Sandy Cruden

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 2010

Research area keywords

Continental Tectonics
Experimental Tectonics
Fracture Analysis - Nuclear Waste Respositories
Magma Emplacement and Migration
Structural Controls on MIneralization
Structural Geology

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Projects

3 Finished
3 Active

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

Magma transport dynamics and ore deposits

Cruden, S., Fiorentini, M., Barnes, S., Bunger, A. & Jackson, C.

Australian Research Council (ARC)

28/06/19 → 27/06/22

Project: Research

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

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 → 17/03/20

Project: Research

Australian Virtual Experimental Laboratory: a multimode geoscience facility

Foley, S. F., Mavrogenes, J. A., Putnis, A., Brugger, J., Clark, S. M., O'Neill, S., Cruden, S. & Evans, K. A.

Macquarie University, Australian National University , Curtin University, Monash University

1/01/16 → 31/12/16

Project: Other

Research Output

89 Article
17 Abstract
4 Chapter (Book)
2 Conference Paper
6 More

Hydrochronology of a proposed deep geological repository for low-and intermediate-level nuclear waste in southern Ontario from U–Pb dating of secondary minerals: Response to silurian and cretaceous events

Davis, D. W., Sutcliffe, C. N., Thibodeau, A. M., Spalding, J., Schneider, D., Cruden, A., Adams, J., Parmenter, A., Jensen, M. & Zajacz, Z., Apr 2020, In : Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 57, 4, p. 464-476 13 p.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review