Dr Morgan Blades

ARC Grant-Funded Researcher B

School of Physics, Chemistry and Earth Sciences

College of Sciences

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


Year Citation
2025 Loyola, C., Farkaš, J., Collins, A. S., Gilbert, S. E., Verdel, C., Löhr, S. C., . . . Haines, P. W. (2025). In situ Rb–Sr dating and REE analysis of glauconites and detrital feldspars from the Ediacaran/Cambrian strata: Centralian and Adelaide Superbasins, Australia. Precambrian Research, 427, 12 pages.
DOI Scopus1 WoS1
2025 Subarkah, D., Blades, M. L., Collins, A. S., Farkaš, J., & Virgo, G. M. (2025). Intermittent connectivity determines the oxygenation in the Favenc and lower Wilton packages of the greater McArthur Basin, northern Australia. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 1-20.
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2024 Subarkah, D., Nixon, A. L., Gilbert, S. E., Collins, A. S., Blades, M. L., Simpson, A., . . . Farkaš, J. (2024). Double dating sedimentary sequences using new applications of in-situ laser ablation analysis. Lithos, 480-481, 107649-1-107649-13.
DOI Scopus7 WoS8
2024 Hall, A. S., Holford, S., Schofield, N., Bunch, M., Collins, A. S., Blades, M. L., & Subarkah, D. (2024). The Derim Derim Dolerite, greater McArthur Basin, Australia: Using subsurface data to characterise a mesoproterozoic magma plumbing system. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 169, 107072.
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2024 Hall, A. S., Holford, S., Schofield, N., Bunch, M., Collins, A. S., Blades, M. L., & Subarkah, D. (2024). Corrigendum to ‘The Derim Derim Dolerite, greater McArthur Basin, Australia: Using subsurface data to characterise a Mesoproterozoic magma plumbing system’ [Mar. Petrol. Geol., 169 (2024)] (Marine and Petroleum Geology (2024) 169, (S0264817224003842), (10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2024.107072)). Marine and Petroleum Geology, 170, 1 page.
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2024 Löhr, S. C., Khazaie, E., Farkas, J., Baldermann, A., Gilbert, S., Maas, R., . . . Collins, A. S. (2024). Origin and Significance of Age Variability in the Glauconite Reference Material GL-O: Implications for In Situ Rb-Sr Geochronology. Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research, 49(1), 197-216.
DOI Scopus3 WoS3
2024 Khanna, A., Blades, M. L., & Collins, A. S. (2024). The Wattie Group of the Birrindudu Basin, northern Australia: a witness to the denudation of the Nuna-forming Isan/Chewings Orogeny. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 1-18.
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2023 Yang, B., Collins, A. S., Blades, M. L., & Jourdan, F. (2023). Orogens and detritus: unravelling the Mesoproterozoic tectonic geography of northern Australia through coupled detrital thermo- and geo-chronometers. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 1-19.
DOI Scopus8 WoS8
2023 Subarkah, D., Collins, A. S., Farkaš, J., Blades, M. L., Gilbert, S. E., Jarrett, A. J. M., . . . Giuliano, W. (2023). Characterising the economic Proterozoic Glyde Package of the greater McArthur Basin, northern Australia. Ore Geology Reviews, 158, 105499-1-105499-17.
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2023 Lloyd, J. C., Preiss, W. V., Collins, A. S., Virgo, G. M., Blades, M. L., Gilbert, S. E., . . . Amos, K. J. (2023). Geochronology and formal stratigraphy of the Sturtian Glaciation in the Adelaide Superbasin. Geological Magazine, 160(7), 1321-1344.
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2023 Redaa, A., Farkaš, J., Gilbert, S., Collins, A. S., Löhr, S., Vasegh, D., . . . Garbe‐Schönberg, D. (2023). Testing Nano‐Powder and Fused‐Glass Mineral Reference Materials for
In Situ Rb‐Sr Dating of Glauconite, Phlogopite, Biotite and Feldspar via
LA‐ICP‐MS/MS. Geostandards and Geoanalytical Research, 47(1), 23-48.

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2022 Lloyd, J. C., Collins, A. S., Blades, M. L., Gilbert, S. E., & Amos, K. J. (2022). Early Evolution of the Adelaide Superbasin. Geosciences, 12(4), 154-1-154-28.
DOI Scopus17 WoS17
2022 Subarkah, D., Nixon, A. L., Jimenez, M., Collins, A. S., Blades, M. L., Farkaš, J., . . . Holford, S. (2022). Supplementary material to "Constraining the geothermal parameters of in situ Rb–Sr dating on Proterozoic shales and its subsequent applications".
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2022 Subarkah, D., Nixon, A. L., Jimenez, M., Collins, A. S., Blades, M. L., Farkaš, J., . . . Holford, S. (2022). Constraining the geothermal parameters of in situ Rb–Sr dating on Proterozoic shales and its subsequent applications.
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2022 Cox, G. M., Collins, A. S., Jarrett, A. J. M., Blades, M. L., V. Shannon, A., Yang, B., . . . Baruch, E. T. (2022). A very unconventional hydrocarbon play: The Mesoproterozoic Velkerri Formation of northern Australia. AAPG Bulletin, 106(6), 1213-1237.
DOI Scopus25 WoS22
2022 Subarkah, D., Nixon, A. L., Jimenez, M., Collins, A. S., Blades, M. L., Farkaš, J., . . . Jarrett, A. (2022). Constraining the geothermal parameters of in situ Rb–Sr dating on Proterozoic shales and their subsequent applications. Geochronology, 4(2), 577-600.
DOI Scopus12 WoS10
2022 Merdith, A., Williams, S., Collins, A., Tetley, M., Mulder, J., Blades, M., . . . Müller, R. (2022). Extending full-plate tectonic models into deep time: Linking the Neoproterozoic and the Phanerozoic.
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2022 Subarkah, D., Blades, M. L., Collins, A. S., Farkaš, J., Gilbert, S., Löhr, S. C., . . . Zack, T. (2022). Unraveling the histories of Proterozoic shales through in situ Rb-Sr dating and trace element laser ablation analysis. Geology, 50(1), 66-70.
DOI Scopus35 WoS30
2022 Nixon, A. L., Glorie, S., Collins, A. S., Blades, M. L., Simpson, A., & Whelan, J. A. (2022). Inter-cratonic geochronological and geochemical correlations of the Derim Derim-Galiwinku/Yanliao reconstructed Large Igneous Province across the North Australian and North China cratons. Gondwana Research, 103, 473-486.
DOI Scopus19 WoS14
2021 Virgo, G. M., Collins, A. S., Amos, K. J., Farkaš, J., Blades, M. L., & Subarkah, D. (2021). Descending into the “snowball”: High resolution sedimentological and geochemical analysis across the Tonian to Cryogenian boundary in South Australia. Precambrian Research, 367, 106449-1-106449-28.
DOI Scopus7 WoS8
2021 Collins, A. S., Blades, M. L., Merdith, A. S., & Foden, J. D. (2021). Closure of the Proterozoic Mozambique Ocean was instigated by a late Tonian plate reorganization event. Communications Earth and Environment, 2(1), 75-1-75-7.
DOI Scopus50 WoS43
2021 Blades, M. L., Collins, A. S., Foden, J., Payne, J. L., Stüwe, K., Abu-Alam, T., . . . Hassan, M. (2021). Age and hafnium isotope evolution of Sudanese Butana and Chad illuminates the Stenian to Ediacaran evolution of the South and East Sahara. Precambrian Research, 362, 1-24.
DOI Scopus14 WoS12
2021 Merdith, A. S., Williams, S. E., Collins, A. S., Tetley, M. G., Mulder, J. A., Blades, M. L., . . . Müller, R. D. (2021). Extending full-plate tectonic models into deep time: linking the Neoproterozoic and the Phanerozoic. Earth-Science Reviews, 214, 103477.
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2020 Blades, M., Collins, A., Yang, B., Cruz, C., Cassidy, E., Payne, J., . . . Munson, T. (2020). Using detrital geochronology to unravel the Proterozoic greater McArthur Basin of Northern Australia.
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2020 Subarkah, D., Blades, M., Collins, A., Farkas, J., Yang, B., Cox, G., . . . Munson, T. (2020). Shale and carbonate geochemistry of the Proterozoic greater McArthur Basin, Australia..
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2020 Collins, A., Blades, M., Foden, J., Armistead, S., Razakamanana, T., Alessio, B., & Merdith, A. (2020). Pannotia didn’t exist, but the “Pannotian geodynamic cell” formed as the Mozambique Ocean closed and Gondwana amalgamated—the view from Arabia and the East African Orogen.
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2020 Blades, M., Alessio, B., Collins, A., Foden, J., Payne, J., Glorie, S. M., . . . Al-Khirbash, S. (2020). Unravelling the Neoproterozoic accretionary history of Oman, using an array of isotopic systems in zircon. Journal of the Geological Society, 177(2), 357-378.
DOI Scopus24 WoS20
2020 Foden, J., Elburg, M., Turner, S., Clark, C., Blades, M. L., Cox, G., . . . George, C. (2020). Cambro-Ordovician magmatism in the Delamerian orogeny: implications for tectonic development of the southern Gondwanan margin. Gondwana Research, 81, 490-521.
DOI Scopus41 WoS42
2020 Yang, B., Collins, A., Cox, G., Jarrett, A., Denyszyn, S., Blades, M., . . . Glorie, S. (2020). Using Mesoproterozoic sedimentary geochemistry to reconstruct basin tectonic geography and link organic carbon productivity to nutrient flux from a Northern Australian large igneous province. Basin Research, 32(6), 1734-1750.
DOI Scopus28 WoS27
2020 Armistead, S. E., Collins, A. S., Redaa, A., Jepson, G., Gillespie, J., Gilbert, S., . . . Razakamanana, T. (2020). Structural evolution and medium-temperature thermochronology of central Madagascar: implications for Gondwana amalgamation. Journal of the Geological Society, 177(4), 784-798.
DOI Scopus21 WoS17
2020 Lloyd, J. C., Blades, M. L., Counts, J. W., Collins, A. S., Amos, K. J., Wade, B. P., . . . Drabsch, M. (2020). Neoproterozoic geochronology and provenance of the Adelaide Superbasin. Precambrian Research, 350, 105849-1-105849-29.
DOI Scopus53 WoS55
2020 Yang, B., Collins, A., Blades, M., Munson, T., Payne, J., Glorie, S. M., & Farkas, J. (2020). Tectonic controls on sedimentary provenance and basin geography of the Mesoproterozoic Wilton package, McArthur Basin, northern Australia. Geological Magazine, 159(2), 1-20.
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2020 Collins, A., Blades, M., Merdith, A., & Foden, J. (2020). A late Tonian plate reorganization event: Using a deep-time full-plate global model to unravel Neoproterozoic tectonic convulsions.
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2019 Cox, G., Sansjofre, P., Blades, M., Farkas, J., & Collins, A. (2019). Dynamic interaction between basin redox and the biogeochemical nitrogen cycle in an unconventional proterozoic petroleum system. Scientific Reports, 9(1), 1-11.
DOI Scopus24 WoS21
2019 Yang, B., Collins, A. S., Blades, M., Capogreco, N., Payne, J. L., Munson, T. J., . . . Glorie, S. (2019). Middle-late Mesoproterozoic tectonic geography of the North Australia Craton: U–Pb and Hf isotopes of detrital zircon grains in the Beetaloo Sub-basin, Northern Territory, Australia. Journal of the Geological Society, 176(4):771(4), 771-784.
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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.
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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.
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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 Scopus69 WoS63
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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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- Collins, A., Yang, B., Cox, G., Blades, M., Jarrett, A., Denyszyn, S., . . . Glorie, S. (n.d.). Yang et al accepted manuscript - BRe - Kyalla geochem.pdf.
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Year Citation
2021 Collins, A. S., Blades, M. L., & Merdith, A. S. (2021). The Arabian–Nubian Shield Within the Neoproterozoic Plate Tectonic Circuit. In R. Oberhansli, F. Roure, & D. Freir (Eds.), Regional Geology Reviews (pp. 195-202). Springer International Publishing.
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Year Citation
2020 Lloyd, J., Blades, M., Counts, J., Collins, A., Amos, K., Hall, J., . . . Drabsch, M. (2020). The State-of-play of geochronology and provenance in the Neoproterozoic Adelaide Rift Complex. Poster session presented at the meeting of Unknown Conference.
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2018 Farkas, J., Collins, A., Sarakhi, H., Chakrabatri, R., Reeda, A., Loehr, S., . . . Zack, T. (2018). Towards improved stratigraphy of Proterozoic Basins: Telling the time from a single glauconite grain based on in-situ Rb/Sr dating. Poster session presented at the meeting of AGCC 2018 abstract volume. Adelaide, Australia: Australian Geoscience Council.
2018 Farkas, J., Cox, G., Blades, M., Gilbert, S., Wade, B., Collins, A., . . . Fryer, F. (2018). In-situ Rb-Sr dating of authigenic clays from soils and sediments: Potential and limitations. Poster session presented at the meeting of Geoanalysis 2018: scientific program and abstracts. Sydney, Australia: International Association of Geoanalytics.
- Collins, A., Blades, M., Yang, B., Subarkah, D., Nixon, A., Farkas, J., . . . Foden, J. (n.d.). AGES 2020 poster ARC Linkage team.pdf. Poster session presented at the meeting of Unknown Conference.
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Year Citation
2023 Lloyd, J., Preiss, W., Collins, A., Virgo, G., Blades, M., Gilbert, S., & Amos, K. (2023). Geochronology and formal stratigraphy of the Sturtian Glaciation in the Adelaide Superbasin.
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2022 Lloyd, J., Collins, A., Blades, M., Gilbert, S., & Amos, K. (2022). Late Tonian development and provenance of the Adelaide Superbasin.
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2022 Lloyd, J., Collins, A., Blades, M., Gilbert, S., & Amos, K. (2022). Early evolution of the Adelaide Superbasin.
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Year Citation
- Collins, A., Blades, M., merdith, A., & Foden, J. (n.d.). Cont Area vs Latitude Neopro - Collins et al ComEEnv.
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Year Citation
- Subarkah, D., Nixon, A., Lloreda, M. J., Collins, A., Blades, M., Farkas, J., . . . Jarrett, A. (n.d.). GCHRON-2022-8_SuppFigures.
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Year Citation
2022 Cox, G., Collins, A., Jarrett, A., Blades, M., Shannon, A., Yang, B., . . . Baruch, E. (2022). A very unconventional hydrocarbon play: the Mesoproterozoic Velkerri Formation of Northern Australia.
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2021 Collins, A., Blades, M., Merdith, A., & Foden, J. (2021). Closure of the Proterozoic Mozambique Ocean was instigated by a late Tonian plate reorganization event.
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Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2025 Co-Supervisor Analysis of the geochemistry, geochronology, sedimentology and mineral potential of the Arabian-Nubian Shield terranes of Saudi Arabia. Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Matthew Robert Barnett
2025 Co-Supervisor Proterozoic Tectonic Evolution of Southern Africa Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Debbie Titose Mfa
2025 Co-Supervisor Proterozoic Tectonic Evolution of Southern Africa Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Debbie Titose Mfa
2025 Co-Supervisor Analysis of the geochemistry, geochronology, sedimentology and mineral potential of the Arabian-Nubian Shield terranes of Saudi Arabia. Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Matthew Robert Barnett
2024 Co-Supervisor The pressure-temperature and topographic evolution of the East African Orogen. Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Kate Elizabeth Wilson
2024 Co-Supervisor The pressure-temperature and topographic evolution of the East African Orogen. Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Miss Kate Elizabeth Wilson
2022 Co-Supervisor Elemental and Novel Isotope Proxies for Salinity, Redox and Bioproductivity in the Greater McArthur Basin Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Ananyaa Deepak
2022 Co-Supervisor Elemental and Novel Isotope Proxies for Salinity, Redox and Bioproductivity in the Greater McArthur Basin Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Ms Ananyaa Deepak

Date Role Research Topic Program Degree Type Student Load Student Name
2019 - 2023 Co-Supervisor The sedimentary geochemistry and geochronology of the Proterozoic greater McArthur Basin, northern Australia Doctor of Philosophy Doctorate Full Time Mr Darwinaji Subarkah

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