of the Limpopo Belt, South Africa', Journal of the Geological Society, vol. 160, pp. 601-612.
- Van Wyck, N & Williams, I 2002, 'The age and provenance of basement metasediments from the Kubor and Bena Bena blocks, Central Highlands, Papua New Guinea: constraints on the tectonic evolution of the northern Australian cratonic margin', Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol. 49, pp. 565-577.
- Zeck, H & Williams, I 2002, 'Inherited and magmatic zircon from Neogene Hoyazo cordierite dacite, SE Spain - anatectic source rock provenance and magmatic evolution', Journal of Petrology, vol. 43, pp. 1089-1104.
- Goodge, J, Myrow, P, Williams, I et al 2002, 'Age and provenance of the Beardmore Group, Antarctica: Constraints on Rodinia supercontinent breakup', Journal of Geology, vol. 110, pp. 393-406.
- Zeh, A, Bratz, H, Millar, I et al 2002, 'A combined zircon SHRIMP and Sm-Nd isotope study of high-grade paragneisses from the Mid-German Crystalline Rise: evidence for northern Gondwanan and Grenvillian provenance', Journal of the Geological Society, vol. 158, pp. 983-994.
- Sun, W, Williams, I & Li, S 2002, 'Carboniferous and Triassic eclogites in the western Dabie Mountains, east-central China: evidence for protracted convergence of the North and South China Blocks', Journal of Metamorphic Geology, vol. 20, no. 9, pp. 873-886.
- Barnes, M, Anthony, E, Williams, I et al 2002, 'Architecture of a 1.38-1.34 Ga granite-rhyolite complex as revealed by geochronology and isotopic and elemental geochemistry of subsurface samples from west Texas, USA', Precambrian Research, vol. 119, no. 1-4, pp. 9-43.
- Poller, U, Huth, J, Hoppe, P et al 2001, 'REE, U, TH, and HF distribution in zircon from western Carpathian Variscan granitoids: A combined cathodoluminescence and ion microprobe study', American Journal of Science, vol. 301, no. 10, pp. 858-876.
- Buick, I, Miller, J, Williams, I et al 2001, 'Ordovician high-grade metamorphism of a newly-recognised late Neoproterozoic terrane in the northern Harts Range, central Australia', Journal of Metamorphic Geology, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 373-394.
- Gatehouse, R, Williams, I & Pillans, B 2001, 'Fingerprinting windblown dust in south-eastern Australian soils by uranium-lead dating of detrital zircon', Australian Journal of Soil Research, vol. 39, pp. 7-12.
- Ballard, J, Palin, J, Williams, I et al. 2001, 'Two ages of porphyry intrusion resolved for the super-giant Chuquicamata copper deposit of northern Chile by ELA-ICP-MS and SHRIMP', Geology, vol. 29, pp. 383-386.
- Rubatto, D, Williams, I & Buick, I 2001, 'Zircon and monazite response to prograde metamorphism in the Reynolds Range, central Australia', Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, vol. 140, no. 4, pp. 458-468.
- Butera, K, Williams, I, Blevin, P et al 2001, 'Zircon U-Pb dating of Early Palaeozoic monzonitic intrusives from the Goonumbla area, New South Wales', Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol. 48, pp. 457-464.
- Pell, S, Chivas, A & Williams, I 2001, 'The Mallee Dunefield: development and sand provenance', Journal of Arid Environments, vol. 48, pp. 149-170.
- Dodson, M, Williams, I & Kramers, J 2001, 'The Mushandike granite: further evidence for 3.4 Ga magmatism in the Zimbabwe craton', Geological Magazine, vol. 138, pp. 31-38.
- Williams, I 2001, 'Response of detrital zircon and monazite, and their U-Pb isotopic systems, to regional metamorphism and host-rock partial melting, Cooma Complex, southeastern Australia', Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol. 48, pp. 557-580.
- Zeck, H & Williams, I 2001, 'Hercynian Metamorphism in Nappe Core Complexes of the Alpine Betic-Rif Belt, Western Mediterranean: a SHRIMP Zircon Study', Journal of Petrology, vol. 42, no. 7, pp. 1373-1385.
- 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.
- Pell, S, Chivas, A & Williams, I 2000, 'The Simpson, Strzelecki and Tirari Deserts: development and sand provenance', Sedimentary Geology, vol. 130, no. 1-2, pp. 107-130.
- Nagano, T, Sato, T, Williams, I et al 2000, 'SHRIMP measurements of U and Pb isotopes in the Koongarra secondary ore deposit, Northern Australia', Geochemical Journal, vol. 34, pp. 349-358.
- Chappell, B, White, A, Williams, I et al 2000, 'Lachlan Fold Belt granites revisited: high- and low-temperature granites and their implications', Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol. 47, no. 1, pp. 123-138.
- Foden, J, Sandiford, M, Dougherty-Page, J et al 1999, 'Geochemistry and geochronology of the Rathjen Gneiss: implications for the early tectonic evolution of the Delamerian Orogen', Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol. 46, pp. 377-389.
- Bowring, S & Williams, I 1999, 'Priscoan (4.00-4.03 Ga) orthogneisses from northwestern Canada', Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, vol. 134, pp. 3-16.
- Pell, S, Chivas, A & Williams, I 1999, 'Great Victoria Desert: development and sand provenance', Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, vol. 46, pp. 289-299.
- Grün, R, Tani, A, Gurbanov, A et al 1999, 'A new method for the estimation of cooling and denudation rates using paramagnetic centers in quartz: a case study on the Eldzhurtinskiy Granite, Caucasus', Journal of Geophysical Research B: Solid Earth, vol. 104, no. B8, pp. 17,531-17,549.
Projects and Grants
Grants information is drawn from ARIES. To add or update Projects or Grants information please contact your College Research Office.
- Integrated volatile-mineral-isotope micro-analysis of Earth environments (Secondary Investigator)
- Constructing robust climate proxies to explore human and primate evolution (Secondary Investigator)
- Landscape archaeology at Lake Mungo (Secondary Investigator)
- Multi-proxy fingerprinting, absolute dating, and large-scale modelling of Quaternary climate-volcano-environment impacts in southern Australasia (Secondary Investigator)
- Global Climate Change, CO2, and the Evolution of Life in the Palaeozoic and Early Mesozoic (Secondary Investigator)
- A high performance stable-isotope microanalytical facility for environmental Earth science and climate change research (Secondary Investigator)
