Biography
- 2013 - Professor of Geology, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Portsmouth.
- 2007-2017, Head of School, School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Portsmouth.
- 2003-2013 Reader, School of Earth & Environmental Sciences, University of Portsmouth.
- 1982-2003 Lecturer/Senior Lecturer/Principal Lecturer/Reader, Department of Geology, Oxford Polytechnic/Oxford Brookes University.
- 1978-1982 University of Keele, Staffordshire (graduated PhD; thesis title: “Geology of the Moine rocks of the Loch Eil area, West Inverness-shire”).
- 1975-1978 University College of Wales, Aberystwyth (graduated BSc Hons in Geology, Upper Second Class).
Research interests
- The nature of orogenic processes within the middle to lower continental crust.
- Mechanisms of granite emplacement in different structural settings.
- The application of geochronological techniques to date deformational and metamorphic events during orogeny.
- The evolution and reactivation history of major continental fault zones.
- The syn- to post-orogenic erosional history of mountain belts.
Research outputs
2024
Early Neoproterozoic (Tonian) subduction-related magmatism and tectonothermal activity in Shetland and northern mainland Scotland: implications for the tectonic evolution of northeast Laurentia, and Rodinia reconstructions
Bruand, E., Clark, C., Cutts, K. A., Fowler, M. B., Hand, M., Kinny, P. D., Millar, I. L., Strachan, R. A.
8 Nov 2024, In: Journal of the Geological Society. 182, 1, 21p., jgs2024-093
Coeval TTG and sanukitoid magmatism during the Rhyacian tectonic evolution of the Juiz de Fora Complex (São Francisco Paleocontinent, SE-Brazil)
Almeida, R., Bersan, S., Bruno, H., Chapman, G., Fowler, M., Heilbron, M., Lacerda, S., Marra de Souza, A., Mauri, S., Mottram, C., Neto, C., Paravidini, G., Storey, C., Strachan, R., de Abreu Marques, R.,
1 Nov 2024, In: Precambrian Research. 414, 21p., 107585
Late Tonian (c. 735 Ma) A-type granite magmatism on the passive margin of the São Francisco paleocontinent was coeval with outboard subduction
Bersan, S., Bruno, H., Chapman, G., Gomes, D. G. d. C., Heilbron, M., Mottram, C., Paravidini, G., Storey, C., Strachan, R., Valeriano, C. d. M.
1 Oct 2024, In: Precambrian Research. 413, 18p., 107578
U-Pb apatite geochronology shows multiple thermal overprints within the Neoarchean foreland basement of the Faroe-Shetland Terrane
Finlay, A. J., Holdsworth, R. E., Kirkland, C. L., Metcalfe, J. H., Strachan, R. A., Wray, D. S.
2 Sep 2024, In: Journal of the Geological Society. 181, 5, jgs2024-003
Maturation from oceanic arcs to continental crust: insights from Paleozoic magmatism in West Junggar, NW China
Chen, W., Fowler, M., Huang, H., Kerr, A. C., Strachan, R., Sun, M., Tao, Z., Wang, T., Xiao, W., Yin, J., Zhang, J.
1 Jun 2024, In: Earth-Science Reviews. 253, 19p., 104795
U-Pb geochronology and microstructural analysis of apatite within a Proterozoic crustal-scale shear zone, Outer Hebrides, NW Scotland
Chapman, G., Darling, J. R., Dunlop, J., Fowler, M., Metcalfe, J. H., Strachan, R. A.
6 May 2024, In: Journal of the Geological Society. 181, 20p., jgs2023-139
Speculations on the Paleozoic legacy of Gondwana amalgamation
Brendan Murphy, J., Casas, J. M., Cawood, P. A., Damian Nance, R., Dan, W., Heron, P. J., Javier Álvaro, J., Johnston, S. T., Matheson, E. J., Pufahl, P. K., Strachan, R. A.
1 May 2024, In: Gondwana Research. 129
Overprinting orogenic events, ductile extrusion and strain partitioning during Caledonian transpression, NW Mainland Shetland
Alvarez-Ruiz, D. T., Armitage, T. B., Dempsey, E. D., Holdsworth, R. E., Lloyd, G. E., Strachan, R. A., Walker, R. J.
1 Mar 2024, In: Journal of Structural Geology. 180, 29p., 105088