Dr Carl Spandler uses petrology and geochemistry to research many different aspects of Earth Science, including the evolution of the Earth's mantle, the production of basaltic magmas, subduction zone processes, magmatic growth of island arcs and the formation of metalliferous ore deposits.  

His current research focuses on:

1. Hydrothermal mobility and concentration of rare earth elements in the crust. 

2. Crustal evolution of NE Australia and the SW Pacific

3. Geochemistry of high/ultrahigh pressure metamorphic rocks

4. Earth-scale geochemical cycling

Interests

Research

• subduction zone recycling and arc magmatism • high-pressure metamorphism • mantle geochemistry • basaltic magmatism • element diffusion in minerals • magmatic ore deposits • rare earth element ore deposits • experimental petrology • analytical geochemistry • tectonics of the SW Pacific • evolution of the Australian continent

Experience

• 2015 to 2020 - Associate Professor, James Cook University (Townsville)
• 2011 to 2014 - Senior Lecturer, James Cook University (Townsville)
• 2008 to 2010 - Lecturer, James Cook University (Townsville)
• 2006 to 2008 - Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Bern (Switzerland)
• 2005 to 2006 - APD Postdoctoral Fellow, Australian National University (Canberra, Australia)
• 2000 to 2005 - PhD student, Australian National University (Canberra, Australia)

Research Disciplines

• Geology (3705)
• Geochemistry (3703)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Expanding knowledge (2801)

Awards

• 2010 - Deans Excellence in Research Prize, Faculty of Science and Engineeering

Fellowships

• 2012 - Future Fellowship
• 2005 - Australian Postdoctoral Fellowship

Memberships

• 2012 - National Committee for Earth Sciences, Australian Academy of Science

Other

• 2012 - Treasurer/conference organiser for the Specialist Group for Geochemistry, Mineralogy and Petrology, Geological Society of Australia

These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.

Journal Articles

• Edgar A, Sanislav I, Dirks P and Spandler C (2022) Metamorphic diamond from the northeastern margin of Gondwana: Paradigm shifting implications for one of Earth’s largest orogens. Science Advances, 8 (27).
• Foley E, Roberts E, Henderson R, Todd C, Knutsen E and Spandler C (2022) Middle Jurassic–Lower Cretaceous stratigraphy of the northern Great Australian Superbasin: insights from maximum depositional age constraints from the U–Pb detrital zircon record. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 69 (7). pp. 929-952
• Henderson R, Spandler C, Foley E, Kemp A, Roberts E and Fisher C (2022) Early cretaceous tectonic setting of eastern Australia: Evidence from the subduction-related Morton Igneous Association of Southeast Queensland. Lithos, 410.
• Lawrence L, Spandler C, Hilbert-Wolf H, Mtelela C, Stevens N, O'connor P and Roberts E (2022) Radiogenic isotope record of magma genesis and lithospheric geodynamics of the Rukwa Rift Basin, Tanzania, from mid Mesozoic to present. Chemical Geology, 608.
• Yule C and Spandler C (2022) Geophysical and Geochemical Evidence for a New Mafic Magmatic Province Within the Northwest Shelf of Australia. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 23 (2).
• Zeng L, Zhao X, Spandler C, Hu H, Hu B, Li J and Hu Y (2022) Origin of high-Ti magnetite in magmatic-hydrothermal systems: evidence from iron oxide-apatite (IOA) deposits of eastern China. Economic Geology, 117 (4). pp. 923-942
• Behnsen H, Spandler C, Corral I, Chang Z and Dirks P (2021) Copper-gold fertility of arc volcanic rocks: a case study from the Early Permian Lizzie Creek Volcanic Group, NE Queensland, Australia. Economic Geology, 116 (5). pp. 1141-1159
• Decrausaz T, Müntener O, Manzotti P, Lafay R and Spandler C (2021) Fossil oceanic core complexes in the Alps. New field, geochemical and isotopic constraints from the Tethyan Aiguilles Rouges Ophiolite (Val d’Hérens, Western Alps, Switzerland). Swiss Journal of Geosciences, 114.
• Elliott M, Makhubela T, Brophy J, Churchill S, Peixotto B, Feuerriegel E, Morris H, Van Rooyen D, Ramalepa M, Tsikoane M, Kruger A, Spandler C, Kramers J, Roberts E, Dirks P, Hawks J and Berger L (2021) Expanded explorations of the Dinaledi Subsystem, Rising Star Cave System, South Africa. PaleoAnthropology, 2021 (1). pp. 15-22
• Foley E, Henderson R, Roberts E, Kemp A, Todd C, Knutsen E, Fisher C, Wainman C and Spandler C (2021) Jurassic Arc: reconstructing the lost world of eastern Gondwana. Geology, 49 (11). pp. 1391-1396
• Huang H, Guillong M, Hu Y and Spandler C (2021) Fine tuning laser focus for improved reproducibility of U-Pb isotope analysis by LA-ICP-MS. Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 36 (4). pp. 836-844
• Lawrence L, Spandler C, Roberts E and Hilbert-Wolf H (2021) Mineralogy and origin of the alkaline Nsungwe Formation tuffs of the Rukwa Rift Basin, southwestern Tanzania. Lithos, 380-381.

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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 91+ research outputs authored by A/Prof Carl Spandler from 2003 onwards.

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These Higher Degree Research projects are either current or by students who have completed their studies within the past 5 years at JCU. Linked titles show theses available within ResearchOnline@JCU.

Current

• Genesis and Economic Potential of Mafic-Ultramafic Complexes in North Eastern Queensland (PhD , Secondary Advisor/AM)
• Base Metal Genesis, Geology, and Structural Evolution of the Central Tommy Creek Domain, Mt Isa Inlier (PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
• Establishing a Tectonic Framework for the Cretaceous break-up of Eastern Gondwana: Insights from Papua New Guinea and Offshore Geology of the Coral and Tasman Seas. (PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
• Mineral indicators of magma fertility in the Eastern Succession of the Mt Isa Inlier (PhD , Secondary Advisor/AM)

Completed

• Mesozoic detrital zircon provenance of Central Africa: implications for Jurassic-Cretaceous tectonics, paleogeography and landscape evolution (2019, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Petrology of the Gifford Creek Carbonatite Complex and the Yangibana LREE district, Western Australia: new insights from isotope geochemistry and geochronology (2019, PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
• Millennial-scale rates of erosion and change in relief in north Queensland using cosmogenic nuclide ¹⁰Be (2019, PhD , Primary Advisor)
• The giant Antamina deposit, Peru: intrusive sequence, skarn formation, and mineralisation (2018, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• The origin and evolution of heavy rare earth element mineralisation in the Browns Range area, Northern Australia (2018, PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
• Paragenesis and zonation of alteration minerals, from root to base of lithocap, of the Far Southeast porphyry copper-gold deposit, Philippines (2020, Masters , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
• Magma fertility related to Au - Cu mineralisation: evaluating the potential for linked porphyry Cu - Au deposits at depths, North Queensland, Australia (2018, Masters , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
• Geochemistry and origin of explosive alkaline volcanism in the early Rukwa Rift, southwestern Tanzania (2021, PhD , Primary Advisor/AM/Adv)
• Bentonite geochronology and tephrostratigraphy for litho- and chronostratigraphic refinement of fossiliferous Campanian strata in western North America (2022, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• The sedimentary evolution of Permian to Cretaceous basins in Queensland, Australia: insights from lithostratigraphy, U–Pb zircon geochronology, sedimentary facies, and provenance analysis (2020, PhD , Secondary Advisor)

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• Spandler, C. (2015) Experimental study of trace element release during ultrahigh-pressure serpentinite dehydration. James Cook University
• Holm, R. (2015) Hafnium isotope data for the Simuku Igneous Complex, New Britain, Papua New Guinea. James Cook University
• Spandler, C. (2012) Carbonate assimilation during magma evolution at Nisyros (Greece), South Aegean Arc: evidence from clinopyroxenite xenoliths data. James Cook University
• Spandler, C. (2011) Rates of element diffusion in olivine and implications for the deep structure of the Earth. James Cook University
• Spandler, C. (2011) Fluid flow in metamorphic rocks from the Western Alps, Italy. James Cook University

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