University home page

Find an ExpertProfiling the University of Melbourne's Researchers

DR JONATHAN WOODHEAD



Contact Details

Organization: Earth Sciences
Position: PRINCIPLE RESEARCH FELLOW - ISOTOPE GEOCHEMISTRY
Email:
Homepage: www.earthsci.unimelb.edu.au/isotope
Work: 8344 6821
Fax: 8344 7761
Room: 326
Level: 03
Building: Mccoy Building/Earth Sciences
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Isotope and trace element geochemistry, geochronology ICPMS, geochronology, isotope geochemistry United Kingdom

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
New Zealand The University of Auckland Research
United Kingdom University of Bristol Research
United States The University of Texas Research
Italy University of Pisa Research
Ireland University College Dublin Research
United States University of Oregon Research
United Kingdom Cardiff University Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Arts University of Oxford 31-Dec-1983
Doctor of Philosophy University of Oxford 31-Dec-1987
Master of Arts University of Oxford 31-Dec-1987

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Crustal recycling: evolving concepts and critical tests Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Research Fellowship Scheme 01/01/2003
"Of caves, bones, and climate change: new insights from old speleothems" Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2006
A new x-ray spectrometer facility for VIEPS: major and trace element characterisation of geological materials Chief Investigator MONASH UNIVERSITY,
AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL
Linkage Infrastructure (Equipment and Facilities) (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 01/01/2006
A HIGH-THROUGHPUT STABLE ISOTOPE RATIO MASS SPECTROMETER FOR WATER RESOURCE MANAGEMENT AND CLIMATE CHANGE STUDIES Chief Investigator UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE Linkage Infrastructure (Equipment and Facilities) (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 09/05/2006
Ancient weather stations of Australia: charting a continent s descent into aridity and its ecological consequences Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2009
THE FUTURE OF PALAEOCLIMATE AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESEARCH IN AUSTRALIA: NEXT GENERATION INSTRUMENTATION FOR CHRONOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION Chief Investigator UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND Linkage Infrastructure (Equipment and Facilities) (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 01/01/2009

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Book Chapters

  • Chapter 9: A guide to depth profiling and imaging applications of LA-ICP-MS
    Year: 2008
    Book: Laser ablation ICP-MS in the Earth Sciences: current practices and outstanding issues
    Authors(s):
  • Chapter A9: Iolite: software for spatially resolved LA-(quad and MC)-ICP-MS analysis
    Year: 2008
    Book: Laser ablation ICP-MS in the Earth Sciences: current practices and outstanding issues
    Publisher: Mineralogical Association of Canada(Ottawa)
    Authors(s):

Journal Articles

  • Age and pyrite Pb-isotopic composition of the giant Sukhoi Log sediment-hosted gold deposit, Russia
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta
    Volume: 72
    Page numbers: 2377-2391
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Boninites and adakites from the northern termination of the Tonga trench: Implications for adakite petrogenesis
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Journal of Petrology
    Volume: 49
    Page numbers: 697-715
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • GGR Critical Review of Analytical Developments in 2006-2007
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research
    Volume: 32
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 397-398
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Sources and evolution of arc magmas inferred from coupled O and Hf isotope systematics of plutonic zircons from the Cretaceous Separation Point Suite (New Zealand)
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Earth and Planetary Science Letters
    Volume: 268
    Page numbers: 312-324
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • The effect of habitat and environmental history on otolith chemistry of barramundi Lates calcarifer in estuarine populations of a regulated tropical river
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf Science
    Volume: 78
    Page numbers: 301-315
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.

Publications in 2007

Journal Articles

  • A critical evaluation of recent models for Lau-Tonga arc-backarc basin magmatic evolution
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Chemical Geology
    Volume: 245
    Page numbers: 9-44
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • A-type magmatism in the Western Lachlan Fold Belt? A study of granites and rhyolites from the Grampians region, Western Victoria
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Lithos
    Volume: 97
    Page numbers: 122-139
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Granite-greenstone connection in western Victoria: an example from the Bushy Creek Igneous Complex
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
    Volume: 54
    Page numbers: 975-990
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Isotopic and Elemental Imaging of Geological Materials by Laser Ablation Inductively Coupled Plasma-Mass Spectrometry
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research
    Volume: 31
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 331-343
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Magmatic and crustal differentiation history of granitic rocks from Hf-O isotopes in zircon
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Science
    Volume: 315
    Page numbers: 980-983
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Multiple mantle plume components involved in the petrogenesis of subduction-related lavas from the northern termination of the Tonga Arc and northern Lau Basin: Evidence from the geochemistry of arc and backarc submarine volcanics
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
    Volume: 8
    Issue: 9
    Page numbers: 1-45
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • New insights into the genesis of Indian kimberlites from the Dharwar Craton via in situ Sr isotope analysis of groundmass perovskite
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Geology
    Volume: 35
    Issue: 11
    Page numbers: 1011-1014
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Strontium isotope analysis of kimberlitic groundmass perovskite via LA-MC-ICP-MS
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research
    Volume: 31
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 321-330
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • The pre-1.8 Ga Tectono-Magmatic Evolution of the Kalkadoon-Leichhardt Belt- Implications for the Crustal Architecture and Metallogeny of the Mt Isa Inlier
    Year: 2007
    Journal: Precambrian Research
    Volume: xx
    Page numbers: 1-33
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.

Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Palaeozoic Intraplate Crustal Anatexis in the Mount Painter Province, South Australia: Timing, Thermal Budgets and the Role of Crustal Heat Production


    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Petrology
    Volume: 47
    Issue: 12
    Page numbers: 2281-2302
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • GGR Critical Review of Analytical Developments in 2004-2005
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research
    Volume: 30
    Issue: 3
    Page numbers: 141-207
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Late-stage evolution of the Chemehuevi and Sacramento detachment faults from apatite (U-Th)/He thermochronometry - Evidence for mid-Miocene accelerated slip 
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Geological Society of America Bulletin
    Volume: 118
    Page numbers: 689-709
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • MPI-DING reference glasses for in situ microanalysis: New reference values for element concentrations and isotope ratios
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Geochemistry Geophysics Geosystems
    Volume: 7
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 1-44
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • U-Pb geochronology of speleothems by MC-ICPMS
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Quaternary Geochronology
    Volume: 1
    Page numbers: 208-221
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.

Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • In situ Sr-isotope analysis of carbonates by LA-MC-ICP-MS: interference corrections, high spatial resolution and an example from otolith studies
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry
    Volume: 20
    Page numbers: 22-27
    Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • A Preliminary Appraisal of Seven Natural Zircon Reference Materials for In Situ Hf Isotope Determination
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research
    Volume: 29
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 183-195
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • A primordial solar-neon enriched component in the source of EM-I-type ocean island basalts from the Pitcairn Seamounts, Polynesia
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Earth and Planetary Science Letters
    Volume: 236
    Page numbers: 597-612
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Amsterdam)
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • GGR Critical Review of Analytical Developments in 2003
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research
    Volume: 29/1
    Page numbers: 5-55
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Improved in situ isotope analysis of low-Pb materials using LA-MC-ICP-MS with parallel ion counter and Faraday detection
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry
    Volume: 20
    Page numbers: 1350-1357
    Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Isotope Ratio Determination in the Earth and Environmental Sciences: Developments and Applications in 2003
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research
    Volume: 29
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 26-36
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • MPI-DING glasses: New geological reference materials for in situ Pb isotope analysis
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
    Volume: 6
    Issue: 10
    Page numbers: 1-15
    Publisher: AMER Medical Association(Washington DC)
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Mantle heterogeneity beneath the Cenozoic volcanic provinces of central Victoria inferred from trace element and Sr, Nd, Pb and Hf isotope data
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian Journal of Earth Sciences
    Volume: 52
    Page numbers: 243-260
    Publisher: Blackwell Science Asia(Carlton)
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • The May 2003 eruption of Anahatan volcano, Mariana Islands: Geochemical evolution of a silicic island-arc volcano
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research
    Volume: 146
    Page numbers: 139-170
    Publisher: Elsevier Science
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.

Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • In situ Sr-isotope analysis of carbonates by LA-MC-ICP-MS: interference corrections, high spatial resolution and an example from otolith studies
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry
    Volume: 20
    Page numbers: 22-27
    Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Current limitations to the understanding of Re-Os behaviour in subduction systems, with an example from New Britain
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Earth and Planetary Science Letters
    Volume: 221
    Page numbers: 309-323
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Amsterdam)
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Mantle heterogeneity during the formation of the North Atlantic Igneous Province: Constraints from trace element and Sr-Nd-Os-O isotope systematics of Baffin Island picrites
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems
    Volume: 5
    Page numbers: 1-26
    Publisher: AMER Medical Association(Washington DC)
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Zircon Hf-isotope analysis with an excimer laser, depth profiling, ablation of complex geometries, and concomitant age estimation
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Chemical Geology
    Volume: 209
    Page numbers: 121-135
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Amsterdam)
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.

Conference Publications/Papers

  • Direct dating of ore minerals: A feasibility study of the Pb-Pb isotope step-leaching technique
    Year: 2004
    Event name: Dynamic Earth: Past, present and future, 17th Australian Geological Convention
    Conference Publication: Dynamic Earth: Past, present and future. 17th Australian Geological Convention, Hobart, 8-13 February 2004
    Volume: 73
    Page numbers: 251
    Publisher: Geological Society of Australia(Sydney)
    Author(s):
  • Pb-Pb step - leaching: Progress and future prospects for the direct dating of minerals
    Year: 2004
    Event name: Predictive Mineral Discovery Cooperative Research Centre June 2004 Conference
    Conference Publication: Geoscience Australia Record
    Volume: 9
    Page numbers: 9-12
    Publisher: Geoscience Australia(Canberra)
    Author(s):

Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • Continental setting inferred for emplacement of the 2.9-2.7 Ga Belingwe Greenstone Belt, Zimbabwe
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Geology
    Volume: 31
    Page numbers: 295-298
    Publisher: Geological Society of America(Colorado)
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Phonolitic Diatremes within the Dunedin Volcano, South Island, New Zealand
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Journal of Petrology
    Volume: 44
    Page numbers: 2053-2080
    Publisher: Oxford University Press(Oxford)
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.

Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • A simple method for obtaining highly accurate Pb Isotope data by MC-ICP-MS
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry
    Volume: 17
    Page numbers: 1381-1385
    Publisher: Royal Society of Chemistry
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Comment on: 'Growth and recycling of early Archaean continental crust: geochemical evidence from the Coonterunah and Warrawoona groups, Pilbara Craton, Australia' by Green, M.G. et al. (Tectonophysics 322, 69-88)
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Tectonophysics
    Volume: 344
    Page numbers: 289-292
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Amsterdam)
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Improving isochron calculations with robust statistics and the bootstrap.
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Chemical Geology
    Volume: 185
    Page numbers: 191-204
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Amsterdam)
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Pan-African intraplate deformation in the northern Prince Charles Mountains, east Antarctica
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Earth and Planetary Science Letters
    Volume: 195
    Page numbers: 195-210
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Amsterdam)
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Pb-and Nd-isotope systematics of stromatolitic limestones from the 2.7 Ga Ngezi Group of the Belingwe Greenstone Belt: constraints on timing of deposition and provenance
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Precambrian Research
    Volume: 114
    Page numbers: 277-294
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Amsterdam)
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.

Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Hafnium isotope evidence for 'conservative' element mobility during subduction zone processes
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Earth and Planetary Science Letters
    Volume: 192
    Page numbers: 331-346
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
  • Stronium, Neodymium and Lead isotope analyses of NIST glass certified reference materials: SRM 610, 612, 614
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Geostandards Newsletter - The Journal of Geostandards and Geoanalysis
    Volume: 25
    Issue: 2-3
    Page numbers: 261-266
    Publisher: Geostandards(Vandoeuvre Nancy)
    Author(s):
    Super Search Source this item in the University's Catalouge locate this resource.
top of page