Alexander De Vries Van Leeuwen

Research Interests

Geochemistry Geochronology Geology Geothermics and Radiometrics Igneous and Metamorphic Petrology Isotope Geochemistry Tectonics

Dr Alexander De Vries Van Leeuwen

Externally-Funded Research Fellow (A)

School of Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences

College of Science

I am a geologist with research interests in petrology, metamorphism, tectonics, geochronology, and geochemistry. My research to date has focused on unravelling the thermal evolution of regions that have experienced complex, high-grade metamorphism via the application of various petrochronological methods.

My current research is focused on understanding the geological framework of the central-western Gawler Craton with particular emphasis on the genesis of gold mineralisation in the region. 

Date Position Institution name
2022 - ongoing Postdoctoral Researcher University of Adelaide

Date Type Title Institution Name Country Amount
2022 Award Mike Brown Annual Early Career JMG Research Paper Prize Journal of Metamorphic Geology United States -

Language Competency
English Can read, write, speak, understand spoken and peer review

Date Institution name Country Title
2018 - 2023 University of South Australia Australia Doctor of Philosophy
2014 - 2017 University of Adelaide Australia Bachelor of Science (Hons)

Year Citation
2025 Bedoya, A., Glorie, S., Hand, M., Kirkland, C. L., & De Vries Van Leeuwen, A. T. (2025). In situ Rb-Sr insights in the cooling history of the Petermann Orogeny, Central Australia. Geoscience Frontiers, 16(4), 102080-1-102080-15.
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2025 De Vries Van Leeuwen, A., Glorie, S., Hand, M., Mulder, J., & Gilbert, S. (2025). A comparison between in situ monazite Lu-Hf and U-Pb geochronology. Geochronology, 7(2), 199-211.
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2024 Brown, D. A., Reid, A., Jagodzinski, E. A., Williams, M., Simpson, A., Pawley, M., . . . Glorie, S. (2024). Testing in-situ apatite Lu-Hf dating in polymetamorphic mafic rocks: a case study from Palaeoproterozoic southern Australia. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 179(5), 46-1-46-25.
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2023 De Vries Van Leeuwen, A. T., Raimondo, T., Morrissey, L. J., Hand, M., Hasterok, D., Clark, C., & Anczkiewicz, R. (2023). Radiogenic heat production drives Cambrian–Ordovician metamorphism of the Curnamona Province, south-Central Australia: Insights from petrochronology and thermal modelling. Lithos, 446-447, 107137-1-107137-18.
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2022 Doolette, C. L., Howard, D. L., Afshar, N., Kewish, C. M., Paterson, D. J., Huang, J., . . . Lombi, E. (2022). Tandem Probe Analysis Mode for Synchrotron XFM: Doubling Throughput Capacity. Analytical Chemistry, 94(11), 4584-4593.
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2022 De Vries Van Leeuwen, A. T., Morrissey, L. J., Raimondo, T., & Hand, M. (2022). Prolonged high thermal gradient metamorphism in the Curnamona Province, south-central Australia, during the latter stages of Nuna assembly. Precambrian Research, 378, 1-24.
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2022 Nixon, A., Glorie, S., Fernie, N., Hand, M., De Vries Van Leeuwen, A., Collins, A., . . . Fraser, G. (2022). Intracontinental reactivation in high heat production areas of central Australia: insights from apatite fission track thermochronology. G3: Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems: an electronic journal of the earth sciences, 23(12), 22 pages.
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2021 De Vries Van Leeuwen, A. T., Hand, M., Morrissey, L. J., & Raimondo, T. (2021). Th‐U powered metamorphism: thermal consequences of a chemical hotspot. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 39(5), 541-565.
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2019 De Vries Van Leeuwen, A. T., Morrissey, L. J., Kelsey, D. E., & Raimondo, T. (2019). Recognition of Pan-African-aged metamorphism in the Fisher Terrane, central Prince Charles Mountains, East Antarctica. Journal of the Geological Society, 176(4), 785-798.
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Year Citation
2024 De Vries Van Leeuwen, A. T., Glorie, S., Hand, M., Mulder, J., & Gilbert, S. E. (2024). A comparison between in situ monazite Lu–Hf and U–Pb geochronology.
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