Projects per year
Personal profile
Biography
Sandy is Professor of Tectonics and Geodynamics in the School of Earth, Atmosphere and Environment, Faculty of Science. Before moving to Monash University he was Professor and Chair, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Toronto. Sandy was educated in Scotland (BSc Hons, University of Dundee) and Sweden (PhD, Uppsala University).
Consulting
I currently consult for Nuclear Waste Management Organization (Canada) and serve on their Adaptive Phase Management - Geoscientific Review Group.
In the past I have consulted for:
- Swedish Nuclear Fuels Ltd (SKB)
- Voisey's Bay Nickel Co. (INCO)
- Gartner Lee Ltd.
- AECOM Ltd.
- Azimuth Environmental Consulting Ltd.
- Atomic Energy Canada Ltd.
- Goldcorp Ltd.
Research interests
Sandy's research areas of interest are:
- Experimental Tectonics (aka Analogue Modelling)
- Rates and Dynamics of Magma Emplacement
- Precambrian Tectonics
- Intraplate Geodynamics
- Magmatic Arc Tectonics
- Pure and Applied Structural Geology
Supervision interests
I am actively seeking highly motivated students to work on challenging PhD projects in Experimental Tectonics (aka Analogue Modelling), structural controls on ore deposits and the mechanics of igneous intrusion. Projects can be laboratory or field focused or a mixture of both.
Monash teaching commitment
EAE 3511 Deformation of the Crust
EAE 2532 Field Geology
External positions
Professor, University of Toronto
Jul 1989 → Jul 2010Research area keywords
- Continental Tectonics
- Experimental Tectonics
- Fracture Analysis - Nuclear Waste Respositories
- Magma Emplacement and Migration
- Structural Controls on MIneralization
- Structural Geology
Network
Recent external collaboration on country/territory level. Dive into details by clicking on the dots or
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Evolution of Proterozoic multistage rift basins – key to mineral systems
Jessell, M., Gorczyk, W., Cruden, S., Rey, P. F., Lindsay, M., Betts, P., Salles, T., Aitken, A. R. A., Keep, M., Lang, S., Denyszyn, S., Gessner, K., Schmid, S., Occhipinti, S., Cameron, G., McCuaig, T., McCracken, S. & Subramanya, A.
22/07/20 → 21/07/24
Project: Research
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Magma transport dynamics and ore deposits
Cruden, S., Fiorentini, M., Barnes, S., Bunger, A. & Jackson, C. A. L.
Australian Research Council (ARC)
1/07/19 → 30/06/22
Project: Research
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Enabling 3D stochastic geological modelling
Ailleres, L., Jessell, M., de Kemp, E. A., Caumon, G., Wellmann, J. F., Armit, R., Droniou, J., Lindsay, M. D., Cui, T., Betts, P., Cruden, S., Kemp, C., Gessner, K., Spampinato, G. P. T., Harrison, M. & Kessler, H.
12/11/18 → 12/11/21
Project: Research
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Laboratory modelling of plate boundary transpression zones: Implications for fluid migration and earthquake hazards in continental crust
Cruden, S., Withers, M. & Riller, U.
1/03/20 → 28/02/21
Project: Research
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Advancing Mineral Exploration Models for Orogenic Gold Deposits
Tomkins, A., Cruden, S., Maas, R., Micklethwaite, S., Wilson, C., Cayley, R., Gibson, H. & Hitchman, S.
Australian Research Council (ARC), Monash University, University of Melbourne, University of Western Australia, Crocodile Gold Corp, Geological Survey of Victoria, Intrepid Geophysics, Newmarket Gold Victorian Holdings Pty Ltd
17/03/16 → 31/12/19
Project: Research
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Comment on: Geochronology of calcite-filled joints, southeast Canada: Insight into Late Cretaceous deformation of eastern North America – Jennifer Spalding, David A. Schneider and Julie Brown
Davis, D. W., Sutcliffe, C. N. & Cruden, A. R., Jun 2021, In: Terra Nova. 33, 3, p. 339-340 2 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment / Debate › Other › peer-review
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Inheritance of Penetrative Basement Anisotropies by Extension-Oblique Faults: Insights From Analogue Experiments
Samsu, A., Cruden, A. R., Molnar, N. E. & Weinberg, R. F., May 2021, In: Tectonics. 40, 5, 19 p., e2020TC006596.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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Laponite gels - visco-elasto-plastic analogues for geological laboratory modelling
Arachchige, U. N., Cruden, A. R. & Weinberg, R., 20 Apr 2021, In: Tectonophysics. 805, 16 p., 228773.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
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3-D Analog Modeling Constraints on Rifting in the Afar Region
Khalil, H. M., Capitanio, F. A., Betts, P. G. & Cruden, A. R., 1 Oct 2020, In: Tectonics. 39, 10, 23 p., e2020TC006339.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
4 Citations (Scopus) -
Dyke apertures record stress accumulation during sustained volcanism
Thiele, S. T., Cruden, A. R., Micklethwaite, S., Bunger, A. P. & Köpping, J., 1 Dec 2020, In: Scientific Reports. 10, 1, 9 p., 17335.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Open Access3 Citations (Scopus)
Press / Media
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Geologists use jelly, lasers and water to unravel mystery of volcanic eruption
19/05/15
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Research