Professor Alan Collins

Professor

School of Physical Sciences

Faculty of Sciences

Eligible to supervise Masters and PhD - email supervisor to discuss availability.

Professor Alan Collins received a BSc (Hons.) degree from the Royal School of Mines, Imperial College, The University of London, then completed a PhD in 1997 at The University of Edinburgh on the tectonics of SW Turkey. This work identified multiple stages of thrust-sheet movement, foreland basin formation and subsequent consumption in the ophiolite-bearing Lycian nappes along the Aegean and Mediterranean coast of Turkey. After completing this, Alan went down in the crust and back in time to work on the Ediacaran-Cambrian amalgamation of Gondwana, working initially in Madagascar, and later in East Africa, India, Western Australia and East Antarctica. Using tectono-stratigraphic techniques, he has helped unravel much of the East African Orogen to produce a model for the collision of Neoproterozoic India with the central Africa. This work began in Leicester University, UK, and continued in the Tectonics Special Research Centre in Curtin University and The University of Western Australia.

Prof. Collins commenced at The University of Adelaide as a Senior Lecturer in 2005 and was promoted to Associate Professor in 2009 and Professor in 2014. His on-going research directs various aspects of geoscience, including palaeomagnetism, structural geology, geochronology and sedimentology to answer geologically significant questions. He was awarded an Australian Research Council 'Future Fellowship' in 2012.

Alan Collins was Academic Group Leader of Geology and Geophysics in the School of Earth and Environmental Science from 2010-2012 and is now Director of the Centre for Tectonics, Resources and Exploration (TRaX).

To find out a bit of what I do, check out a podcast of my professorial inaugural lecture (link below)

My Research
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I am a data-focussed geologist whose research focusses on applying a wide range of earth science specialisations to address tectonic questions. Specific projects I am interested in range from tectonic geography problems, like unravelling the formation of Gondwana, investigating the exhumation history of inland Australia, or investigating the timing of SE Asia accretion, to better understanding a focussed process-based question, such as the fluid nature, timing and physical conditions during detachment fault deformation. Most of my research involves a combination of geochronology/thermochronology with geochemistry and structural geology. Most involves student-focussed projects, significant fieldwork (often international and/or in remote regions), and most projects involve collaboration with a wide-range of specialists based throughout the world.

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Appointments

Date	Position	Institution name
2014	Professor	University of Adelaide
2005 - 2008	Senior Lecturer	University of Adelaide
2004 - 2005	Senior Research Fellow	University of Western Australia
2000 - 2003	ARC Postdoctoral Fellow	Curtin University
1999 - 2000	ARC IREX Fellow	Curtin University
1999 - 2013	Associate Professor	University of Adelaide
1997 - 1999	Geological Society of London, Fermor Fellow	University of Leicester

Awards and Achievements

Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
2007 Award 2007 Edward A. Flinn Award — — —
2002 Fellowship F.W. James Chair in Geology St Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia Canada —
Education

Date Institution name Country Title
1993 - 1997 University of Edinburgh United Kingdom PhD
1990 - 1993 Imperial College London United Kingdom BSc(Hons)
Research Interests

Exploration Geochemistry Geochemistry Geochronology Geology Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology Sedimentology Structural Geology Tectonics

Date	Type	Title	Institution Name	Country	Amount
2007	Award	2007 Edward A. Flinn Award	—	—	—
2002	Fellowship	F.W. James Chair in Geology	St Francis Xavier University, Nova Scotia	Canada	—

Date	Institution name	Country	Title
1993 - 1997	University of Edinburgh	United Kingdom	PhD
1990 - 1993	Imperial College London	United Kingdom	BSc(Hons)

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Journals

Year	Citation
2019	Merdith, A., Williams, S., Brune, S., Collins, A., & Müller, R. (2019). Rift and plate boundary evolution across two supercontinent cycles. Global and Planetary Change, 173, 1-14. DOI
2019	Hansberry, R., Collins, A., King, R., Morley, C., & Löhr, S. (2019). Combining finite strain analysis and illite crystallinity to examine strain variation in a shale detachment zone. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences. DOI
2019	Glorie, S., Jepson, G., Konopelko, D., Mirkamalov, R., Meeuws, F., Gilbert, S., . . . De Grave, J. (2019). Thermochronological and geochemical footprints of post-orogenic fluid alteration recorded in apatite: Implications for mineralisation in the Uzbek Tian Shan. Gondwana Research, 71, 1-15. DOI
2019	Alessio, B., Collins, A., Clark, C., Glorie, S. M., Siegfried, P., & Taylor, R. (2019). Age, origin and palaeogeography of the Southern Irumide Belt, Zambia. Journal of the Geological Society. DOI
2019	Blades, M., Foden, J., Collins, A., Alemu, T., & Woldetinsae, G. (2019). The origin of the ultramafic rocks of the Tulu Dimtu Belt, western Ethiopia - do they represent remnants of the Mozambique Ocean?. Geological Magazine, 156(1), 62-82. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2018	Song, D., Glorie, S., Xiao, W., Collins, A., Gillespie, J., Jepson, G., & Li, Y. (2018). Tectono-thermal evolution of the southwestern Alxa Tectonic Belt, NW China: constrained by apatite U-Pb and fission track thermochronology. Tectonophysics, 722, 577-594. DOI Scopus3 WoS2
2018	Hall, J., Glorie, S., Reid, A., Collins, A., Jourdan, F., Danisik, M., & Evans, N. (2018). Thermal history of the northern Olympic Domain, Gawler Craton; correlations between thermochronometric data and mineralising systems. Gondwana Research, 56, 90-104. DOI Scopus2 WoS1
2018	Hall, J., Glorie, S., Reid, A., Boone, S., Collins, A., & Gleadow, A. (2018). An apatite U-Pb thermal history map for the northern Gawler Craton, South Australia. Geoscience Frontiers, 9(5), 1293-1308. DOI Scopus4 WoS2
2018	Cox, G., Foden, J., & Collins, A. (2018). Late Neoproterozoic adakitic magmatism of the eastern Arabian Nubian Shield. Geoscience Frontiers, Online, 1-12. DOI
2018	Morley, C., von Hagke, C., Hansberry, R., Collins, A., Kanitpanyacharoen, W., & King, R. (2018). Review of major shale-dominated detachment and thrust characteristics in the diagenetic zone: Part II, rock mechanics and microscopic scale. Earth-Science Reviews, 176, 19-50. DOI Scopus6 WoS3
2018	McGee, B., Babinski, M., Trindade, R., & Collins, A. (2018). Tracing final Gondwana assembly: age and provenance of key stratigraphic units in the southern Paraguay Belt, Brazil. Precambrian Research, 307, 1-33. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2018	Honarmand, M., Xiao, W., Nabatian, G., Blades, M., dos Santos, M., Collins, A., & Ao, S. (2018). Zircon U-Pb-Hf isotopes, bulk-rock geochemistry and Sr-Nd-Pb isotopes from late Neoproterozoic basement in the Mahneshan area, NW Iran: Implications for Ediacaran active continental margin along the northern Gondwana and constraints on the late Oligocene crustal anatexis. Gondwana Research, 57, 48-76. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2018	Jamshidibadr, M., Collins, A., Salomao, G., & Costa, M. (2018). U-Pb zircon ages, geochemistry and tectonic setting of felsic and mafic intrusive rocks of almogholagh complex, NW Iran. Periodico di Mineralogia, 87(1), 21-53. DOI
2018	Song, D., Xiao, W., Collins, A., Glorie, S., Han, C., & Li, Y. (2018). Final subduction processes of the Paleo-Asian Ocean in the Alxa Tectonic Belt (NW China): Constraints from field and chronological data of Permian arc‐related volcano‐sedimentary rocks. Tectonics, 37(6), 1658-1687. DOI Scopus2
2018	Gillespie, J., Glorie, S., Khudoley, A., & Collins, A. (2018). Detrital apatite Usingle bondPb and trace element analysis as a provenance tool: Insights from the Yenisey ridge (Siberia). Lithos, 314-315, 140-155. DOI Scopus1
2018	Cox, G., Isakson, V., Hoffman, P., Gernon, T., Schmitz, M., Shahin, S., . . . Nordsvan, A. (2018). South Australian U-Pb zircon (CA-ID-TIMS) age supports globally synchronous Sturtian deglaciation. Precambrian Research, 315, 257-263. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2018	Song, D., Xiao, W., Collins, A., Glorie, S., & Han, C. (2018). Late Carboniferous–early Permian arc magmatism in the south-western Alxa Tectonic Belt (NW China): Constraints on the late Palaeozoic subduction history of the Palaeo-Asian Ocean. Geological Journal. DOI
2018	Alessio, B., Collins, A., Siegfried, P., Glorie, S., De Waele, B., Payne, J., & Archibald, D. (2018). Neoproterozoic tectonic geography of the south-east Congo Craton in Zambia as deduced from the age and composition of detrital zircons. Geoscience Frontiers, Online, 1-18. DOI
2018	Jepson, G., Glorie, S., Konopelko, D., Mirkamalov, R., Danisik, M., & Collins, A. (2018). The low-temperature thermo-tectonic evolution of the western Tian Shan, Uzbekistan. Gondwana Research, 64, 122-136. DOI Scopus1
2018	Jepson, G., Glorie, S., Konopelko, D., Gillespie, J., Danisik, M., Mirkamalov, R., . . . Collins, A. (2018). Low-temperature thermochronology of the Chatkal-Kurama terrane (Uzbekistan-Tajikistan): insights into the Meso-Cenozoic thermal history of the western Tian Shan. Tectonics, 37(10), 3954-3969. DOI Scopus1
2018	Dew, R., Collins, A., Glorie, S., Morley, C., Blades, M., Nachtergaele, S., . . . Charusiri, P. (2018). Probing into Thailand’s basement: new insights from U-Pb geochronology, Sr, Sm-Nd, Pb and Lu-Hf isotopic systems from granitoids. Lithos, 320-321, 332-354. DOI Scopus2 WoS1
2018	Gillespie, J., Glorie, S., Khudoley, A., & Collins, A. (2018). Detrital apatite U-Pb and trace element analysis as a provenance tool: insights from the Yenisey Ridge (Siberia). Lithos, 314, 140-155. DOI
2018	Archibald, D., Collins, A., Foden, J., Payne, J., Holden, P., & Razakamanana, T. (2018). Late syn- to post-collisional magmatism in Madagascar: The genesis of the Ambalavao and Maevarano Suites. Geoscience Frontiers. DOI
2018	Fernie, N., Glorie, S., Collins, A., & Jessell, M. (2018). Thermochronological insights into reactivation of a continental shear zone in response to Equatorial Atlantic rifting (northern Ghana). Scientific Reports, 8(1), 1-14. DOI
2018	Dew, R., Nachtergaele, S., Collins, A., Glorie, S., Foden, J., De Grave, J., . . . Charusiri, P. (2018). Data analysis of the U–Pb geochronology and Lu–Hf system in zircon and whole-rock Sr, Sm–Nd and Pb isotopic systems for the granitoids of Thailand. Data in Brief, 21, 1794-1809. DOI
2018	Armistead, S., Collins, A., Payne, J., Foden, J., De Waele, B., Shaji, E., & Santosh, M. (2018). A re-evaluation of the Kumta Suture in western peninsular India and its extension into Madagascar. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 157, 317-328. DOI Scopus2 WoS1
2018	Archibald, D., Collins, A., Foden, J., Payne, J., Macey, P., Holden, P., & Razakamanana, T. (2018). Stenian-Tonian arc magmatism in west-central Madagascar: the genesis of the Dabolava Suite. Journal of the Geological Society, 175(1), 111-129. DOI Scopus4 WoS1
2018	Dew, R., King, R., Collins, A., Morley, C., Arboit, F., & Glorie, S. (2018). Stratigraphy of deformed Permian carbonate reefs in Saraburi Province, Thailand. Journal of the Geological Society, 175(1), 163-175. DOI Scopus2
2018	Yang, B., Smith, T., Collins, A., Munson, T., Schoemaker, B., Nicholls, D., . . . Glorie, S. (2018). Spatial and temporal detrital zircon age provenance of the hydrocarbon-bearing upper Roper Group, Beetaloo Sub-basin, Northern Territory, Australia. Precambrian Research, 304, 140-155. DOI Scopus7 WoS5
2018	Jepson, G., Glorie, S., Konopelko, D., Gillespie, J., Danisik, M., Evans, N., . . . Collins, A. (2018). Thermochronological insights into the structural contact between the Tian Shan and Pamirs, Tajikistan. Terra Nova, 30(2), 95-104. DOI Scopus8 WoS5
2018	Alessio, B., Blades, M., Murray, G., Thorpe, B., Collins, A., Kelsey, D., . . . Jourdan, F. (2018). Origin and tectonic evolution of the NE basement of Oman: a window into the Neoproterozoic accretionary growth of India?. Geological Magazine, 155(5), 1150-1174. DOI Scopus2 WoS1
2017	Hansberry, R., Zwingmann, H., Loehr, S., Collins, A., King, R., Morley, C., & Drysdale, R. (2017). Constraining the timing of shale detachment faulting: a geochemical approach. Lithosphere, 9(3), 431-440. DOI
2017	Merdith, A., Williams, S., Müller, R., & Collins, A. (2017). Kinematic constraints on the Rodinia to Gondwana transition. Precambrian Research, 299, 132-150. DOI Scopus7 WoS7
2017	Song, D., Xiao, W., Collins, A., Glorie, S., Han, C., & Li, Y. (2017). New chronological constrains on the tectonic affinity of the Alxa Block, NW China. Precambrian Research, 299, 230-243. DOI Scopus8 WoS7
2017	Glorie, S., Agostino, K., Dutch, R., Pawley, M., Hall, J., Danišík, M., . . . Collins, A. (2017). Thermal history and differential exhumation across the Eastern Musgrave Province, South Australia: insights from low-temperature thermochronology. Tectonophysics, 703-704, 23-41. DOI Scopus11 WoS7
2017	Merdith, A., Collins, A., Williams, S., Pisarevsky, S., Foden, J., Archibald, D., . . . Müller, R. (2017). A full-plate global reconstruction of the Neoproterozoic. Gondwana Research, 50, 84-134. DOI Scopus79 WoS58
2017	Archibald, D., Collins, A., Foden, J., & Razakamanana, T. (2017). Tonian arc magmatism in central madagascar: the petrogenesis of the imorona-itsindro suite. Journal of Geology, 125(3), 271-297. DOI Scopus12 WoS11
2017	Vijaya Kumar, T., Bhaskar Rao, Y., Plavsa, D., Collins, A., Tomson, J., Vijaya Gopal, B., & Babu, E. (2017). Zircon U-Pb ages and Hf isotopic systematics of charnockite gneisses from the Ediacaran-Cambrian high-grade metamorphic terranes, southern India: constraints on crust formation, recycling, and gondwana correlations. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 129(5-6), 625-648. DOI Scopus3 WoS3
2017	Arboit, F., Amrouch, K., Morley, C., Collins, A., & King, R. (2017). Palaeostress magnitudes in the Khao Khwang fold-thrust belt, new insights into the tectonic evolution of the Indosinian orogeny in central Thailand. Tectonophysics, 710-711, 266-276. DOI Scopus7 WoS7
2017	Gillespie, J., Glorie, S., Xiao, W., Zhang, Z., Collins, A., Evans, N., . . . De Grave, J. (2017). Mesozoic reactivation of the Beishan, southern Central Asian Orogenic Belt: Insights from low-temperature thermochronology. Gondwana Research, 43, 107-122. DOI Scopus18 WoS12
2017	Morley, C., von Hagke, C., Hansberry, R., Collins, A., Kanitpanyacharoen, W., & King, R. (2017). Review of major shale-dominated detachment and thrust characteristics in the diagenetic zone: Part I, meso- and macro-scopic scale. Earth-Science Reviews, 173, 168-228. DOI Scopus9 WoS8
2017	Gillespie, J., Glorie, S., Jepson, G., Zhang, Z., Xiao, W., Danišík, M., & Collins, A. (2017). Differential exhumation and crustal tilting in the easternmost Tianshan (Xinjiang, China), revealed by low-temperature thermochronology. Tectonics, 36(10), 2142-2158. DOI Scopus5 WoS5
2016	Candan, O., Koralay, O., Topuz, G., Oberhänsli, R., Fritz, H., Collins, A., & Chen, F. (2016). Late Neoproterozoic gabbro emplacement followed by early Cambrian eclogite-facies metamorphism in the Menderes Massif (W. Turkey): implications on the final assembly of Gondwana. Gondwana Research, 34, 158-173. DOI Scopus15 WoS18
2016	Lloyd, J., Collins, A., Payne, J., Glorie, S., Holford, S., & Reid, A. (2016). Tracking the Cretaceous transcontinental Ceduna River through Australia: the hafnium isotope record of detrital zircons from offshore southern Australia. Geoscience Frontiers, 7(2), 237-244. DOI Scopus11 WoS7
2016	Hall, J., Glorie, S., Collins, A., Reid, A., Evans, N., McInnes, B., & Foden, J. (2016). Exhumation history of the Peake and Denison Inliers: insights from low-temperature thermochronology. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 63(7), 805-820. DOI Scopus5 WoS4
2016	Arboit, F., Collins, A., Morley, C., King, R., & Amrouch, K. (2016). Detrital zircon analysis of the southwest Indochina terrane, central Thailand: unravelling the Indosinian orogeny. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 128(5-6), 1024-1043. DOI Scopus21 WoS20
2016	Archibald, D., Collins, A., Foden, J., Payne, J., Holden, P., Razakamanana, T., . . . Pitfield, P. (2016). Genesis of the Tonian Imorona-Itsindro magmatic Suite in central Madagascar: insights from U-Pb, oxygen and hafnium isotopes in zircon. Precambrian Research, 281, 312-337. DOI Scopus17 WoS18
2016	Arboit, F., Collins, A., Morley, C., Jourdan, F., King, R., Foden, J., & Amrouch, K. (2016). Geochronological and geochemical studies of mafic and intermediate dykes from the Khao Khwang Fold–Thrust Belt: implications for petrogenesis and tectonic evolution. Gondwana Research, 36, 124-141. DOI Scopus11 WoS11
2016	Cox, G., Jarrett, A., Edwards, D., Crockford, P., Halverson, G., Collins, A., . . . Li, Z. (2016). Basin redox and primary productivity within the Mesoproterozoic Roper Seaway. Chemical Geology, 440, 101-114. DOI Scopus14 WoS10
2016	Yang, Q., Santosh, M., Collins, A., & Teng, X. (2016). Microblock amalgamation in the North China Craton: evidence from Neoarchaean magmatic suite in the western margin of the Jiaoliao Block. Gondwana Research, 31, 96-123. DOI Scopus109 WoS86
2015	Taylor, R., Clark, C., Johnson, T., Santosh, M., & Collins, A. (2015). Unravelling the complexities in high-grade rocks using multiple techniques: the Achankovil Zone of southern India. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 169(5), 51-1-51-19. DOI Scopus16 WoS14
2015	Plavsa, D., Collins, A., Foden, J., & Clark, C. (2015). The evolution of a Gondwanan collisional orogen: a structural and geochronological appraisal from the Southern Granulite Terrane, South India. Tectonics, 34(5), 820-857. DOI Scopus19 WoS14
2015	Collins, A., Patranabis-Deb, S., Alexander, E., Bertram, C., Falster, G., Gore, R., . . . Wade, B. (2015). Detrital mineral age, radiogenic isotopic stratigraphy and tectonic significance of the Cuddapah Basin, India. Gondwana Research, 28(4), 1294-1309. DOI Scopus36 WoS27
2015	Hansberry, R., Collins, A., King, R., Morley, C., Gize, A., Warren, J., . . . Hall, P. (2015). Syn-deformation temperature and fossil fluid pathways along an exhumed detachment zone, khao khwang fold-thrust belt, Thailand. Tectonophysics, 655, 73-87. DOI Scopus6 WoS6
2015	Arboit, F., Amrouch, K., Collins, A., King, R., & Morley, C. (2015). Determination of the tectonic evolution from fractures, faults, and calcite twins on the southwestern margin of the Indochina Block. Tectonics, 34(8), 1576-1599. DOI Scopus13 WoS12
2015	Wang, C., Liu, L., Wang, Y., He, S., Li, R., Li, M., . . . Wu, Z. (2015). Recognition and tectonic implications of an extensive Neoproterozoic volcano-sedimentary rift basin along the southwestern margin of the Tarim Craton, northwestern China. Precambrian Research, 257, 65-82. DOI Scopus24 WoS17
2015	Mcgee, B., Collins, A., Trindade, R., & Jourdan, F. (2015). Investigating mid-Ediacaran glaciation and final Gondwana amalgamation using coupled sedimentology and ⁴⁰Ar/ ³⁹Ar detrital muscovite provenance from the Paraguay Belt, Brazil. Sedimentology, 62(1), 130-154. DOI Scopus8 WoS9
2015	Clark, C., Healy, D., Johnson, T., Collins, A., Taylor, R., Santosh, M., & Timms, N. (2015). Hot orogens and supercontinent amalgamation: A Gondwanan example from southern India. Gondwana Research, 28(4), 1310-1328. DOI Scopus37 WoS30
2015	McGee, B., Collins, A., Trindade, R., & Payne, J. (2015). Age and provenance of the Cryogenian to Cambrian passive margin to foreland basin sequence of the northern Paraguay Belt, Brazil. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, 127(1-2), 76-86. DOI Scopus16 WoS15
2015	Gutiérrez-Alonso, G., Collins, A., Fernández-Suárez, J., Pastor-Galán, D., González-Clavijo, E., Jourdan, F., . . . Johnston, S. (2015). Dating of lithospheric buckling: ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar ages of syn-orocline strike-slip shear zones in northwestern Iberia. Tectonophysics, 643, 44-54. DOI Scopus41 WoS38
2015	Johnson, T., Clark, C., Taylor, R., Santosh, M., & Collins, A. (2015). Prograde and retrograde growth of monazite in migmatites: an example from the Nagercoil Block, southern India. Geoscience Frontiers, 6(3), 373-387. DOI Scopus36 WoS33
2015	Robinson, F., Foden, J., & Collins, A. (2015). Geochemical and isotopic constraints on island arc, synorogenic, post-orogenic and anorogenic granitoids in the Arabian Shield, Saudi Arabia. Lithos, 220-223, 97-115. DOI Scopus20 WoS17
2015	Archibald, D., Collins, A., Foden, J., Payne, J., Taylor, R., Holden, P., . . . Clark, C. (2015). Towards unravelling the Mozambique Ocean conundrum using a triumvirate of zircon isotopic proxies on the Ambatolampy Group, central Madagascar. Tectonophysics, 662, 167-182. DOI Scopus11 WoS9
2015	Richards, L., King, R., Collins, A., Sayab, M., Khan, M., Haneef, M., . . . Warren, J. (2015). Macrostructures vs microstructures in evaporite detachments: an example from the Salt Range, Pakistan. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 113(2), 922-934. DOI Scopus3 WoS3
2015	Amarasinghe, U., Chaudhuri, A., Collins, A., Deb, G., & Patranabis-Deb, S. (2015). Evolving provenance in the Proterozoic Pranhita-Godavari Basin, India. Geoscience Frontiers, 6(3), 453-463. DOI Scopus15 WoS10
2015	Robinson, F., Foden, J. D., & Collins, A. (2015). Zircon geochemical and geochronological constraints on contaminated and enriched mantle sources beneath the Arabian Shield, Saudi Arabia. The Journal of Geology, 123(5), 463-489. DOI Scopus8 WoS9
2015	Blades, M., Collins, A., Foden, J., Payne, J., Xu, X., Alemu, T., . . . Taylor, R. (2015). Age and hafnium isotopic evolution of the Didesa and Kemashi Domains, western Ethiopia. Precambrian Research, 270, 267-284. DOI Scopus13 WoS13
2014	Hansberry, R. L., King, R., Collins, A. S., & Morley, C. K. (2014). Complex structure of an upper-level shale detachment zone: Khao Khwang fold and thrust belt, Central Thailand. Journal of Structural Geology, 67(A), 140-153. DOI Scopus9 WoS7
2014	Robinson, F., Foden, J., Collins, A., & Payne, J. (2014). Arabian Shield magmatic cycles and their relationship with Gondwana assembly: insights from zircon U-Pb and Hf isotopes. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 408, 207-225. DOI Scopus35 WoS33
2014	Kakar, M., Kerr, A., Mahmood, K., Collins, A., Khan, M., & McDonald, I. (2014). Supra-subduction zone tectonic setting of the Muslim Bagh Ophiolite, northwestern Pakistan: Insights from geochemistry and petrology. Lithos, 202-203, 190-206. DOI Scopus8 WoS8
2014	Henderson, B., Collins, A., Payne, J., Forbes, C., & Saha, D. (2014). Geologically constraining India in Columbia: The age, isotopic provenance and geochemistry of the protoliths of the Ongole Domain, Southern Eastern Ghats, India. Gondwana Research, 26(3-4), 888-906. DOI Scopus43 WoS38
2014	Nettle, D., Halverson, G., Cox, G., Collins, A., Schmitz, M., Gehling, J., . . . Kadi, K. (2014). A middle-late Ediacaran volcano-sedimentary record from the eastern Arabian-Nubian shield. Terra Nova, 26(2), 120-129. DOI Scopus9 WoS9
2014	Plavsa, D., Collins, A., Payne, J., Foden, J., Clark, C., & Santosh, M. (2014). Detrital zircons in basement metasedimentary protoliths unveil the origins of southern India. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, 126(5-6), 791-812. DOI Scopus53 WoS41
2014	Sen, K., Mukherjee, B., & Collins, A. (2014). Reply to comment on "Interplay of deformation and magmatism in the Pangong Transpressional Zone, Eastern Ladakh, India: Implications for remobilization of the trans-Himalayan magmatic arc and initiation of the Karakoram Fault". Journal of Structural Geology, 65, 120-122. DOI
2014	Le Heron, D., Busfield, M., & Collins, A. (2014). Bolla Bollana boulder beds: a Neoproterozoic trough mouth fan in South Australia?. Sedimentology, 61(4), 978-995. DOI Scopus9 WoS7
2014	Arboit, F., Collins, A., King, R., Morley, C., & Hansberry, R. (2014). Structure of the Sibumasu-Indochina collision, central Thailand: a section through the Khao Khwang Fold and thrust belt. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 95, 182-191. DOI Scopus12 WoS9
2014	Glorie, S., De Grave, J., Singh, T., Payne, J., & Collins, A. (2014). Crustal root of the Eastern Dharwar Craton: zircon U-Pb age and Lu-Hf isotopic evolution of the East Salem Block, southeast India. Precambrian Research, 249, 229-246. DOI Scopus26 WoS25
2014	Sen, K., Mukherjee, B., & Collins, A. (2014). Interplay of deformation and magmatism in the Pangong Transpression Zone, eastern Ladakh, India: implications for remobilization of the trans-Himalayan magmatic arc and initiation of the Karakoram Fault. Journal of Structural Geology, 62, 13-24. DOI Scopus12 WoS10
2014	Collins, A., Clark, C., & Plavsa, D. (2014). Peninsular India In Gondwana: the tectonothermal evolution of the Southern Granulite Terrain and its Gondwanan counterparts. Gondwana Research, 25(1), 190-203. DOI Scopus133 WoS120
2013	Fritz, H., Abdelsalam, M., Ali, K., Bingen, B., Collins, A., Fowler, A., . . . Viola, G. (2013). Orogen styles in the East African Orogen: A review of the Neoproterozoic to Cambrian tectonic evolution. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 86, 65-106. DOI Scopus191 WoS176
2013	McGee, B., Collins, A., & Trindade, R. (2013). A glacially incised canyon in Brazil: Further evidence for mid-ediacaran glaciation?. Journal of Geology, 121(3), 275-287. DOI Scopus11 WoS10
2013	Sen, K., & Collins, A. (2013). Reply to comment on "Dextral transpression and late-Eocene magmatism in the trans-Himalayan Ladakh Batholith (North India): Implications for tectono-magmatic evolution of the Indo-Eurasian collisional arc". International Journal of Earth Sciences, 102(3), 973-975. DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2013	Badr, M., Collins, A., Masoudi, F., Cox, G., & Mohajjel, M. (2013). The U-Pb age, geochemistry and tectonic significance of granitoids in the Soursat Complex, Northwest Iran. Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences, 22(1), 1-31. DOI Scopus37 WoS26
2013	Patranabis-Deb, S., Collins, A., Santosh, M., & Plavsa, D. (2013). International Association for Gondwana Research (IAGR) 2012 Annual Convention and 9th International Symposium on Gondwana to Asia. Gondwana Research, 23(4), 1659-1663. DOI
2012	McGee, B., Halverson, G., & Collins, A. (2012). Cryogenian rift-related magmatism and sedimentation: south-western Congo Craton, Namibia. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 76, 34-49. DOI Scopus16 WoS14
2012	Kakar, M., Collins, A., Mahmood, K., Foden, J., & Khan, M. (2012). U-Pb zircon crystallization age of the Muslim Bagh ophiolite: enigmatic remains of an extensive pre-Himalayan arc. Geology, 40(12), 1099-1102. DOI Scopus19 WoS17
2012	Anderson, J., Payne, J., Kelsey, D., Hand, M., Collins, A., & Santosh, M. (2012). High-pressure granulites at the dawn of the Proterozoic. Geology, 40(5), 431-434. DOI Scopus43 WoS40
2012	Badr, M., Masoudi, F., Collins, A., & Sorbi, A. (2012). Mineralogical evidence for regional metamorphism overprinted by contact metamorphism. Acta Geologica Sinica-English Edition, 86(1), 48-64. DOI Scopus5 WoS2
2012	Ustaomer, P., Ustaomer, T., Gerdes, A., Robertson, A., & Collins, A. (2012). Evidence of Precambrian sedimentation/magmatism and Cambrian metamorphism in the Bitlis Massif, SE Turkey utilising whole-rock geochemistry and U-Pb LA-ICP-MS zircon dating. Gondwana Research, 21(4), 1001-1018. DOI Scopus34 WoS33
2012	Plavsa, D., Collins, A., Foden, J., Kropinski, L., Santosh, M., Chetty, T., & Clark, C. (2012). Delineating crustal domains in Peninsular India: Age and chemistry of orthopyroxene-bearing felsic gneisses in the Madurai Block. Precambrian Research, 198, 77-93. DOI Scopus92 WoS79
2012	Collins, A., Kinny, P., & Razakamanana, T. (2012). Depositional age, provenance and metamorphic age of metasedimentary rocks from southern Madagascar. Gondwana Research, 21(2-3 Sp Iss), 353-361. DOI Scopus50 WoS47
2012	Tohver, E., Collins, A., Babinski, M., & Trindade, R. (2012). Assembling two easy pieces: the geology of western Gondwana and plate tectonic theory - An introduction to the special volume. Gondwana Research, 21(2-3 Sp Iss), 311-315. DOI Scopus8 WoS8
2012	Bandeira, J., McGee, B., Noguiera, A., Collins, A., & Trindade, R. (2012). Sedimentological and provenance response to Cambrian closure of the Clymene ocean: the upper Alto Paraguai Group, Paraguay belt, Brazil. Gondwana Research, 21(2-3 Sp Iss), 323-340. DOI Scopus24 WoS25
2012	McGee, B., Collins, A., & Trindade, R. (2012). G'day Gondwana - the final accretion of a supercontinent: U-Pb ages from the post-orogenic Sao Vicente Granite, northern Paraguay Belt, Brazil. Gondwana Research, 21(2-3 Sp Iss), 316-322. DOI Scopus29 WoS26
2012	Cox, G., Lewis, C., Collins, A., Halverson, G., Jourdan, F., Foden, J., . . . Kattan, F. (2012). Ediacaran terrane accretion within the Arabian-Nubian Shield. Gondwana Research, 21(2-3 Sp Iss), 341-352. DOI Scopus64 WoS58
2012	Kahar, M., Mahmood, K., Kerr, A., Collins, A., Khan, M., & Kasi, A. (2012). Geochemistry and petrogenesis of the volcanic rocks from Bagh complex, northern Balochistan, Pakistan. Journal of Himalayan Earth Sciences, 45(1), 17-29.
2012	Sen, K., & Collins, A. (2012). Dextral transpression and late Eocene magmatism in the trans-Himalayan Ladakh Batholith (North India): implications for tectono-magmatic evolution of the Indo-Eurasian collisional arc. International Journal of Earth Sciences, Online(7), 1-15. DOI Scopus12 WoS11
2011	Teale, W., Collins, A., Foden, J., Payne, J., Plavsa, D., Chetty, T., . . . Fanning, C. (2011). Cryogenian (~830 Ma) mafic magmatism and metamorphism in the northern Madurai Block, southern India: a magmatic link between Sri Lanka and Madagascar?. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 42(3), 223-233. DOI Scopus59 WoS57
2011	Johnson, P., Andresen, A., Collins, A., Fowler, A., Fritz, H., Ghebreab, W., . . . Stern, R. (2011). Late Cryogenian-Ediacaran history of the Arabian-Nubian Shield: A review of depositional, plutonic, structural, and tectonic events in the closing stages of the northern East African Orogen. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 61(3), 167-232. DOI Scopus223 WoS219
2011	Smithies, R., Howard, H., Evins, P., Kirkland, C., Kelsey, D., Hand, M., . . . Belousova, E. (2011). High-temperature granite magmatism, crust-mantle interaction and the Mesoproterozoic intracontinental evolution of the Musgrave Province, Central Australia. Journal of Petrology, 52(5), 931-958. DOI Scopus99 WoS92
2011	Le Heron, D., Cox, G., Trundley, A., & Collins, A. (2011). Two Cryogenian glacial successions compared: Aspects of the Sturt and Elatina sediment records of South Australia. Precambrian Research, 186(1-4), 147-168. DOI Scopus22 WoS20
2011	Le Heron, D., Cox, G., Trundley, A., & Collins, A. (2011). Sea ice-free conditions during the Sturtian glaciation (early Cryogenian), South Australia. Geology, 39(1), 31-34. DOI Scopus30 WoS29
2010	McGee, B., Giles, D., Kelsey, D., & Collins, A. (2010). Protolith heterogeneity as a factor controlling the feedback between deformation, metamorphism and melting in a granulite-hosted gold deposit. Journal of the Geological Society, 167(6), 1089-1103. DOI Scopus7 WoS7
2010	Raimondo, T., Collins, A., Hand, M., Walker-Hallam, A., Smithies, H., Evins, P., & Howard, H. (2010). The anatomy of a deep intracontinental orogen. Tectonics, 29(4), C4024-1-C4024-31. DOI Scopus52 WoS42
2010	Collins, A., Clark, C., Chetty, T., & Santosh, M. (2010). Ediacaran-Cambrian tectonic evolution of Southern India. Indian Journal of Geology, 80(1-4), 23-40.
2010	Badr, M., Masoudi, F., Collins, A., & Cox, G. (2010). Dating of Precambrian metasedimentary rocks and timing of their metamorphism in the Soursat Metamorphic Complex (NW IRAN): Using LA-ICP-MS, U-Pb dating of zircon and monazite. Journal of Sciences, Islamic Republic or Iran, 21(4), 311-319.
2009	Raimondo, T., Hand, M., Clark, C., Faure, K., & Collins, A. (2009). Sources, thermal conditions and mechanisms of fluid ingress during regional rehydration of Alice Springs Orogeny intracratonic shear systems. Journal of Geochemical Exploration, 101(1), 84. DOI
2009	Clark, C., Collins, A., Santosh, M., Taylor, R., & Wade, B. (2009). The P-T-t architecture of a Gondwanan suture: REE, U-Pb and Ti-in-zircon thermometric constraints from the Palghat Cauvery shear system, South India. Precambrian Research, 174(1-2), 129-144. DOI Scopus74 WoS69
2009	Stewart, J., Betts, P., Collins, A., & Schaefer, B. (2009). Multi-scale analysis of Proterozoic shear zones: An integrated structural and geophysical study. Journal of Structural Geology, 31(10), 1238-1254. DOI Scopus19 WoS16
2009	Li, Z., Bogdanova, S., Collins, A., Davidson, A., De Waele, B., Ernst, R., . . . Vernikovsky, V. (2009). How not to build a supercontinent: A reply to J.D.A. Piper. Precambrian Research, 174(1-2), 208-214. DOI Scopus15 WoS15
2009	Clark, C., Collins, A., Timms, N., Kinny, P., Chetty, T., & Santosh, M. (2009). SHRIMP U-Pb age constraints on magmatism and high-grade metamorphism in the Salem Block, southern India. Gondwana Research, 16(1), 27-36. DOI Scopus122 WoS112
2009	Ustaomer, P., Ustaomer, T., Collins, A., & Reischpeitsch, J. (2009). Lutetian arc-type magmatism along the southern Eurasian margin: New U-Pb LA-ICPMS and whole-rock geochemical data from Marmara Island, NW Turkey. Mineralogy and Petrology, 96(3-4), 177-196. DOI Scopus20 WoS19
2009	Raimondo, T., Collins, A., Hand, M., Walker-Hallam, A., Smithies, H., Evins, P., & Howard, H. (2009). Ediacaran intracontinental channel flow. Geology, 37(4), 291-294. DOI Scopus28 WoS29
2009	Ustaomer, P., Ustaomer, T., Collins, A., & Robertson, A. (2009). Cadomian (Ediacaran-Cambrian) arc magmatism in the Bitlis Massif, SE Turkey: Magmatism along the developing northern margin of Gondwana. Tectonophysics, 473(1-2), 99-112. DOI Scopus70 WoS67
2008	Kelsey, D., Wade, B., Collins, A., Hand, M., Sealing, C., & Netting, A. (2008). Discovery of a Neoproterozoic basin in the Prydz belt in East Antarctica and its implications for Gondwana assembly and ultrahigh temperature metamorphism. Precambrian Research, 161(3-4), 355-388. DOI Scopus49 WoS44
2008	Murphy, J., & Collins, A. (2008). 40Ar-39Ar white mica ages reveal Neoproterozoic/Paleozoic provenance and an Alleghanian overprint in coeval Upper Ordovician-Lower Devonian rocks of Meguma and Avalonia. Tectonophysics, www(www), www1-www12. DOI Scopus14 WoS14
2008	Pisarevsky, S., Murphy, J., Cawood, P., & Collins, A. (2008). Late Neoproterozoic and Early Cambrian palaeogeography: models and problems. Geological Society Special Publication, 294(1), 9-31. DOI Scopus107
2008	Li, Z., Bogdanova, S., Collins, A., Davidson, A., De Waele, B., Ernst, R., . . . Vernikovsky, V. (2008). Assembly, configuration, and break-up history of Rodinia: A synthesis. Precambrian Research, 160(1-2), 179-210. DOI Scopus1573 WoS1414
2007	Ustaomer, P., Ustaomer, T., Collins, A., & Reischpeitsch, J. (2007). Eocene continental arc magmatism along the southern Eurasian margin: New U-Pb LA-ICPMS Sm-Nd and whole-rock geochemical data from Marmara Island NW Turkey. Geological Journal, 9, 1-2.
2007	Schmidt Mumm, A., & Collins, A. (2007). Earth science education in South Australia: Evolving with the resources boom. Aus IMM Bulletin, Mar/Apr, 29-33.
2007	Collins, A., Santosh, M., Braun, I., & Clark, C. (2007). Age and sedimentary provenance of the Southern Granulites South India: U-Th-PbSHRIMP secondary ion mass spectrometry. Precambrian Research, 155(1-2), 125-138. DOI Scopus120 WoS115
2007	Collins, A., Clark, C., Sajeev, K., Santosh, M., Kelsey, D., & Hand, M. (2007). Passage through India: the Mozambique Ocean suture, high-pressure granulites and the Palghat-Cauvery shear zone system. Terra Nova, 19(2), 141-147. DOI Scopus166 WoS156
2007	Strachan, R., Collins, A., Buchan, C., Nance, R., Murphy, J., & D'Lemos, R. (2007). Terrane analysis along a Neoproterozoic active margin of Gondwana: insights from U-Pb zircon geochronology. Journal of the Geological Society, 164(1), 57-60. DOI Scopus41 WoS41
2007	Karkhanis, S., Parthasarathy, G., Collins, A., & Chetty, T. (2007). Natural graphite from neoproterozoic psammitic gneiss Inanalo Mountain, southern Madagascar. Journal of the Geological Society of India, 69(4), 865-866.
2006	Santosh, M., Tagawa, M., Yokoyama, K., & Collins, A. (2006). U-Pb electron probe geochronology of the Nagercoil granulites, Southern India: Implications for Gondwana amalgamation. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 28(1), 63-80. DOI Scopus15 WoS11
2006	Parhasarathy, G., Collins, A., & Chetty, T. (2006). Natural graphite from neoproterozoic psammitic gneiss, Inanalo mountain, southern Madagascar. Journal of the Geological Society of India, 68(2), 176-180. Scopus3 WoS2
2006	Kehelpannala, K., & Collins, A. (2006). The role of Sri Lanka and associated continental blocks in the assembly and break-up of Rodinia and Gondwana: Introduction. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 28(1), 1-2. DOI
2006	Kelsey, D., Clark, C., Hand, M., & Collins, A. (2006). Comment on "First report of garnet-corundum rocks from southern India: Implications for prograde high-pressure (eclogite-facies?) metamorphism". Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 249(3-4), 529-534. DOI Scopus24 WoS24
2006	Santosh, M., Collins, A., Tamashiro, I., Koshimoto, S., Tsutsumi, Y., & Yokoyama, K. (2006). The timing of ultrahigh-temperature metamorphism in Southern India: U-Th-Pb electron microprobe ages from zircon and monazite in sapphirine-bearing granulites. Gondwana Research, 10(1-2), 128-155. DOI Scopus111 WoS104
2006	Clark, C., Schmidt Mumm, A., & Collins, A. (2006). A coupled micro- and macrostructural approach to the analysis of fluid induced brecciation, Curnamona Province, South Australia. Journal of Structural Geology, 28(5), 745-761. DOI Scopus7 WoS7
2006	Collins, A. (2006). Madagascar and the amalgamation of Central Gondwana. Gondwana Research, 9(1-2), 3-16. DOI Scopus130 WoS126
2005	Ring, U., Collins, A., & Kassem, O. (2005). U-Pb SHRIMP data on the crystallization age of the Gran Paradiso augengneiss, Italian Western Alps: Further evidence for Permian magmatic activity in the Alps during break-up of Pangea. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae, 98(3), 363-370. DOI Scopus23 WoS21
2005	Santosh, M., Collins, A., Morimoto, T., & Yokoyama, K. (2005). Depositional constraints and age of metamorphism in southern India: U-Pb chemical (EMPA) and isotopic (SIMS) ages from the Trivandrum Block. Geological Magazine, 142(3), 255-268. DOI Scopus40 WoS29
2005	Collins, A., & Pisarevsky, S. (2005). Amalgamating eastern Gondwana: The evolution of the Circum-Indian Orogens. Earth-Science Reviews, 71(3-4), 229-270. DOI Scopus499 WoS475
2005	Gutierrez-Alonso, G., Fernandez-Suarez, J., Collins, A., Abad, I., & Nieto, F. (2005). Amazonian mesoproterozoic basement in the core of the Ibero-Armorican Arc: ⁴⁰Ar/³⁹Ar detrital mica ages complement the zircon's tale. Geology, 33(8), 637-640. DOI Scopus54 WoS52
2005	Ring, U., & Collins, A. (2005). U-Pb SIMS dating of synkinematic granites: timing of core-complex formation in the northern Anatolide belt of western Turkey. Journal of the Geological Society, 162(2), 289-298. DOI Scopus102 WoS91
2005	Santosh, M., Tanaka, K., Yokoyama, K., & Collins, A. (2005). Late neoproterozoic-cambrian felsic magmatism along transcrustal shear zones in Southern India: u-pb electron microprobe ages and implications for the amalgamation of the Gondwana supercontinent. Gondwana Research, 8(1), 31-42. DOI Scopus65 WoS61
2004	Reddy, S., Collins, A., Buchan, A., & Mruma, A. (2004). Heterogeneous excess argon and Neoproterozoic heating in the Usagaran Orogen, Tanzania revealed by single grain 40Ar/39Ar thermochronology. Journal of African Earth Sciences, 39(3-5), 165-176. DOI Scopus18 WoS19
2004	Robertson, A., Ustaomer, T., Pickett, E., Collins, A., Andrew, T., & Dixon, J. (2004). Testing models of late Palaeozoic-Early Mesozoic orogeny in Western Turkey: support for an evolving open-Tethys model. Journal of the Geological Society, 161(3), 501-511. DOI Scopus105 WoS96
2004	Cox, R., Coleman, D., Chockel, C., De Oreo, S., Wooden, J., Collins, A., . . . Kroner, A. (2004). Proterozoic tectonostratigraphy and paleogeography of central Madagascar derived from detrital zircon U-Pb age populations. Journal of Geology, 112(4), 379-400. DOI Scopus77 WoS74
2004	Collins, A., & Buchan, C. (2004). Provenance and age constraints of the South Stack Group, Anglesey, UK: U-Pb SIMS detrital zircon data. Journal of the Geological Society, 161(5), 743-746. DOI Scopus36 WoS39
2004	Gessner, K., Collins, A., Ring, U., & Gungor, T. (2004). Structural and thermal history of poly-orogenic basement: U-Pb geochronology of granitoid rocks in the southern Menderes Massif, Western Turkey. Journal of the Geological Society, 161(1), 93-101. DOI Scopus110 WoS105
2004	Collins, A., Reddy, S., Buchan, C., & Mruma, A. (2004). Temporal constraints on Palaeoproterozoic eclogite formation and exhumation (Usagaran Orogen, Tanzania). Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 224(1-2), 175-192. DOI Scopus79 WoS73
2003	Collins, A., Fitzsimons, I., Hulscher, B., & Razakamanana, T. (2003). Structure of the eastern margin of the East African Orogen in central Madagascar. Precambrian Research, 123(2-4), 111-133. DOI Scopus72 WoS65
2003	Collins, A., Kroner, A., Fitzsimons, I., & Razakamanana, T. (2003). Detrital footprint of the Mozambique ocean: U-Pb SHRIMP and Pb evaporation zircon geochronology of metasedimentary gneisses in eastern Madagascar. Tectonophysics, 375(1-4), 77-99. DOI Scopus78 WoS77
2003	Reddy, S., Collins, A., & Mruma, A. (2003). Complex high-strain deformation in the Usagaran Orogen Tanzania: structural setting of Palaeoproterozoic eclogites. Tectonophysics, 375(1), 101-123. DOI Scopus49 WoS47
2003	Santosh, M., & Collins, A. (2003). Gemstone mineralization in the palghat-cauvery shear zone system (Karur-Kangayam Belt), Southern India. Gondwana Research, 6(4), 911-918. DOI Scopus28
2003	Collins, A. (2003). Structure and age of the northern Leeuwin Complex, Western Australia: constraints from field mapping and U-Pb isotopic analysis. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 50(4), 585-599. DOI Scopus73 WoS69
2003	Collins, A., & Robertson, A. (2003). Kinematic evidence for Late Mesozoic-Miocene emplacement of the Lycian Allochthon over the Western Anatolide Belt SW Turkey. Geological Journal - Special Issues, 38(3-4), 295-310. DOI Scopus77 WoS66
2002	Robertson, A., & Collins, A. (2002). Shyok Suture Zone, N Pakistan: late Mesozoic-Tertiary evolution of a critical suture separating the oceanic Ladakh Arc from the Asian continental margin. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 20(3), 309-351. DOI Scopus45 WoS45
2002	Collins, A., & Windley, F. (2002). The tectonic evolution of central and Northern Madagascar and its place in the final assembly of Gondwana. Journal of Geology, 110(3), 325-339. DOI Scopus190 WoS172
2001	Collins, A., & Zalasiewicz, J. (2001). Eat your crusts. New Scientist, 10 Feb(2277), 42-45.
2001	Kröner, A., Collins, A., Hegner, E., Willner, A., Muhongo, S., & Kehelpannala, K. (2001). The East African Orogen: New Zircon and Nd Ages and Implications for Rodinia and Gondwana Supercontinent Formation and Dispersal. Gondwana Research, 4(2), 179-181. DOI Scopus7 WoS6
2001	Collins, A., Windley, B., Kroner, A., Fitzsimons, I., & Hulscher, B. (2001). The tectonic architecture of Central Madagascar: Implication on the evolution of the East African orogeny. GONDWANA RESEARCH, 4(2), 152-153. DOI WoS7
2001	Kröner, A., Collins, A., Hegner, E., Muhongo, S., Willner, A., & Kehelpannala, K. (2001). Has the East African Orogen Played Any Role in the Formation and Breakup of the Supercontinent Rodinia and the Amalgamation of Gondwana? New Evidence from Field Relationship and Isotopic Data. Gondwana Research, 4(4), 669-671. DOI Scopus3
2000	Kröner, A., Hegner, E., Collins, A., Windley, B., Brewer, T., Razakamanana, T., & Pidgeon, R. (2000). Age and magmatic history of the Antananarivo block, central Madagascar, as derived from zircon geochronology and ND isotopic systematics. American Journal of Science, 300(4), 251-288. DOI Scopus198 WoS179
2000	Collins, A. (2000). The tectonic evolution of Madagascar: Its place in the East African orogen. GONDWANA RESEARCH, 3(4), 549-552. DOI WoS21
2000	Collins, A., Kryza, R., & Zalasiewicz, J. (2000). Macrofabric fingerprints of Late Devonian-early Carboniferous subduction in Polish Variscides, the Kaczawa complex, Sudetes. Journal of the Geological Society, 157(2), 283-288. DOI Scopus40 WoS27
2000	Collins, A., Razakamanana, T., & Windley, B. (2000). Neoproterozoic extensional detachment in central Madagascar: Implications for the collapse of the East African Orogen. Geological Magazine, 137(1), 39-51. DOI Scopus85 WoS76
1999	Kröner, A., Windley, B., Jaeckel, P., Collins, A., Brewer, T., Nemchin, A., & Razakamanana, T. (1999). New Zircon Ages for Precambrian Granites, Gneisses and Granulites from Central and Southern Madagascar: Significance for Correlations in East Gondwana. Gondwana Research, 2(3), 351-352. DOI Scopus7 WoS8
1999	Collins, A. S., & Robertson, A. H. (1999). Evolution of the Lycian Allochthon, western Turkey, as a north‐facing Late Palaeozoic to Mesozoic rift and passive continental margin. Geological Journal, 34(12), 107-138. DOI
1998	Collins, A., & Robertson, A. (1998). Processes of late Cretaceous to late Miocene episodic thrust-sheet translation in the Lycian Taurides, SW Turkey. Journal of the Geological Society, 155(5), 759-772. DOI Scopus194 WoS186
1998	Collins, A., Asif Khan, M., Stern, R., Gribble, R., & Windley, B. (1998). Discussion on geochemical and isotopic constraints on subduction polarity, magma sources and palaeogeography of the kohistan arc, northern pakistan. Journal of the Geological Society, 155(5), 893-895. DOI Scopus3 WoS3
1997	Collins, A., & Robertson, A. (1997). Lycian melange, southwestern Turkey: An emplaced Late Cretaceous accretionary complex. Geology, 25(3), 255-258. DOI Scopus141 WoS125
1996	Robertson, A., Dixon, J., Brown, S., Collins, A., Morris, A., Pickett, E., . . . Ustaömer, T. (1996). Alternative tectonic models for the Late Palaeozoic-Early Tertiary development of Tethys in the Eastern Mediterranean region. Geological Society Special Publication, 105(1), 239-263. DOI Scopus54
1996	Kroner, A., & Sassi, F. (1996). Evolution of the northern Somali basement: New constraints from zircon ages. JOURNAL OF AFRICAN EARTH SCIENCES, 22(1), 1-15. DOI WoS38

Books

Year	Citation
2011	Howard, H. M., Werner, M., Smithies, R. H., Evins, P. M., Kirkland, C. L., Kelsey, D. E., . . . Raimondo, T. (2011). The Geology of the West Musgrave Province and the Bentley Supergroup – a field guide. Geological Survey of Western Australia.
2010	Smithies, R., Howard, H., Evins, P., Kirkland, C., Kelsey, D., Hand, M., . . . Allchurch, S. (2010). Geochemistry, geochronology and petrogenesis of Mesoproterozoic felsic rocks in the west Musgrave Province, Central Australia, and implications for the Mesoproterozoic tectonic evolution of the region. Western Australia: Geological Survey of Western Australia.
2009	Reddy, S., Mazumder, R., Evans, D., & Collins, A. (Eds.) (2009). Palaeoproterozoic supercontinents and global evolution. Uk: Geological Society of London.

Book Chapters

Year	Citation
2011	Howard, H., Werner, M., Smithies, R., Evins, P., Kirkland, C., Kelsey, D., . . . Raimondo, T. (2011). The geology of the West Musgrave Province and the Bentley Supergroup: a field guide. In The Geology of the West Musgrave Province and the Bentley Supergroup - A Field Guide (1 ed., pp. 1-6). Australia: Geological Survey of Western Australia.
2010	Halverson, G., Hurtgen, M., Porter, S., & Collins, A. (2010). Neoproterozoic-Cambrian biogeochemical evolution. In C. Gaucher, A. N. Sial, G. P. Halverson, & H. E. Frimmel (Eds.), Neoproterozoic-Cambrian Tectonics, Global Change and Evolution, Volume 16: A Focus on South Western Gondwana (Developments in Precambrian Geology) (Vol. 16, pp. 351-368). The Netherlands: Elsevier. DOI Scopus40
2006	Danelian, T., Robertson, A., Collins, A., & Poisson, A. (2006). Biochronology of Jurassic and early cretaceous radiolarites from the lycian melange (SW Turkey) and implications for the evolution of the northern neotethyan ocean. In A. Robertson, & D. Mountrakis (Eds.), Tectonic development of the Eastern Mediterranean region (Vol. 260, pp. 229-236). London: Geological Society of London. DOI Scopus8
2003	Collins, A., Johnson, S., Fitzsimons, I., Powell, C., Hulscher, B., Abello, J., & Razakamanana, T. (2003). Neoproterozoic deformation in Central Madagascar: A structural section through part of the east African Orogen. In M. Yoshida, B. Windley, & S. Dasgupta (Eds.), Proterozoic East Gondwana: Supercontinent assembly and breakup (Vol. 206, pp. 363-379). UK: Geographical Society of London. DOI Scopus37

Conference Papers

Year	Citation
2018	Farkas, J., Bullen, M., Cox, G., & Collins, A. (2018). Isotope Constraints on Intra-Basin Correlation and Depositional Settings of the Mid-Proterozoic Carbonates and Organic-Rich Shales in the Greater McArthur Basin, Northern Territory, Australia. In ASEG Extended Abstracts 2018(1) 1 - 6. Sydney, Australia.
2018	Farkas, J., Collins, A., Sarakhi, H., & Chakrabatri, R. (2018). Towards improved stratigraphy of Proterozoic Basins: Telling the time from a single glauconite grain based on in-situ Rb/Sr dating. In AGCC 2018 Abstracts (pp. 240). Adelaide, Australia.
2017	jepson., Glorie, S. M., konopelko., gillespie., danisik., evans, N. J., & collins. (2017). Formation and reactivation of the Pamir-Tian Shan suture: insights from apatite triple dating. In Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. Paris: Pergamon Press Ltd..
2013	Safonova, I., Seltmann, R., Sun, M., Kröner, A., Kislov, E., Kovach, V., & Collins, A. (2013). Continental construction in central Asia (IGCP-592): Scientific results and meetings in 2012. In Episodes Vol. 36 (pp. 227-234). GEOLOGICAL SOC INDIA. Scopus3 WoS3
2009	Raimondo, T., Clark, C., Hand, M., Faure, K., & Collins, A. (2009). Deep intracontinental fluid flow in the Alice Springs Orogen, central Australia. In Geological Society of Australia (pp. 37). Sydney: SGGMP.
2008	Raimondo, T., Collins, A., Hand, M., Walker-Hallam, A., Smithies, H., & Evins, P. (2008). A kinematic, metamorphic and geochronological framework for intracratonic reworking in the Western Musgrave Block, Central Australia: Evidence for lower crustal extrusion. In Australian Earth Sciences Convention. Australia: Geological Society of Australia Inc.
2006	Collins, A., Clark, C., Santosh, M., Sajeev, K., Kropinski, K., McKenzie, S., . . . Kinny, P. (2006). The Mozambique ocean suture in southern India: Age and significance of granulites in the Palghat-Cauvery shear zone system. In Australian Earth Science Convention 2006 (pp. www1-www3). Melbourne, Vic, Australia: Geological Society of Australia.
2006	Clark, C., Collins, A., Wade, B., Kelsey, D., Payne, J., Santosh, M., & Hand, M. (2006). Coupling accessory mineral chemistry and geochronology with calculated phase diagrams: An example from the UHT Palghat Cauvery shear system Southern India. In Granulites and Granulites, 10-12 July, 2006 (pp. 22). Brasília, Brazil.
2004	Collins, A. (2004). A report on the International Field Workshop to the Southern Granulite Terrane of India (February 18-25, 2004) organized by the National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad. In Gondwana Research - Volume 7, Issue 4 Vol. 7 (pp. 1248-1249). Netherlands: Elsevier. DOI
2003	Janssen, D., Collins, A., & Fitzsimons, I. (2003). Structure and tectonics of the Leeuwin Complex and Darling fault zone southern Pinjarra Orogen Western Australia - A field guide. In Geological Society of Australia Specialist Group in Tectonics and Structural Geology Field Guide No 12 - Western Australia Geological Survey, Record 2003/15.
1999	Collins, A. S., & Robertson, A. H. F. (1999). Evolution of the Lycian Allochthon, western Turkey, as a north-facing Late Palaeozoic to Mesozoic rift and passive continental margin. In Proceedings of the 3rd International Turkish Geology Symposium, as published in Geological Journal Vol. 34 (pp. 107-138). Ankara, TURKEY: Wiley. DOI Scopus96 WoS92

Conference Items

Year	Citation
2016	Gillespie, J., Glorie, S., Jepson, G., Priyatkina, N., Khudoley, A., & Collins, A. (2016). Thermotectonic history of the Yenisey Ridge, Siberia. Poster session presented at the meeting of Thermochronology and Noble Gas Geochemistry and Geochronology Organization Workshop 2016: TANG3O [Abstract volume]. Curtin University, Perth.
2016	Gillespie, J., Glorie, S., Zhang, Z. Y., Xiao, W. J., & Collins, A. (2016). Exhuming the Chinese Eastern Tianshan. Poster session presented at the meeting of AESC. Adelaide.
2016	Glorie, S. M., Agostino, K., Dutch, R., Pawley, M., Danisik, M., Evans, N. J., . . . Collins, A. S. (2016). Late Proterozoic - Phanerozoic intracontinental reactivation and differential exhumation of the eastern Musgrave Province: insights from low-temperature thermochronology. Poster session presented at the meeting of AESC 2016. Adelaide.
2016	Hall, J. W., Glorie, S. M., collins, A. S., Reddy, M., Trenouth, C., Evans, N. J., & Reid, A. (2016). Low-Temperature Thermal Histories of the Northern and Eastern Gawler Craton. Poster session presented at the meeting of AESC 2016.
2016	Collins, A. S., Acott, J., Lloyd, J., Payne, J., Glorie, S. M., Holford, S., . . . Jourdan, F. (2016). U-Pb and Hf Zircon Data Sources the New Zealand Torlesse and the Ceduna SubBasin Sediment Origin to Queensland, Indicating Widespread Mesozoic Erosion and Sediment Distribution. Poster session presented at the meeting of AESC 2016.
2016	Fernie, N., Glorie, S., Jessell, M., De Grave, J., & Collins, A. S. (2016). Constraining Gondwana break-up and associated rift-shoulder exhumation of the Ghanese continental margin using fission track thermochronology. Poster session presented at the meeting of AESC 2016.
2016	Jepson, G., Glorie, S., Konopelko, D., Mirkamalov, R., Danisik, M., Evans, N., . . . Gillespie, J. (2016). A thermochronological transect through the Western Tian Shan (Uzbekistan and Tajikistan). Poster session presented at the meeting of AESC 2016.
2016	Hall, J., Glorie, S., Collins, A. S., & Reid, A. (2016). An Apatite U-Pb map for the northern Gawler Craton: Preliminary results. Poster session presented at the meeting of TANG3O 2016.
2016	Hall, J., Glorie, S. M., reid, A., Collins, A. S., Jourdan, F., & Evans, N. (2016). Thermochronological history of the northern Olympic Domain. Poster session presented at the meeting of TANG3O 2016. Perth.
2016	Armistead, S. E., Collins, A. S., Mansfield, W. H., Santosh, M., & Shaji, E. (2016). A re-evaluation of the Kumta Suture in southwest India and its extension into Madagascar. Poster session presented at the meeting of AESC Abstracts. Adelaide, Australia.
2016	Armistead, S., Collins, A. S., Mansfield, W. H., Santosh, M., & Shaji, E. (2016). A re-evaluation of the Kumta Suture in southwest India and its extension into Madagascar. Poster session presented at the meeting of 35th International Geological Congress. Cape Town, South Africa. DOI
2015	Dew, R. E. C., King, R., Collins, A., Arboit, F., Morley, C. K., & Glorie, S. (2015). Stratigraphy of deformed Permian carbonate reefs in Saraburi Province of Thailand. Poster session presented at the meeting of The 4th International Symposium of the International Geosciences Programme (IGCP) Project 589 Abstract Volume. Bangkok, Thailand.
2014	Glorie, S. M., & Collins, A. (2014). The South Australian Thermochron Hub: Objectives, Facilities & Preliminary Results. Poster session presented at the meeting of TANGO meeting. Brisbane.
2009	Hand, M., Raimondo, T., Collins, A., & Kelsey, D. (2009). Intracratonic orogeny in central Australia. Poster session presented at the meeting of Proceedings of the Geological Society of Australia. Sydney: Specialist Group for Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Petrology.

Theses

Year Citation
2015 Alessio, B. L. (2015). The structural and metamorphic evolution of the Neoproterozoic basement in Jebel Ja'alan, east Oman. (Undergraduate Dissertation).

Year	Citation
2015	Alessio, B. L. (2015). The structural and metamorphic evolution of the Neoproterozoic basement in Jebel Ja'alan, east Oman. (Undergraduate Dissertation).

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Current Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2018	Principal Supervisor	Provenance, Basin Analysis and Isotopic History of the Tonian-Cryogenian Flinders Ranges	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Jarred Cain Lloyd
2018	Co-Supervisor	Paleoenvironments of the Tonian-Cryogenian of the Adelaide Basin	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Georgina Mitford Virgo
2018	Co-Supervisor	Low Temperature Thermal Evolution of the McArthur Basin and Associated Basement Terrane	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Angus Leslie Nixon
2017	Principal Supervisor	Crustal Evolution of the Dharwar Craton, India	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Venkata Pavan Katuru
2017	Principal Supervisor	Novel Geochemical and Geochronological tools for Cu-Au mineralization	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Ahmad Abdullah A Redaa
2016	Principal Supervisor	Provenance and Tectonic Evolution of the McArthur Basin, Northern Territory	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Bo Yang
2016	Principal Supervisor	Neoproterozoic Geology of Zambia	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Brandon Luke Alessio
2015	Principal Supervisor	Structure and Tectonic Evolution of Gondwana Amalgamation	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Sheree Armistead
2015	Co-Supervisor	Tectonic Evolution of the Zambezi Belt - East African Orogen	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Jack Alexander Gillespie
2015	Principal Supervisor	Palaeogeography and Tectonic Evolution of Indochina	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Romana Elysium Carthew Dew

Past Higher Degree by Research Supervision (University of Adelaide)

Date	Role	Research Topic	Program	Degree Type	Student Load	Student Name
2015 - 2018	Co-Supervisor	The thermochronological evolution of the northern Gawler Craton and northern Adelaide Rift Complex	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr James William Hall
2015 - 2018	Co-Supervisor	The Low-Temperature Tectonic Evolution of the Western Tian Shan (Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Tajikistan)	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Gilby Mats Jepson
2014 - 2018	Principal Supervisor	The Isotopic Evolution of the Northern East African Orogen	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Dr Morgan Lee Blades
2013 - 2018	Co-Supervisor	Petrology and Geochemistry of Sangeang Api and Recent Volcanism in The Sumbawa-Flores Sector of The Sunda Arc: The Response of Along-Arc Geochemistry to Subduction Processes	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Benjamin James Cooke
2013 - 2016	Principal Supervisor	The Stenian-Cambrian Tectonic Evolution of Central Madagascar	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Donnelly Brian Archibald
2013 - 2016	Principal Supervisor	The Tectonic Evolution of Khao Khwang Fold-Thrust Belt, Central Thailand: new Insights into the Permian and Triassic Evolution of the Indosinian Orogeny in SE Asia	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Francesco Arboit
2013 - 2018	Co-Supervisor	Proterozoic Crustal Growth in the Southeastern Gawler Craton; The Development of the Barossa Complex, and an Assessment of the Detrital Zircon Method	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Kieran Meaney
2012 - 2016	Principal Supervisor	Constraints on the timing and physical conditions of shale detachment faulting using natural examples	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Dr Rowan Lawrence Hansberry
2010 - 2014	Co-Supervisor	Geochronological and Geochemical Constraints on the Lithospheric Evolution of the Arabian Shield, Saudi Arabia: Understanding Plutonic Rock Petrogenesis in an Accretionary Orogen	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Frank Alexander Robinson
2009 - 2012	Principal Supervisor	Elemental, Sotopic and Molecular Signatures of Early Cambrian Marine Sediments and a Phantom Petroleum System in South Australia	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Tony Hall
2009 - 2014	Principal Supervisor	The tectonic evolution of the Southern Granulite Terrane of India and its role in the amalgamation of Gondwana	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Diana Plavsa
2009 - 2013	Principal Supervisor	Supercontinents and Glaciation: a perspective from western Gondwana	Doctor of Philosophy under a Jointly-awarded Degree Agreement with	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Ben McGee
2008 - 2011	Co-Supervisor	The Architecture and Evolution of Intracontinental orogens: a structural, metamorphic and geochemical characterisation	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Tom Raimondo
2008 - 2017	Principal Supervisor	A Geochronological U-Pb Zircon La-ICPMS Age and Provenance Study of Wanni, Highland and Vijayan Complexes of Sri Lanka and Proterozoic Pranhita-Godavari Purana Basin of India Unveils Origin of Sri Lanka	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Mr Udeni Bandara Amarasinghe
2006 - 2011	Principal Supervisor	Palaeoproterozoic eclogite formation in Tanzania: a structural, geochronological, thermochronological and metamorphic study of the Usgaran and Ubende orogenic belts	Doctor of Philosophy	Doctorate	Full Time	Miss Rachael Brick

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Memberships

Date	Role	Membership	Country
2007 - ongoing	Member	Petroleum Exploration Society of Australia	Australia
2005 - ongoing	Member	Adelaide University Geological Society	Australia
1999 - ongoing	Member	Geological Society of Australia	Australia

Editorial Boards

Date	Role	Editorial Board Name	Institution	Country
2016 - ongoing	Board Member	Geological Magazine	—	United Kingdom
2007 - ongoing	Board Member	Precambrian Research	—	—
2003 - ongoing	Associate Editor	Gondwana Research	—	—
2000 - ongoing	Board Member	Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences (Advisory Board Member)	—	—

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Phone: 83133174
Email: alan.collins@adelaide.edu.au
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Building: Mawson Laboratories, floor B
Room: B 45
Org Unit: Earth Sciences

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