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

Teaching

• EA2220: Minerals and Magmas (Level 2; TSV)
• EA2900: Introductory Field Geology (Level 2; CNS & TSV)
• EA3100: Igneous Petrology and Processes (Level 3; TSV)
• EA3130: Advanced Petrology (Level 3; TSV)
• EA3400: Ore Genesis (Level 3; TSV)
• EA5041: Igneous Petrology and Processes (Level 5; TSV)
• EA5330: Field Techniques (Level 5; TSV)

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 present - 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 (0403)
• Geochemistry (0402)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• Expanding Knowledge (9701)
• Mineral Exploration (8401)

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

• Nazari-Dehkordi T, Spandler C, Oliver N and Wilson R (2018) Unconformity-related rare earth element deposits: a regional-scale hydrothermal mineralization type of northern Australia. Economic Geology, 113 (6). pp. 1297-1305
• Taetz S, John T, Broecker M, Spandler C and Stracke A (2018) Fast intraslab fluid-flow events linked to pulses of high pore fluid pressure at the subducted plate interface. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 482. pp. 33-43
• Babo J, Spandler C, Oliver N, Brown M, Rubenach M and Creaser R (2017) The high-grade Mo-Re Merlin deposit, Cloncurry District, Australia: paragenesis and geochronology of hydrothermal alteration and ore formation. Economic Geology, 112. pp. 397-422
• Dirks P, Roberts E, Hilbert-Wolf H, Kramers J, Hawks J, Dossetto A, Duval M, Elliott M, Evans M, Grün R, Hellstrom J, Herries A, Joannes-Boyau R, Makhubela T, Placzek C, Robbins J, Spandler C, Wiersma J, Woodhead J and Berger L (2017) The age of Homo naledi and associated sediments in the Rising Star Cave, South Africa. eLife, 6. pp. 1-59
• Nazari-Dehkordi T, Spandler C, Oliver N, Chapman J and Wilson R (2017) Provenance, tectonic setting and source of Archean metasedimentary rocks of the Browns Range Metamorphics, Tanami Region, Western Australia. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 64 (6). pp. 723-741
• Pirard C and Spandler C (2017) The zircon record of high-pressure metasedimentary rocks of New Caledonia: implications for regional tectonics of the south-west Pacific. Gondwana Research, 46. pp. 79-94
• Spandler C, Hammerli J and Yaxley G (2017) An experimental study of trace element distribution during partial melting of mantle heterogeneities. Chemical Geology, 462. pp. 74-87
• Hammerli J, Spandler C and Oliver N (2016) Element redistribution and mobility during upper crustal metamorphism of metasedimentary rocks: an example from the eastern Mount Lofty Ranges, South Australia. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 171. pp. 1-21
• Jollands M, Hermann J, O'Neill H, Spandler C and Padrón-Navarta J (2016) Diffusion of Ti and some divalent cations in olivine as a function of temperature, oxygen fugacity, chemical potentials and crystal orientation. Journal of Petrology, 57 (10). pp. 1983-2009
• Spandler C and Morris C (2016) Geology and genesis of the Toongi rare metal (Zr, Hf, Nb, Ta, Y and REE) deposit, NSW, Australia, and implications for rare metal mineralization in peralkaline igneous rocks. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 171 (12). pp. 1-24
• Spandler C (2016) Mineral supertrumps: a new card game to assist learning of mineralogy. Journal of Geoscience Education, 64 (2). pp. 108-114

Conference Papers

• Corral I, Chang Z, Behnsen H, Sahlström F, Spandler C, Pocock M and Hewitt D (2016) The Capsize porphyry prospect, NE Queensland, Australia: a Paleozoic linked porphyrylithocap system. Goldschmidt Conference Abstracts 2016. In: Goldschmidt Conference 2016, 26 June-1 July, Yokohama, Japan

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ResearchOnline@JCU stores 61+ research outputs authored by A/Prof Carl Spandler from 2003 onwards.

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Current

• Fluids in the lower crust: storage and mobilization (PhD , Secondary Advisor/AM)
• Bentonite Tephrostratigraphy and High-Precision Geochronology of Richly Fossiliferous Upper Cretaceous Continental Strata in the Western Interior Basin, North America (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Zonation, paragenesis and fluid evolution from the root to the top of the Far Southeast porphyry deposit, Mankayan district, Philippines (Masters , Primary Advisor/AM)
• Petrology of the Gifford Creek Carbonatite Complex and the Yangibana LREE district, Western Australia: New insights from isotope geochemistry and geochronology (PhD , Primary Advisor/AM)
• Revealing the Enigmatic Alkaline Volcanism of the Rukwa Rift through Weather Resistant Minerals and their Inclusions (PhD , Primary Advisor/AM)
• Base Metal Genesis, Stratigraphy and Structural Evolution of the Central Tommy Creek Domain, Mt Isa Inlier (PhD , Primary Advisor/AM)
• Timing of hydrothermal activity and mineralization in the Mt Isa inlier using U-Pb dating of titanite (PhD , Primary Advisor/AM)
• Stratigraphy and Sedimentary Basin Analysis of Queensland's Jurassic to Cretaceous Basins, and the application of U-Pb Detrital Zircon Geochronology to Reconstruct Tectonic History and Palaeodrainage Evolution. (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Mesozoic detrital zircon provenance of Central Africa: Implications for Jurassic-Cretaceous tectonics, paleogeography and landscape evolution. (PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• 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 , Secondary Advisor)

Completed

• Gold-bismuth occurrences in the Kennedy igneous province, North Queensland: constraints on tectonic, magmatic and hydrothermal processes in intrusion-related gold deposits (2015, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• 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)
• The Origin and Evolution of Heavy Rare Earth Element Mineralisation in the Browns Range Area, Northern Australia (2018, PhD , Primary Advisor/AM)
• The Giant Antamina Deposit, Peru: Intrusive Sequence, Skarn Formation, and Mineralisation (2018, PhD , Secondary Advisor)
• Using microanalysis of minerals to track geochemical processes during metamorphism: examples from the Mary Kathleen fold belt, Queensland, and the Eastern Mt. Lofty Ranges, South Australia (2014, PhD , Primary Advisor)
• The high grade Mo-Re Merlin deposit, Cloncurry district, Australia (2014, PhD , Primary Advisor)
• Tectono-metamorphic evolution of the high-temperature low-pressure (HTLP) Cooma Metamorphic Complex, Lachlan Fold Belt, S. E. Australia (2014, PhD , Associate 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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