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Professor Thomas Blenkinsop
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Teams and roles for Thomas Blenkinsop
Professor in Earth Science
Overview
Interests
Faults in the Earth's crust affect us daily in many ways. Apart from their role as the focus of earthquakes, in the past movement of fluids along faults has mineral deposts. I am interested in all aspects of how the crust deforms, mineral deposits, and plate tectonics.
- Structural Geology
- Hydrothermal mineral deposits
- Faults, fluid flow, brecciation and granular flow
- Surfaces processes and tectonics
- Archean tectonics
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Publication
2026
- Blenkinsop, T. 2026. How variations in intraplate stresses affect slip and dilation tendencies of faults: The onshore United Kingdom example. Journal of Structural Geology 202 105571. (10.1016/j.jsg.2025.105571)
2025
- Albrkawy, A. I. , Alves, T. M. and Blenkinsop, T. 2025. Tectono-stratigraphy of the Shushan Basin, Western Desert, Egypt: A window into the evolution of the SE Mediterranean province. Marine and Petroleum Geology 177 107387. (10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2025.107387)
- Brits, J. A. N. et al., 2025. Structural context of the Flatreef in the Northern Limb of the Bushveld Complex. Mineralium Deposita 60 , pp.261-280. (10.1007/s00126-024-01289-w)
- Brown, A. , Spandler, C. and Blenkinsop, T. G. 2025. Evidence for a Proterozoic carbonatite system in the Mount Isa Province, Australia. Precambrian Research 422 107784. (10.1016/j.precamres.2025.107784)
- Johnston, K. L. et al., 2025. Naturally deformed polymineralic rocks provide quantitative rheological information. Journal of Structural Geology 200 105539. (10.1016/j.jsg.2025.105539)
- Li, S. et al., 2025. Formation of the Shuixie Cu-Co ore district in response to structural reactivation during block rotation in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau. Mineralium Deposita 60 , pp.1595-1621. (10.1007/s00126-025-01362-y)
- Moore, A. E. et al., 2025. Tectonic triggers for the intrusion of the great dyke (Zimbabwe) and Bushveld Complex (South Africa). South African Journal of Geology 128 (1), pp.73-90. (10.25131/sajg.128.0002)
- Thompson, E. S. et al., 2025. Magmatic stratigraphy and platinum group element mineralization at Tweefontein, Northern Bushveld Complex: Evidence of a complex intrusion history of lower, critical, and main zone magmas. Economic Geology 120 (1), pp.1-27. (10.5382/econgeo.5123)
- Thompson, E. S. et al., 2025. Magmatic stratigraphy of the Deep Platreef at Sandsloot, Northern Bushveld Complex: carbonate contamination and controls on Ni-Cu-Platinum group element mineralization. Economic Geology 120 (4), pp.977-1000. (10.5382/econgeo.5163)
- Thompson, E. S. et al., 2025. The effects of carbonate contamination on Ni-Cu-PGE deposit genesis in the Platreef, northern Bushveld Complex: A case study using Niggli numbers. Chemical Geology 671 122481. (10.1016/j.chemgeo.2024.122481)
2024
- De Caroli, S. et al. 2024. Deformation microstructures of low- and high-strain epidote-blueschist (Ryukyu arc, Japan): Implications for subduction interface rheology. Journal of Structural Geology 180 105041. (10.1016/j.jsg.2023.105041)
- Mamuse, A. , von der Heyden, B. P. and Blenkinsop, T. 2024. Zimbabwe's coloured gemstone endowments - A regional geological overview. Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy 124 (1), pp.33-42. (10.17159/2411-9717/2600/2024)
- Wang, X. et al., 2024. Impacts of WWII bomb explosions on weathering damage of architectural heritage: Bath, England. Heritage Science 12 (1) 157. (10.1186/s40494-024-01262-w)
- Wedmore, L. N. et al., 2024. The early onset of magmatic rift faulting in the Edward-George Rift, Uganda. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 638 118762. (10.1016/j.epsl.2024.118762)
- Williams, B. J. and Blenkinsop, T. G. 2024. Desurveying drillholes: Methods for calculating drillhole orientation and position, and the effects of drillhole length and rock anisotropy on deviation. Computers & Geosciences 192 105684. (10.1016/j.cageo.2024.105684)
- Williams, B. and Blenkinsop, T. 2024. Strain in sulphide filled foliation boudinage structures at the Mount Isa Cu deposit, Australia. Journal of Structural Geology 179 105034. (10.1016/j.jsg.2023.105034)
- Zhang, H. , Blenkinsop, T. and Hou, Z. 2024. The Baiyangping vein-type polymetallic mineralization as a response to shear zone development and block rotation in SE Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Structural Geology 189 105272. (10.1016/j.jsg.2024.105272)
2023
- Blenkinsop, T. G. 2023. Triaxial stress and failure modes in hydrothermal mineral systems. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences 70 (7), pp.947-957. (10.1080/08120099.2023.2210637)
- Brown, A. , Spandler, C. and Blenkinsop, T. G. 2023. New age constraints for the Tommy Creek domain of the Mount Isa Inlier, Australia. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences 70 (3), pp.358-374. (10.1080/08120099.2023.2171124)
- Campbell, O. et al. 2023. Subsurface fracturing of sedimentary stones caused by bullet impacts. PLoS ONE 18 (10) e0292351. (10.1371/journal.pone.0292351)
- Williams, B. et al. 2023. Foliation boudinage structures in the Mount Isa Cu system. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences (10.1080/08120099.2022.2153384)
2022
- Campbell, O. et al. 2022. Bullet impacts in building stone excavate approximately conical craters, with dimensions that are controlled by target material. Scientific Reports 12 17634. (10.1038/s41598-022-22624-z)
- Campbell, O. et al. 2022. Surface damage from perpendicular and oblique bullet impacts in stone. Royal Society Open Science 9 (7) 220029. (10.1098/rsos.220029)
- de Paz-Álvarez, M. I. et al., 2022. Virtual field trip to the Esla Nappe (Cantabrian Zone, NW Spain): delivering traditional geological mapping skills remotely using real data. Solid Earth 13 (1), pp.1-14. (10.5194/se-13-1-2022)
- Hobbs, B. E. , Ord, A. and Blenkinsop, T. 2022. The spatial distributions of mineralisation. Journal of Structural Geology 156 104529. (10.1016/j.jsg.2022.104529)
- Ord, A. , Blenkinsop, T. and Hobbs, B. 2022. Fragment size distributions in brittle deformed rocks. Journal of Structural Geology 154 104496. (10.1016/j.jsg.2021.104496)
2021
- Campbell, O. et al. 2021. Surface and subsurface damage caused by bullet impacts into sandstone. Geosciences 11 (9) 395. (10.3390/geosciences11090395)
2020
- Blenkinsop, T. G. et al. 2020. Structural geology applied to the evaluation of hydrothermal gold deposits. Reviews in Economic Geology 21 , pp.1-23. (10.5382/rev.21.01)
- Blenkinsop, T. G. , Rowland, J. and Baker, T. 2020. Mechanical regimes of hydrothermal gold mineralization. Economic Geology 21 , pp.205-214.
- Dirks, P. H. G. M. et al., 2020. The world class gold deposits in the Geita Greenstone Belt, Northwestern Tanzania. In: Sillitoe, R. H. et al., Geology of the World’s Major Gold Deposits and Provinces. SEG Special Publications Vol. 23.Society of Economic Geologists. , pp.163-184. (10.5382/SP.23.08)
- Lear, C. H. et al. 2020. Geological Society of London Scientific Statement: what the geological record tells us about our present and future climate. Journal of the Geological Society 178 (1) jgs2020-239. (10.1144/jgs2020-239)
- Loza Espejel, R. , Alves, T. M. and Blenkinsop, T. G. 2020. Multi-scale fracture network characterisation on carbonate platforms. Journal of Structural Geology 140 104160. (10.1016/j.jsg.2020.104160)
- Moore, A. et al., 2020. Evidence for olivine deformation in kimberlites and other mantle-derived magmas during crustal emplacement. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 175 (2) 15. (10.1007/s00410-020-1653-8)
- Tripp, G. et al., 2020. Neoarchean eastern goldfields of Western Australia. In: Sillitoe, R. H. et al., Geology of the World’s Major Gold Deposits and Provinces. Vol. 23, Society of Economic Geologists(10.5382/SP.23.33)
- Zhang, H. , Blenkinsop, T. and Yu, Z. 2020. Timing of Triassic tectonic division and postcollisional extension in the eastern part of the Jiaodong Peninsula. Gondwana Research 83 , pp.141-156. (10.1016/j.gr.2020.01.018)
2019
- Ellis-Evans, J. and Blenkinsop, T. 2019. Analogue modelling of fracturing in cooling plutonic bodies. Tectonophysics 766 , pp.14-19. (10.1016/j.tecto.2019.05.019)
- Gilbert, O. et al., 2019. Permeability and surface hardness surveying of stone damaged by ballistic impact. Heritage 2 (2), pp.1369-1389. (10.3390/heritage2020087)
- Loza Espejel, R. , Alves, T. M. and Blenkinsop, T. G. 2019. Distribution and growth styles of isolated carbonate platforms as a function of fault propagation. Marine and Petroleum Geology 107 , pp.484-507. (10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2019.05.020)
- Williams, J. N. et al. 2019. How do variably striking faults reactivate during rifting? insights from Southern Malawi. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 20 (7), pp.3588-3607. (10.1029/2019GC008219)
2018
- Gessner, K. , Blenkinsop, T. and Sorjonen-Ward, P. 2018. Characterization of ore-forming systems - advances and challenges. Geological Society Special Publications 453. (10.1144/SP453.16)
- Guice, G. et al. 2018. Re-evaluating ambiguous age relationships in Archean cratons: implications for the origin of ultramafic-mafic complexes in the Lewisian Gneiss Complex. Precambrian Research 311 , pp.136-156. (10.1016/j.precamres.2018.04.020)
- Jadoon, Q. K. et al., 2018. Mineralogical variability of the Permian Roseneath and Murteree Shales from the Cooper Basin, Australia: Implications for shale properties and hydrocarbon extraction. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 165 , pp.850-872. (10.1016/j.petrol.2017.12.022)
- Kwelwa, S. et al., 2018. The petrogenesis of the Neoarchean Kukuluma Intrusive Complex, NW Tanzania. Precambrian Research 305 , pp.64-78. (10.1016/j.precamres.2017.12.021)
- Kwelwa, S. et al., 2018. Archaean Gold Mineralization in an Extensional Setting: The Structural History of the Kukuluma and Matandani Deposits, Geita Greenstone Belt, Tanzania. Minerals 8 (4) 171. (10.3390/min8040171)
- Sanislav, I. V. et al., 2018. The tectonic history of a crustal-scale shear zone in the Tanzania Craton from the Geita Greenstone Belt, NW-Tanzania Craton. Precambrian Research 310 , pp.1-16. (10.1016/j.precamres.2018.02.025)
- Sanislav, I. V. , Blenkinsop, T. G. and Dirks, P. H. G. M. 2018. Archaean crustal growth through successive partial melting events in an oceanic plateau-like setting in the Tanzania Craton. Terra Nova 30 (3), pp.169-178. (10.1111/ter.12323)
- Ward, N. , Alves, T. M. and Blenkinsop, T. 2018. Submarine sediment routing over a blocky mass-transport deposit in the Espírito Santo Basin, SE Brazil. Basin Research 30 (4), pp.816-834. (10.1111/bre.12282)
2017
- Blenkinsop, T. , Tripp, G. and Gillen, D. 2017. The relationship between mineralization and tectonics at the Kainantu gold-copper deposit, Papua New Guinea. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 453. (10.1144/SP453.11)
- Case, G. et al., 2017. Delineating the structural controls on iron oxide-Cu-Au deposit genesis through implicit modeling: A case study from the E1 Group, Cloncurry 3 District, Australia. In: Characterization of Ore-Forming Systems from Geological, Geochemical and Geophysical Studies. Vol. 453, Geological Society of London
- Jadoon, Q. K. et al., 2017. Lithological and facies analysis of the Roseneath and Murteree shales, Cooper Basin, Australia. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering 37 , pp.138-168. (10.1016/j.jngse.2016.10.047)
- Kwelwa, S. D. et al., 2017. Zircon U-Pb ages and Hf isotope data from the Kukuluma Terrain of the Geita Greenstone Belt, Tanzania Craton: Implications for stratigraphy, crustal growth and timing of gold mineralization. Journal of African Earth Sciences 139 , pp.38-54. (10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2017.11.027)
- Mol, L. et al., 2017. The benefit of a tough skin: bullet holes, weathering and the preservation of heritage. Royal Society Open Science 4 (2) 160335. (10.1098/rsos.160335)
- Sanislav, I. V. et al., 2017. The structural history and mineralization controls of the world-class Geita Hill gold deposit, Geita Greenstone Belt, Tanzania. Mineralium Deposita 52 (2), pp.257-279. (10.1007/s00126-016-0660-1)
- Walker, R. J. et al., 2017. Igneous sills as a record of horizontal shortening: The San Rafael subvolcanic field, Utah. Geological Society of America Bulletin 129 (9-10), pp.1052-1070. (10.1130/B31671.1)
- Ward, N. , Alves, T. M. and Blenkinsop, T. 2017. Differencial compaction over late Miocene submarine channels in SE Brazil: implications for trap formation. Geological Society of America Bulletin 130 (1-2), pp.208-221. (10.1130/B31659.1)
2016
- Cook, Y. A. et al., 2016. A primitive mantle source for the Neoarchean mafic rocks from the Tanzania Craton. Geoscience Frontiers 7 (6), pp.911-926. (10.1016/j.gsf.2015.11.008)
- Darlington, V. et al., 2016. The Lawn Hill annulus: An Ordovician meteorite impact into water-saturated dolomite. Meteoritics and Planetary Science (10.1111/maps.12734)
- Jadoon, K. et al., 2016. Mineralogical modelling and petrophysical parameters in Permian gas shales from the Roseneath and Murteree formations, Cooper Basin, Australia. Petroleum Exploration and Development 43 (2), pp.277-284. (10.1016/S1876-3804(16)30031-3)
- Jadoon, Q. K. et al., 2016. Petrophysical evaluation and uncertainty analysis of Roseneath and Murteree shales reservoirs in Cooper Basin, Australia (a case study). Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 147 , pp.330-345. (10.1016/j.petrol.2016.06.010)
- Jadoon, Q. K. et al., 2016. Organic petrography and thermal maturity of the permian roseneath and murteree shales in the cooper basin, Australia. International Journal of Coal Geology 154-55 , pp.240-256. (10.1016/j.coal.2016.01.005)
- Ward, N. , Alves, T. M. and Blenkinsop, T. G. 2016. Reservoir leakage along concentric faults in the Southern North Sea: implications for the deployment of CCS and EOR techniques. Tectonophysics 690 (A), pp.97-116. (10.1016/j.tecto.2016.07.027)
2015
- Blenkinsop, T. , Macklin, D. and Hammond, R. 2015. Rheological controls on the geometry of the Currawong volcanic-hosted massive sulfide deposit, Lachan Fold Belt, Victoria, South-East Australia. Presented at: PACRIM 2015 Congress Hong Kong, China March 2015. PACRIM2015, Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Publication Series. Vol. 2/2105.Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. , pp.469-473.
- Blenkinsop, T. G. 2015. Scaling laws for the distribution of gold, geothermal, and gas resources. Pure and Applied Geophysics 172 (7), pp.2045-2056. (10.1007/s00024-014-0909-5)
- Healy, D. et al., 2015. Polymodal faulting: Time for a new angle on shear failure. Journal of Structural Geology 80 , pp.57-71. (10.1016/j.jsg.2015.08.013)
- Sanislav, I. V. et al., 2015. The geology of the giant Nyankanga gold deposit, Geita Greenstone Belt, Tanzania. Ore Geology Reviews 69 , pp.1-16. (10.1016/j.oregeorev.2015.02.002)
2014
- Blenkinsop, T. G. and Doyle, M. G. 2014. Structural controls on gold mineralization on the margin of the Yilgarn craton, Albany-Fraser orogen: The Tropicana Deposit, Western Australia. Journal of Structural Geology 67 (Part B), pp.189-204. (10.1016/j.jsg.2014.01.013)
- Blenkinsop, T. G. , Doyle, M. and Nugus, M. 2014. A unified approach to measuring structures in orientated drill core. In: Richardson, N. ed. Industrial Structural Geology: Principles, Techniques and Integration. Special Publications London: Geological Society of London. , pp.99-108.
- Carvell, J. et al., 2014. Scaling, kinematics and evolution of a polymodal fault system: Hail Creek Mine, NE Australia. Tectonophysics 632 , pp.138-150. (10.1016/j.tecto.2014.06.003)
- Jourdan, F. et al., 2014. High-precision dating of the Kalkarindji large igneous province, Australia, and synchrony with the Early-Middle Cambrian (Stage 4-5) extinction. Geology 42 (6), pp.543-546. (10.1130/G35434.1)
- Mochales, T. and Blenkinsop, T. G. 2014. Representation of paleomagnetic data in virtual globes (a case study from the Pyrenees). Computers & Geosciences 70 , pp.56-62. (10.1016/j.cageo.2014.05.013)
- Nugus, M. et al., 2014. Exploration and innovation: the discovery and evolution of the 2 Moz Vogue gold resrouce, sunrise dam gold mine, Western Australia. Presented at: Ninth International Mining Geology Conference, 18-20 August 2014, Adelaide, South Australia /? AusIMM, Australian Institute of Geoscientists. Adelaide, Australia 18-20 August 2014.
- Sanislav, I. V. et al., 2014. Zircon U-Pb ages and Lu-Hf isotope systematics from late-tectonic granites, Geita Greenstone Belt: Implications for crustal growth of the Tanzania Craton. Precambrian Research 242 , pp.187-204. (10.1016/j.precamres.2013.12.026)
- Tikoff, B. et al., 2014. A perspective on the emergence of modern structural geology: celebrating the feedbacks between historical-based and process-based approaches. In: Bickford, M. E. ed. The Web of Geological Sciences: Advances, Impacts, and Interactions. Special Paper Vol. 500.Boulder, CO.: Geological Society of America. , pp.65-119. (10.1130/2013.2500(03))
2013
- Blenkinsop, T. G. and Moore, A. 2013. Tectonic geomorphology of passive margins and continental hinterlands. In: Shroder, J. F. ed. Treatise on Geomorphology. Vol. 5, London: Academic Press. , pp.71-92. (10.1016/B978-0-12-374739-6.00083-X)
2012
- Blenkinsop, T. G. 2012. Visualizing structural geology: From Excel to Google Earth. Computers & Geosciences 45 , pp.52-56. (10.1016/j.cageo.2012.03.007)
- Moore, A. E. , Blenkinsop, T. G. and Cotterill, F. P. D. 2012. Dynamic Evolution of the Zambezi-Limpopo Watershed, central Zimbabwe. South African Journal of Geology 115 (4), pp.551-560. (10.2113/gssajg.115.4.551)
- Munro, M. A. and Blenkinsop, T. G. 2012. MARD - A moving average rose diagram application for the geosciences. Computers & Geosciences 49 , pp.112-120. (10.1016/j.cageo.2012.07.012)
2011
- Blenkinsop, T. G. 2011. Archean magmatic granulites, diapirism, and Proterozoic reworking in the Northern Marginal Zone of the Limpopo Belt. In: Van Reenen, D. D. ed. Origin and Evolution of Precambrian High-Grade Gneiss Terranes, with Special Emphasis on the Limpopo Complex of Southern Africa. Memoir Vol. 207.Boulder, CO.: Geological Society of America. , pp.245-267. (10.1130/2011.1207(13))
- Nortje, G. S. et al., 2011. New faults v. fault reactivation: implications for fault cohesion, fluid flow and copper mineralization, Mount Gordon Fault Zone, Mount Isa District, Australia. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 359 (1), pp.287-311. (10.1144/SP359.16)
2010
- Austin, J. R. and Blenkinsop, T. G. 2010. Cloncurry Fault Zone: strain partitioning and reactivation in a crustal-scale deformation zone, Mt Isa Inlier. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences 57 (1), pp.1-21. (10.1080/08120090903416187)
- Blenkinsop, T. G. and Doyle, M. G. 2010. A method for measuring the orientations of planar structures in cut core. Journal of Structural Geology 32 (6), pp.741-745.
2009
- Austin, J. R. and Blenkinsop, T. G. 2009. Local to regional scale structural controls on mineralisation and the importance of a major lineament in the eastern Mount Isa Inlier, Australia: Review and analysis with autocorrelation and weights of evidence. Ore Geology Reviews 35 (3-4), pp.298-316. (10.1016/j.oregeorev.2009.03.004)
- Ford, A. and Blenkinsop, T. G. 2009. An expanded de Wijs model for multifractal analysis of mineral production data. Mineralium Deposita 44 (2), pp.233-240. (10.1007/s00126-008-0213-3)
- Ford, A. , Blenkinsop, T. G. and McLellan, J. G. 2009. Factors affecting fluid flow in strike-slip fault systems: coupled deformation and fluid flow modelling with application to the western Mount Isa Inlier, Australia. Geofluids 9 (1), pp.2-23. (10.1111/j.1468-8123.2008.00219.x)
- Moore, A. , Blenkinsop, T. G. and Cotterill, F. (. 2009. Southern African topography and erosion history: plumes or plate tectonics?. Terra Nova 21 (4), pp.310-315. (10.1111/j.1365-3121.2009.00887.x)
2008
- Austin, J. R. and Blenkinsop, T. G. 2008. The Cloncurry Lineament: Geophysical and geological evidence for a deep crustal structure in the Eastern Succession of the Mount Isa Inlier. Precambrian Research 163 (1-2), pp.50-68.
- Blenkinsop, T. G. 2008. Relationships between faults, extension fractures and veins, and stress. Journal of Structural Geology 30 (5), pp.622-632.
- Blenkinsop, T. G. 2008. The Mount Isa inlier - Preface [Editorial]. Precambrian Research 163 (1-2), pp.1-6.
- Edmiston, M. A. , Lepong, P. and Blenkinsop, T. G. 2008. Structure of the Isan Orogeny under cover to the east of the Mount Isa Inlier revealed by multiscale edge analysis and forward and inverse modelling of aeromagnetic data. Precambrian Research 163 (1-2), pp.69-80.
- Ford, A. and Blenkinsop, T. G. 2008. Combining fractal analysis of mineral deposit clustering with weights of evidence to evaluate patterns of mineralization: Application to copper deposits of the Mount Isa Inlier, NW Queensland, Australia. Ore Geology Reviews 33 (3-4), pp.435-450. (10.1016/j.oregeorev.2007.01.004)
- Ford, A. and Blenkinsop, T. G. 2008. Evaluating geological complexity and complexity gradients as controls on copper mineralisation, Mt Isa Inlier. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences 55 (1), pp.13-23. (10.1080/08120090701581364)
- Moore, A. , Blenkinsop, T. G. and Cotterill, F. (. 2008. Controls on post-Gondwana alkaline volcanism in Southern Africa. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 268 (1-2), pp.151-164. (10.1016/j.epsl.2008.01.007)
2007
- Blenkinsop, T. G. 2007. Photograph of the month [Editorial]. Journal of Structural Geology 29 (4), pp.561.
- Blenkinsop, T. G. 2007. Photograph of the month [Editorial]. Journal of Structural Geology 29 (6), pp.923.
- Evins, P. M. et al., 2007. Significance of monazite EPMA ages from the Quamby Conglomerate, Queensland. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences 54 (1), pp.19-26. (10.1080/08120090600981426)
- Kreuzer, O. P. et al., 2007. Ore controls in the Charters Towers goldfield, NE Australia: Constraints from geological, geophysical and numerical analyses. Ore Geology Reviews 32 (1-2), pp.37-80. (10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.12.001)
2006
- Blenkinsop, T. G. 2006. Kinematic and dynamic fault slip analyses: implications from the surface rupture of the 1999 Chi-Chi, Taiwan, earthquake. Journal of Structural Geology 28 (6), pp.1040-1050.
- Blenkinsop, T. G. and Kadzviti, S. 2006. Fluid flow in shear zones: insights from the geometry and evolution of ore bodies at Renco gold mine, Zimbabwe. Geofluids 6 (4), pp.334-345. (10.1111/j.1468-8123.2006.00154.x)
- Blenkinsop, T. G. , Lisle, R. J. and Ferrill, D. A. 2006. Introduction to the special issue on new dynamics in palaeostress analysis [Editorial]. Journal of Structural Geology 28 (6), pp.941-942. (10.1016/j.jsg2006.03.003)
- Hanson, R. E. et al., 2006. Mesoproterozoic intraplate magmatism in the Kalahari Craton: A review. Journal of African Earth Sciences 46 (1-2), pp.141-167.
- Moore, A. and Blenkinsop, T. G. 2006. Scarp retreat versus pinned drainage divide in the formation of the Drakensberg escarpment, southern Africa. South African Journal of Geology 109 (4), pp.599-610. (10.2113/gssajg.109.4.599)
- Nortje, G. S. et al., 2006. Vein deflections and thickness variations of epithermal quartz veins as indicators of fracture coalescence. Journal of Structural Geology 28 (8), pp.1396-1405.
- Oliver, N. H. S. et al., 2006. Granite-related overpressure and volatile release in the mid crust: fluidized breccias from the Cloncurry District, Australia. Geofluids 6 (4), pp.346-358. (10.1111/j.1468-8123.2006.00155.x)
2004
- Blenkinsop, T. G. 2004. Comment on "Folding in high-grade rocks due to back-rotation between shear zones" by Lyal B. Harris. Journal of Structural Geology 26 (3), pp.601-602.
- Blenkinsop, T. G. 2004. Orebody geometry in lode gold deposits from Zimbabwe: implications for fluid flow, deformation and mineralization. Journal of Structural Geology 26 (6-7), pp.1293-1301.
- Blenkinsop, T. G. , Kroner, A. and Chiwara, V. 2004. Single stage, late Archaean exhumation of granulites in the Northern Marginal Zone, Limpopo Belt, Zimbabwe, and relevance to gold mineralization at Renco mine. South African Journal of Geology 107 (3), pp.377-396. (10.2113/107.3.377)
- Hanson, R. E. et al., 2004. Coeval large-scale magmatism in the Kalahari and Laurentian cratons during Rodinia assembly. Science 304 (5674), pp.1126-1129. (10.1126/science.1096329)
- Manyeruke, T. D. et al., 2004. The age and petrology of the Chimbadzi Hill Intrusion, NW Zimbabwe: first evidence for early Paleoproterozoic magmatism in Zimbabwe. Journal of African Earth Sciences 40 (5), pp.281-292.
- Vearncombe, J. R. , Blenkinsop, T. G. and Reddy, S. M. 2004. Preface and introduction - Applied Structural Geology in Mineral Exploration and Mining [Editorial]. Journal of Structural Geology 26 (6-7), pp.989-994.
2003
- Hargrove, U. S. et al., 2003. Tectonic evolution of the Zambezi orogenic belt: geochronological, structural, and petrological constraints from northern Zimbabwe. Precambrian Research 123 (2-4), pp.159-186.
- Nugus, M. J. et al., 2003. Enigmatic kinematics resolved in the Taurus Shear Zone, Golden Pig gold mine, Southern Cross, Western Australia - Resource implications. Presented at: 5th International Mining Geology Conference Bendigo, Victoria, Australia 17-19 November 2003. Published in: Dominy, S. ed. Proceedings of the 5th International Mining Geology Conference.. Publications of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Vol. 8. Carlton, Victoria, Australia: Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. , pp.171-179.
2002
- Moore, A. and Blenkinsop, T. G. 2002. The role of mantle plumes in the development of continental-scale drainage patterns: The southern African example revisited. South African Journal of Geology 105 (4), pp.353-360. (10.2113/1050353)
- Oberthur, T. et al., 2002. Precise U-Pb mineral ages, Rb-Sr and Sm-Nd systematics for the Great Dyke, Zimbabwe - constraints on late Archean events in the Zimbabwe craton and Limpopo belt. Precambrian Research 113 (3-4), pp.293-305.
2001
- Blenkinsop, T. G. and Treloar, P. J. 2001. Tabular intrusion and folding of the late Archaean Murehwa granite, Zimbabwe, during regional shortening. Journal of the Geological Society 158 (4), pp.653-664. (10.1144/jgs.158.4.653)
2000
- Blenkinsop, T. G. 2000. Deformation mincrostructures and meachnisms in minerals and rocks. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
- Blenkinsop, T. G. and Fernandes, T. R. C. 2000. Fractal characterization of particle size distributions in chromitites from the Great Dyke, Zimbabwe. Pure and Applied Geophysics 157 (4), pp.505-521. (10.1007/PL00001104)
- Blenkinsop, T. G. , Kruhl, J. H. and Kupkova, M. 2000. Preface [Editorial]. Pure and Applied Geophysics 157 (4), pp.485-486.
- Blenkinsop, T. G. , Oberthur, T. and Mapeto, O. 2000. Gold mineralization in the Mazowe area, Harare-Bindura-Shamva greenstone belt, Zimbabwe: I. Tectonic controls on mineralization. Mineralium Deposita 35 (2-3), pp.126-137. (10.1007/s001260050011)
- Oberthur, T. et al., 2000. Gold mineralization in the Mazowe area, Harare-Bindura-Shamva greenstone belt, Zimbabwe: II. Genetic relationships deduced from mineralogical, fluid inclusion and stable isotope studies, and the Sm-Nd isotopic composition of scheelites. Mineralium Deposita 35 (2-3), pp.138-156. (10.1007/s001260050012)
1999
- Blenkinsop, T. G. 1999. Microstructures in suevite from the Bosumtwi impact, Ghana [Abstract]. Meteoritics and Planetary Science 34 (S4), pp.A13. (10.1111/j.1945-5100.1999.tb01769.x)
- Blenkinsop, T. G. 1999. Pedagogy of stereographic projection. Journal of African Earth Sciences 28 (4), pp.897-902.
- Frei, R. , Blenkinsop, T. G. and Schonberg, R. 1999. Geochronology of the late Archaean Razi and Chilimanzi suites of granites in Zimbabwe: implications for the late Archaean tectonics of the Limpopo Belt and Zimbabwe Craton. South African Journal of Geology 102 (1), pp.55-63.
1998
- Blenkinsop, T. G. 1998. Fieldwork: A geologist's memoir of the Kalahari: By Christopher Scholz [Book Review]. Precambrian Research 90 (3-4), pp.239-240.
- Mumm, A. S. et al., 1998. High CO2 content of fluid inclusions in gold mineralisations in the Ashanti Belt, Ghana: a new category of ore forming fluids? a reply. Mineralium Deposita 33 (3), pp.320-322. (10.1007/s001260050152)
1997
- Blenkinsop, T. G. and Frei, R. 1997. Archean and Proterozoic mineralization and tectonics at the Renco mine (Northern marginal zone, Limpopo belt, Zimbabwe) - A reply. Economic Geology 92 (6), pp.747-748. (10.2113/gsecongeo.92.6.747)
- Jackson, J. and Blenkinsop, T. G. 1997. The Bilila-Mtakataka fault in Malawi: An active, 100-km long, normal fault segment in thick seismogenic crust. Tectonics 16 (1), pp.137-150. (10.1029/96TC02494)
- Mumm, A. S. et al., 1997. High CO2 content of fluid inclusions in gold mineralisations in the Ashanti Belt, Ghana: A new category of ore forming fluids?. Mineralium Deposita 32 (2), pp.107-118. (10.1007/s001260050078)
- Munyanyiwa, H. et al., 1997. Geochemistry of amphibolites and quartzofeldspathic gneisses in the Pan-African Zambezi belt, northwest Zimbabwe: Evidence for bimodal magmatism in a continental rift setting. Precambrian Research 81 (3-4), pp.179-196.
1996
- Blenkinsop, T. G. et al. 1996. Contrasting structural controls on gold mineralization along the Eldorado shear zone, Zimbabwe. Transactions Institute of Mining & Metallurgy, Section B: Applied Earth Science 105 (2), pp.B53-B59.
- Blenkinsop, T. G. and Frei, R. 1996. Archean and proterozoic mineralization and tectonics at the Renco mine - Northern marginal zone, Limpopo belt, Zimbabwe. Economic Geology 91 (7), pp.1225-1238. (10.2113/gsecongeo.91.7.1225)
- Blenkinsop, T. G. and Oesterlen, P. M. 1996. Extension directions and strain near the failed triple junction of the Zambezi and Luangwa rift zones, southern Africa: Reply. Journal of African Earth Sciences 22 (4), pp.621-622.
1995
- Blenkinsop, T. G. 1995. Fractal measures for size and spatial distributions of gold mines: Economic applications. Presented at: Sub-Saharan Economic Geology Conference Zimbabwe 21-23 September 1993. Published in: Blenkinsop, T. G. and Tromp, P. L. eds. Sub-Saharan Economic Geology. Special publication / Geological Society of Zimbabwe Vol. 3. Rotterdam: A.A. Balkema. , pp.177-186.
- Blenkinsop, T. G. and Eriksson, K. A. 1995. Gold concentration in the Witwatersrand reefs by footwall cannibalization. Economic Geology 90 (1), pp.200-202. (10.2113/gsecongeo.90.1.200)
- Blenkinsop, T. G. and Treloar, P. J. 1995. Geometry, classification and kinematics of S-C and S-C′ fabrics in the Mushandike area, Zimbabwe. Journal of Structural Geology 17 (3), pp.397-408.
- Fedo, C. M. , Eriksson, K. and Blenkinsop, T. G. 1995. Geologic history of the Archean Buhwa Greenstone Belt and surrounding granite-gneiss terrane, Zimbabwe, with implications for the evolution of the Limpopo Belt. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 32 (11), pp.1977-1990.
- Kamber, B. S. et al., 1995. Proterozoic transpressive deformation in the Northern Marginal Zone, Limpopo Belt, Zimbabwe. Journal of Geology 103 (5), pp.493-508.
- Mumm, A. S. et al., 1995. Metallogenesis of the Redwing gold mine, Mutare greenstone belt, Zimbabwe. Presented at: Sub-Saharan Economic Geology Conference Zimbabwe 21-23 September 1993. Published in: Blenkinsop, T. G. and Tromp, P. L. eds. Sub-Saharan Economic Geology. Special publication / Geological Society of Zimbabwe Vol. 3. Rotterdam: A.A. Balkema. , pp.187-212.
- Oberthur, T. et al., 1995. The Ashanti Goldfields mine at Obuasi in Ghana: A metallogenetic model based on mineralogical, geochemical, fluid inclusion and structural data [Abstract]. Presented at: Sub-Saharan Economic Geology Conference Harare, Zimbabwe 21-23 September 1993. Published in: Blenkinsop, T. G. and Tromp, P. L. eds. Sub-Saharan Economic Geology. Geological Society of Zimbabwe Special Publication Vol. 3. Rotterdam: A.A. Balkema. , pp.291-292.
- Rollinson, H. and Blenkinsop, T. G. 1995. The magmatic, metamorphic and tectonic evolution of the Northern Marginal Zone of the Limpopo Belt in Zimbabwe. Journal of the Geological Society 152 (1), pp.65-75. (10.1144/gsjgs.152.1.0065)
1994
- Blenkinsop, T. G. 1994. The Fractal Distribution of Gold Deposits: Two Examples from the Zimbabwe Archaean Craton. In: Kruhl, J. H. ed. Fractals and Dynamic Systems in Geoscience. Vol. 3, Berlin: Springer. , pp.247-258. (10.1007/978-3-662-07304-9_19)
- Blenkinsop, T. G. et al. 1994. Ensialic origin for the Ngezi Group, Belingwe greenstone belt, Zimbabwe - Reply. Geology 22 (8), pp.767-768. (10.1130/0091-7613(1994)022<0766:EOFTNG>2.3.CO;2)
- Munyanyiwa, H. and Blenkinsop, T. G. 1994. Pan-African structures and metamorphism in the Makuti group, north-west Zimbabwe. Journal of African Earth Sciences 19 (3), pp.185-198.
- Oesterlen, P. M. and Blenkinsop, T. G. 1994. Extension directions and strain near the failed triple junction of the Zambezi and Luangwa Rift zones, southern Africa. Journal of African Earth Sciences 18 (2), pp.175-180.
1993
- Blenkinsop, T. G. et al. 1993. Ensialic origin for the Ngezi group, Belingwe greenstone-belt,Zimbabwe. Geology 21 (12), pp.1135-1138. (10.1130/0091-7613(1993)021<1135:EOFTNG>2.3.CO;2)
- Jackson, J. and Blenkinsop, T. 1993. The Malawi earthquake of March 10, 1989 - Deep faulting within the east-African rift system. Tectonics 12 (5), pp.1131-1139. (10.1029/93TC01064)
1992
- Blenkinsop, T. G. and Sibson, R. H. 1992. Aseismic fracturing and cataclasis involving reaction softening within core material from the Cajon Pass Drill Hole. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 97 (B4), pp.5135-5144. (10.1029/90JB02285)
1991
- Blenkinsop, T. G. 1991. Cataclasis and processes of particle size reduction. Pure and Applied Geophysics 136 (1), pp.59-86. (10.1007/BF00878888)
- Blenkinsop, T. G. 1991. Control on archean gold mineralization in the Mashava area, Zimbabwe. African Mining 91 , pp.329-336.
1990
- Blenkinsop, T. G. 1990. Correlation of paleotectonic fracture and microfracture orientations in cores with seismic anisotropy at Cajon Pass Drill Hole, southern California. Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth 95 (B7), pp.11143-11150. (10.1029/JB095iB07p11143)
1989
- Blenkinsop, T. G. 1989. Thickness - displacement relationships for deformation zones: Discussion. Journal of Structural Geology 11 (8), pp.1051-1054.
1988
- Blenkinsop, T. G. 1988. Definition of low-grade metamorphic zones using illite crystallinity. Journal of Metamorphic Geology 6 (5), pp.623-636. (10.1111/j.1525-1314.1988.tb00444.x)
- Blenkinsop, T. G. and Drury, M. R. 1988. Stress estimates and fault history from quartz microstructures. Journal of Structural Geology 10 (7), pp.673-684.
1987
- Blenkinsop, T. G. and Cronshaw, D. 1987. Correlation of illite crystallinity indices and definition of low grade metamorphic zones [Abstract]. Journal of the Geological Society 144 (3), pp.521. (10.1144/gsjgs.144.3.0519)
- Tremlett, W. E. et al., 1987. Discussion on seismicity and tectonics in Wales. Journal of the Geological Society 144 (5), pp.839-840. (10.1144/gsjgs.144.5.0839)
1986
- Blenkinsop, T. G. et al. 1986. Seismicity and tectonics in Wales. Journal of the Geological Society 143 (2), pp.327-334. (10.1144/gsjgs.143.2.0327)
- Blenkinsop, T. G. and Rutter, E. H. 1986. Cataclastic deformation of quartzite in the moine thrust zone. Journal of Structural Geology 8 (6), pp.669-681.
1985
- Long, R. E. et al., 1985. Seismicity and tectonics in Wales [Abstract]. Geophysical Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society 81 (1), pp.336.
1984
- Blenkinsop, T. G. et al. 1984. Seismicity associated with longwall coal mining, Cynheidre colliery, Dyfed [Abstract]. Geophysical Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society 77 (1), pp.316.
1983
- Kusznir, N. J. , Park, R. G. and Blenkinsop, T. G. 1983. The strength of the lithosphere- some seismic and plate tectonic constraints [Abstract]. Geophysical Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society 73 (1), pp.294. (10.1111/j.1365-246X.1983.tb03818.x)
Articles
- Albrkawy, A. I. , Alves, T. M. and Blenkinsop, T. 2025. Tectono-stratigraphy of the Shushan Basin, Western Desert, Egypt: A window into the evolution of the SE Mediterranean province. Marine and Petroleum Geology 177 107387. (10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2025.107387)
- Austin, J. R. and Blenkinsop, T. G. 2010. Cloncurry Fault Zone: strain partitioning and reactivation in a crustal-scale deformation zone, Mt Isa Inlier. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences 57 (1), pp.1-21. (10.1080/08120090903416187)
- Austin, J. R. and Blenkinsop, T. G. 2009. Local to regional scale structural controls on mineralisation and the importance of a major lineament in the eastern Mount Isa Inlier, Australia: Review and analysis with autocorrelation and weights of evidence. Ore Geology Reviews 35 (3-4), pp.298-316. (10.1016/j.oregeorev.2009.03.004)
- Austin, J. R. and Blenkinsop, T. G. 2008. The Cloncurry Lineament: Geophysical and geological evidence for a deep crustal structure in the Eastern Succession of the Mount Isa Inlier. Precambrian Research 163 (1-2), pp.50-68.
- Blenkinsop, T. G. 2023. Triaxial stress and failure modes in hydrothermal mineral systems. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences 70 (7), pp.947-957. (10.1080/08120099.2023.2210637)
- Blenkinsop, T. G. et al. 2020. Structural geology applied to the evaluation of hydrothermal gold deposits. Reviews in Economic Geology 21 , pp.1-23. (10.5382/rev.21.01)
- Blenkinsop, T. G. , Rowland, J. and Baker, T. 2020. Mechanical regimes of hydrothermal gold mineralization. Economic Geology 21 , pp.205-214.
- Blenkinsop, T. 2026. How variations in intraplate stresses affect slip and dilation tendencies of faults: The onshore United Kingdom example. Journal of Structural Geology 202 105571. (10.1016/j.jsg.2025.105571)
- Blenkinsop, T. , Tripp, G. and Gillen, D. 2017. The relationship between mineralization and tectonics at the Kainantu gold-copper deposit, Papua New Guinea. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 453. (10.1144/SP453.11)
- Blenkinsop, T. G. 1991. Cataclasis and processes of particle size reduction. Pure and Applied Geophysics 136 (1), pp.59-86. (10.1007/BF00878888)
- Blenkinsop, T. G. 2004. Comment on "Folding in high-grade rocks due to back-rotation between shear zones" by Lyal B. Harris. Journal of Structural Geology 26 (3), pp.601-602.
- Blenkinsop, T. G. 1991. Control on archean gold mineralization in the Mashava area, Zimbabwe. African Mining 91 , pp.329-336.
- Blenkinsop, T. G. 1990. Correlation of paleotectonic fracture and microfracture orientations in cores with seismic anisotropy at Cajon Pass Drill Hole, southern California. Journal of Geophysical Research. Solid Earth 95 (B7), pp.11143-11150. (10.1029/JB095iB07p11143)
- Blenkinsop, T. G. 1988. Definition of low-grade metamorphic zones using illite crystallinity. Journal of Metamorphic Geology 6 (5), pp.623-636. (10.1111/j.1525-1314.1988.tb00444.x)
- Blenkinsop, T. G. 1998. Fieldwork: A geologist's memoir of the Kalahari: By Christopher Scholz [Book Review]. Precambrian Research 90 (3-4), pp.239-240.
- Blenkinsop, T. G. 2006. Kinematic and dynamic fault slip analyses: implications from the surface rupture of the 1999 Chi-Chi, Taiwan, earthquake. Journal of Structural Geology 28 (6), pp.1040-1050.
- Blenkinsop, T. G. 1999. Microstructures in suevite from the Bosumtwi impact, Ghana [Abstract]. Meteoritics and Planetary Science 34 (S4), pp.A13. (10.1111/j.1945-5100.1999.tb01769.x)
- Blenkinsop, T. G. 2004. Orebody geometry in lode gold deposits from Zimbabwe: implications for fluid flow, deformation and mineralization. Journal of Structural Geology 26 (6-7), pp.1293-1301.
- Blenkinsop, T. G. 1999. Pedagogy of stereographic projection. Journal of African Earth Sciences 28 (4), pp.897-902.
- Blenkinsop, T. G. 2007. Photograph of the month [Editorial]. Journal of Structural Geology 29 (4), pp.561.
- Blenkinsop, T. G. 2007. Photograph of the month [Editorial]. Journal of Structural Geology 29 (6), pp.923.
- Blenkinsop, T. G. 2008. Relationships between faults, extension fractures and veins, and stress. Journal of Structural Geology 30 (5), pp.622-632.
- Blenkinsop, T. G. 2015. Scaling laws for the distribution of gold, geothermal, and gas resources. Pure and Applied Geophysics 172 (7), pp.2045-2056. (10.1007/s00024-014-0909-5)
- Blenkinsop, T. G. 2008. The Mount Isa inlier - Preface [Editorial]. Precambrian Research 163 (1-2), pp.1-6.
- Blenkinsop, T. G. 1989. Thickness - displacement relationships for deformation zones: Discussion. Journal of Structural Geology 11 (8), pp.1051-1054.
- Blenkinsop, T. G. 2012. Visualizing structural geology: From Excel to Google Earth. Computers & Geosciences 45 , pp.52-56. (10.1016/j.cageo.2012.03.007)
- Blenkinsop, T. G. et al. 1996. Contrasting structural controls on gold mineralization along the Eldorado shear zone, Zimbabwe. Transactions Institute of Mining & Metallurgy, Section B: Applied Earth Science 105 (2), pp.B53-B59.
- Blenkinsop, T. G. and Cronshaw, D. 1987. Correlation of illite crystallinity indices and definition of low grade metamorphic zones [Abstract]. Journal of the Geological Society 144 (3), pp.521. (10.1144/gsjgs.144.3.0519)
- Blenkinsop, T. G. and Doyle, M. G. 2010. A method for measuring the orientations of planar structures in cut core. Journal of Structural Geology 32 (6), pp.741-745.
- Blenkinsop, T. G. and Doyle, M. G. 2014. Structural controls on gold mineralization on the margin of the Yilgarn craton, Albany-Fraser orogen: The Tropicana Deposit, Western Australia. Journal of Structural Geology 67 (Part B), pp.189-204. (10.1016/j.jsg.2014.01.013)
- Blenkinsop, T. G. and Drury, M. R. 1988. Stress estimates and fault history from quartz microstructures. Journal of Structural Geology 10 (7), pp.673-684.
- Blenkinsop, T. G. and Eriksson, K. A. 1995. Gold concentration in the Witwatersrand reefs by footwall cannibalization. Economic Geology 90 (1), pp.200-202. (10.2113/gsecongeo.90.1.200)
- Blenkinsop, T. G. et al. 1994. Ensialic origin for the Ngezi Group, Belingwe greenstone belt, Zimbabwe - Reply. Geology 22 (8), pp.767-768. (10.1130/0091-7613(1994)022<0766:EOFTNG>2.3.CO;2)
- Blenkinsop, T. G. et al. 1993. Ensialic origin for the Ngezi group, Belingwe greenstone-belt,Zimbabwe. Geology 21 (12), pp.1135-1138. (10.1130/0091-7613(1993)021<1135:EOFTNG>2.3.CO;2)
- Blenkinsop, T. G. and Fernandes, T. R. C. 2000. Fractal characterization of particle size distributions in chromitites from the Great Dyke, Zimbabwe. Pure and Applied Geophysics 157 (4), pp.505-521. (10.1007/PL00001104)
- Blenkinsop, T. G. and Frei, R. 1996. Archean and proterozoic mineralization and tectonics at the Renco mine - Northern marginal zone, Limpopo belt, Zimbabwe. Economic Geology 91 (7), pp.1225-1238. (10.2113/gsecongeo.91.7.1225)
- Blenkinsop, T. G. and Frei, R. 1997. Archean and Proterozoic mineralization and tectonics at the Renco mine (Northern marginal zone, Limpopo belt, Zimbabwe) - A reply. Economic Geology 92 (6), pp.747-748. (10.2113/gsecongeo.92.6.747)
- Blenkinsop, T. G. and Kadzviti, S. 2006. Fluid flow in shear zones: insights from the geometry and evolution of ore bodies at Renco gold mine, Zimbabwe. Geofluids 6 (4), pp.334-345. (10.1111/j.1468-8123.2006.00154.x)
- Blenkinsop, T. G. , Kroner, A. and Chiwara, V. 2004. Single stage, late Archaean exhumation of granulites in the Northern Marginal Zone, Limpopo Belt, Zimbabwe, and relevance to gold mineralization at Renco mine. South African Journal of Geology 107 (3), pp.377-396. (10.2113/107.3.377)
- Blenkinsop, T. G. , Kruhl, J. H. and Kupkova, M. 2000. Preface [Editorial]. Pure and Applied Geophysics 157 (4), pp.485-486.
- Blenkinsop, T. G. et al. 1984. Seismicity associated with longwall coal mining, Cynheidre colliery, Dyfed [Abstract]. Geophysical Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society 77 (1), pp.316.
- Blenkinsop, T. G. , Lisle, R. J. and Ferrill, D. A. 2006. Introduction to the special issue on new dynamics in palaeostress analysis [Editorial]. Journal of Structural Geology 28 (6), pp.941-942. (10.1016/j.jsg2006.03.003)
- Blenkinsop, T. G. et al. 1986. Seismicity and tectonics in Wales. Journal of the Geological Society 143 (2), pp.327-334. (10.1144/gsjgs.143.2.0327)
- Blenkinsop, T. G. , Oberthur, T. and Mapeto, O. 2000. Gold mineralization in the Mazowe area, Harare-Bindura-Shamva greenstone belt, Zimbabwe: I. Tectonic controls on mineralization. Mineralium Deposita 35 (2-3), pp.126-137. (10.1007/s001260050011)
- Blenkinsop, T. G. and Oesterlen, P. M. 1996. Extension directions and strain near the failed triple junction of the Zambezi and Luangwa rift zones, southern Africa: Reply. Journal of African Earth Sciences 22 (4), pp.621-622.
- Blenkinsop, T. G. and Rutter, E. H. 1986. Cataclastic deformation of quartzite in the moine thrust zone. Journal of Structural Geology 8 (6), pp.669-681.
- Blenkinsop, T. G. and Sibson, R. H. 1992. Aseismic fracturing and cataclasis involving reaction softening within core material from the Cajon Pass Drill Hole. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth 97 (B4), pp.5135-5144. (10.1029/90JB02285)
- Blenkinsop, T. G. and Treloar, P. J. 1995. Geometry, classification and kinematics of S-C and S-C′ fabrics in the Mushandike area, Zimbabwe. Journal of Structural Geology 17 (3), pp.397-408.
- Blenkinsop, T. G. and Treloar, P. J. 2001. Tabular intrusion and folding of the late Archaean Murehwa granite, Zimbabwe, during regional shortening. Journal of the Geological Society 158 (4), pp.653-664. (10.1144/jgs.158.4.653)
- Brits, J. A. N. et al., 2025. Structural context of the Flatreef in the Northern Limb of the Bushveld Complex. Mineralium Deposita 60 , pp.261-280. (10.1007/s00126-024-01289-w)
- Brown, A. , Spandler, C. and Blenkinsop, T. G. 2023. New age constraints for the Tommy Creek domain of the Mount Isa Inlier, Australia. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences 70 (3), pp.358-374. (10.1080/08120099.2023.2171124)
- Brown, A. , Spandler, C. and Blenkinsop, T. G. 2025. Evidence for a Proterozoic carbonatite system in the Mount Isa Province, Australia. Precambrian Research 422 107784. (10.1016/j.precamres.2025.107784)
- Campbell, O. et al. 2022. Bullet impacts in building stone excavate approximately conical craters, with dimensions that are controlled by target material. Scientific Reports 12 17634. (10.1038/s41598-022-22624-z)
- Campbell, O. et al. 2021. Surface and subsurface damage caused by bullet impacts into sandstone. Geosciences 11 (9) 395. (10.3390/geosciences11090395)
- Campbell, O. et al. 2022. Surface damage from perpendicular and oblique bullet impacts in stone. Royal Society Open Science 9 (7) 220029. (10.1098/rsos.220029)
- Campbell, O. et al. 2023. Subsurface fracturing of sedimentary stones caused by bullet impacts. PLoS ONE 18 (10) e0292351. (10.1371/journal.pone.0292351)
- Carvell, J. et al., 2014. Scaling, kinematics and evolution of a polymodal fault system: Hail Creek Mine, NE Australia. Tectonophysics 632 , pp.138-150. (10.1016/j.tecto.2014.06.003)
- Cook, Y. A. et al., 2016. A primitive mantle source for the Neoarchean mafic rocks from the Tanzania Craton. Geoscience Frontiers 7 (6), pp.911-926. (10.1016/j.gsf.2015.11.008)
- Darlington, V. et al., 2016. The Lawn Hill annulus: An Ordovician meteorite impact into water-saturated dolomite. Meteoritics and Planetary Science (10.1111/maps.12734)
- De Caroli, S. et al. 2024. Deformation microstructures of low- and high-strain epidote-blueschist (Ryukyu arc, Japan): Implications for subduction interface rheology. Journal of Structural Geology 180 105041. (10.1016/j.jsg.2023.105041)
- de Paz-Álvarez, M. I. et al., 2022. Virtual field trip to the Esla Nappe (Cantabrian Zone, NW Spain): delivering traditional geological mapping skills remotely using real data. Solid Earth 13 (1), pp.1-14. (10.5194/se-13-1-2022)
- Duan, Q. et al. null. Fluid environment controls along-strike variation in slip style: Midcrustal geological signatures from the Red River fault, China. Geology 52 (6), pp.405-410. (10.1130/G51865.1)
- Edmiston, M. A. , Lepong, P. and Blenkinsop, T. G. 2008. Structure of the Isan Orogeny under cover to the east of the Mount Isa Inlier revealed by multiscale edge analysis and forward and inverse modelling of aeromagnetic data. Precambrian Research 163 (1-2), pp.69-80.
- Ellis-Evans, J. and Blenkinsop, T. 2019. Analogue modelling of fracturing in cooling plutonic bodies. Tectonophysics 766 , pp.14-19. (10.1016/j.tecto.2019.05.019)
- Evins, P. M. et al., 2007. Significance of monazite EPMA ages from the Quamby Conglomerate, Queensland. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences 54 (1), pp.19-26. (10.1080/08120090600981426)
- Fedo, C. M. , Eriksson, K. and Blenkinsop, T. G. 1995. Geologic history of the Archean Buhwa Greenstone Belt and surrounding granite-gneiss terrane, Zimbabwe, with implications for the evolution of the Limpopo Belt. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 32 (11), pp.1977-1990.
- Ford, A. and Blenkinsop, T. G. 2009. An expanded de Wijs model for multifractal analysis of mineral production data. Mineralium Deposita 44 (2), pp.233-240. (10.1007/s00126-008-0213-3)
- Ford, A. and Blenkinsop, T. G. 2008. Combining fractal analysis of mineral deposit clustering with weights of evidence to evaluate patterns of mineralization: Application to copper deposits of the Mount Isa Inlier, NW Queensland, Australia. Ore Geology Reviews 33 (3-4), pp.435-450. (10.1016/j.oregeorev.2007.01.004)
- Ford, A. and Blenkinsop, T. G. 2008. Evaluating geological complexity and complexity gradients as controls on copper mineralisation, Mt Isa Inlier. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences 55 (1), pp.13-23. (10.1080/08120090701581364)
- Ford, A. , Blenkinsop, T. G. and McLellan, J. G. 2009. Factors affecting fluid flow in strike-slip fault systems: coupled deformation and fluid flow modelling with application to the western Mount Isa Inlier, Australia. Geofluids 9 (1), pp.2-23. (10.1111/j.1468-8123.2008.00219.x)
- Frei, R. , Blenkinsop, T. G. and Schonberg, R. 1999. Geochronology of the late Archaean Razi and Chilimanzi suites of granites in Zimbabwe: implications for the late Archaean tectonics of the Limpopo Belt and Zimbabwe Craton. South African Journal of Geology 102 (1), pp.55-63.
- Gessner, K. , Blenkinsop, T. and Sorjonen-Ward, P. 2018. Characterization of ore-forming systems - advances and challenges. Geological Society Special Publications 453. (10.1144/SP453.16)
- Gilbert, O. et al., 2019. Permeability and surface hardness surveying of stone damaged by ballistic impact. Heritage 2 (2), pp.1369-1389. (10.3390/heritage2020087)
- Guice, G. et al. 2018. Re-evaluating ambiguous age relationships in Archean cratons: implications for the origin of ultramafic-mafic complexes in the Lewisian Gneiss Complex. Precambrian Research 311 , pp.136-156. (10.1016/j.precamres.2018.04.020)
- Hanson, R. E. et al., 2004. Coeval large-scale magmatism in the Kalahari and Laurentian cratons during Rodinia assembly. Science 304 (5674), pp.1126-1129. (10.1126/science.1096329)
- Hanson, R. E. et al., 2006. Mesoproterozoic intraplate magmatism in the Kalahari Craton: A review. Journal of African Earth Sciences 46 (1-2), pp.141-167.
- Hargrove, U. S. et al., 2003. Tectonic evolution of the Zambezi orogenic belt: geochronological, structural, and petrological constraints from northern Zimbabwe. Precambrian Research 123 (2-4), pp.159-186.
- Healy, D. et al., 2015. Polymodal faulting: Time for a new angle on shear failure. Journal of Structural Geology 80 , pp.57-71. (10.1016/j.jsg.2015.08.013)
- Hobbs, B. E. , Ord, A. and Blenkinsop, T. 2022. The spatial distributions of mineralisation. Journal of Structural Geology 156 104529. (10.1016/j.jsg.2022.104529)
- Jackson, J. and Blenkinsop, T. 1993. The Malawi earthquake of March 10, 1989 - Deep faulting within the east-African rift system. Tectonics 12 (5), pp.1131-1139. (10.1029/93TC01064)
- Jackson, J. and Blenkinsop, T. G. 1997. The Bilila-Mtakataka fault in Malawi: An active, 100-km long, normal fault segment in thick seismogenic crust. Tectonics 16 (1), pp.137-150. (10.1029/96TC02494)
- Jadoon, K. et al., 2016. Mineralogical modelling and petrophysical parameters in Permian gas shales from the Roseneath and Murteree formations, Cooper Basin, Australia. Petroleum Exploration and Development 43 (2), pp.277-284. (10.1016/S1876-3804(16)30031-3)
- Jadoon, Q. K. et al., 2016. Petrophysical evaluation and uncertainty analysis of Roseneath and Murteree shales reservoirs in Cooper Basin, Australia (a case study). Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 147 , pp.330-345. (10.1016/j.petrol.2016.06.010)
- Jadoon, Q. K. et al., 2016. Organic petrography and thermal maturity of the permian roseneath and murteree shales in the cooper basin, Australia. International Journal of Coal Geology 154-55 , pp.240-256. (10.1016/j.coal.2016.01.005)
- Jadoon, Q. K. et al., 2017. Lithological and facies analysis of the Roseneath and Murteree shales, Cooper Basin, Australia. Journal of Natural Gas Science and Engineering 37 , pp.138-168. (10.1016/j.jngse.2016.10.047)
- Jadoon, Q. K. et al., 2018. Mineralogical variability of the Permian Roseneath and Murteree Shales from the Cooper Basin, Australia: Implications for shale properties and hydrocarbon extraction. Journal of Petroleum Science and Engineering 165 , pp.850-872. (10.1016/j.petrol.2017.12.022)
- Johnston, K. L. et al., 2025. Naturally deformed polymineralic rocks provide quantitative rheological information. Journal of Structural Geology 200 105539. (10.1016/j.jsg.2025.105539)
- Jourdan, F. et al., 2014. High-precision dating of the Kalkarindji large igneous province, Australia, and synchrony with the Early-Middle Cambrian (Stage 4-5) extinction. Geology 42 (6), pp.543-546. (10.1130/G35434.1)
- Kamber, B. S. et al., 1995. Proterozoic transpressive deformation in the Northern Marginal Zone, Limpopo Belt, Zimbabwe. Journal of Geology 103 (5), pp.493-508.
- Kreuzer, O. P. et al., 2007. Ore controls in the Charters Towers goldfield, NE Australia: Constraints from geological, geophysical and numerical analyses. Ore Geology Reviews 32 (1-2), pp.37-80. (10.1016/j.oregeorev.2006.12.001)
- Kusznir, N. J. , Park, R. G. and Blenkinsop, T. G. 1983. The strength of the lithosphere- some seismic and plate tectonic constraints [Abstract]. Geophysical Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society 73 (1), pp.294. (10.1111/j.1365-246X.1983.tb03818.x)
- Kwelwa, S. D. et al., 2017. Zircon U-Pb ages and Hf isotope data from the Kukuluma Terrain of the Geita Greenstone Belt, Tanzania Craton: Implications for stratigraphy, crustal growth and timing of gold mineralization. Journal of African Earth Sciences 139 , pp.38-54. (10.1016/j.jafrearsci.2017.11.027)
- Kwelwa, S. et al., 2018. The petrogenesis of the Neoarchean Kukuluma Intrusive Complex, NW Tanzania. Precambrian Research 305 , pp.64-78. (10.1016/j.precamres.2017.12.021)
- Kwelwa, S. et al., 2018. Archaean Gold Mineralization in an Extensional Setting: The Structural History of the Kukuluma and Matandani Deposits, Geita Greenstone Belt, Tanzania. Minerals 8 (4) 171. (10.3390/min8040171)
- Lear, C. H. et al. 2020. Geological Society of London Scientific Statement: what the geological record tells us about our present and future climate. Journal of the Geological Society 178 (1) jgs2020-239. (10.1144/jgs2020-239)
- Li, S. et al., 2025. Formation of the Shuixie Cu-Co ore district in response to structural reactivation during block rotation in the southeastern Tibetan Plateau. Mineralium Deposita 60 , pp.1595-1621. (10.1007/s00126-025-01362-y)
- Long, R. E. et al., 1985. Seismicity and tectonics in Wales [Abstract]. Geophysical Journal of the Royal Astronomical Society 81 (1), pp.336.
- Loza Espejel, R. , Alves, T. M. and Blenkinsop, T. G. 2019. Distribution and growth styles of isolated carbonate platforms as a function of fault propagation. Marine and Petroleum Geology 107 , pp.484-507. (10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2019.05.020)
- Loza Espejel, R. , Alves, T. M. and Blenkinsop, T. G. 2020. Multi-scale fracture network characterisation on carbonate platforms. Journal of Structural Geology 140 104160. (10.1016/j.jsg.2020.104160)
- Mamuse, A. , von der Heyden, B. P. and Blenkinsop, T. 2024. Zimbabwe's coloured gemstone endowments - A regional geological overview. Journal of the Southern African Institute of Mining and Metallurgy 124 (1), pp.33-42. (10.17159/2411-9717/2600/2024)
- Manyeruke, T. D. et al., 2004. The age and petrology of the Chimbadzi Hill Intrusion, NW Zimbabwe: first evidence for early Paleoproterozoic magmatism in Zimbabwe. Journal of African Earth Sciences 40 (5), pp.281-292.
- Mochales, T. and Blenkinsop, T. G. 2014. Representation of paleomagnetic data in virtual globes (a case study from the Pyrenees). Computers & Geosciences 70 , pp.56-62. (10.1016/j.cageo.2014.05.013)
- Mol, L. et al., 2017. The benefit of a tough skin: bullet holes, weathering and the preservation of heritage. Royal Society Open Science 4 (2) 160335. (10.1098/rsos.160335)
- Moore, A. and Blenkinsop, T. G. 2006. Scarp retreat versus pinned drainage divide in the formation of the Drakensberg escarpment, southern Africa. South African Journal of Geology 109 (4), pp.599-610. (10.2113/gssajg.109.4.599)
- Moore, A. and Blenkinsop, T. G. 2002. The role of mantle plumes in the development of continental-scale drainage patterns: The southern African example revisited. South African Journal of Geology 105 (4), pp.353-360. (10.2113/1050353)
- Moore, A. E. , Blenkinsop, T. G. and Cotterill, F. P. D. 2012. Dynamic Evolution of the Zambezi-Limpopo Watershed, central Zimbabwe. South African Journal of Geology 115 (4), pp.551-560. (10.2113/gssajg.115.4.551)
- Moore, A. , Blenkinsop, T. G. and Cotterill, F. (. 2008. Controls on post-Gondwana alkaline volcanism in Southern Africa. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 268 (1-2), pp.151-164. (10.1016/j.epsl.2008.01.007)
- Moore, A. , Blenkinsop, T. G. and Cotterill, F. (. 2009. Southern African topography and erosion history: plumes or plate tectonics?. Terra Nova 21 (4), pp.310-315. (10.1111/j.1365-3121.2009.00887.x)
- Moore, A. et al., 2020. Evidence for olivine deformation in kimberlites and other mantle-derived magmas during crustal emplacement. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology 175 (2) 15. (10.1007/s00410-020-1653-8)
- Moore, A. E. et al., 2025. Tectonic triggers for the intrusion of the great dyke (Zimbabwe) and Bushveld Complex (South Africa). South African Journal of Geology 128 (1), pp.73-90. (10.25131/sajg.128.0002)
- Mumm, A. S. et al., 1997. High CO2 content of fluid inclusions in gold mineralisations in the Ashanti Belt, Ghana: A new category of ore forming fluids?. Mineralium Deposita 32 (2), pp.107-118. (10.1007/s001260050078)
- Mumm, A. S. et al., 1998. High CO2 content of fluid inclusions in gold mineralisations in the Ashanti Belt, Ghana: a new category of ore forming fluids? a reply. Mineralium Deposita 33 (3), pp.320-322. (10.1007/s001260050152)
- Munro, M. A. and Blenkinsop, T. G. 2012. MARD - A moving average rose diagram application for the geosciences. Computers & Geosciences 49 , pp.112-120. (10.1016/j.cageo.2012.07.012)
- Munyanyiwa, H. and Blenkinsop, T. G. 1994. Pan-African structures and metamorphism in the Makuti group, north-west Zimbabwe. Journal of African Earth Sciences 19 (3), pp.185-198.
- Munyanyiwa, H. et al., 1997. Geochemistry of amphibolites and quartzofeldspathic gneisses in the Pan-African Zambezi belt, northwest Zimbabwe: Evidence for bimodal magmatism in a continental rift setting. Precambrian Research 81 (3-4), pp.179-196.
- Nortje, G. S. et al., 2011. New faults v. fault reactivation: implications for fault cohesion, fluid flow and copper mineralization, Mount Gordon Fault Zone, Mount Isa District, Australia. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 359 (1), pp.287-311. (10.1144/SP359.16)
- Nortje, G. S. et al., 2006. Vein deflections and thickness variations of epithermal quartz veins as indicators of fracture coalescence. Journal of Structural Geology 28 (8), pp.1396-1405.
- Oberthur, T. et al., 2000. Gold mineralization in the Mazowe area, Harare-Bindura-Shamva greenstone belt, Zimbabwe: II. Genetic relationships deduced from mineralogical, fluid inclusion and stable isotope studies, and the Sm-Nd isotopic composition of scheelites. Mineralium Deposita 35 (2-3), pp.138-156. (10.1007/s001260050012)
- Oberthur, T. et al., 2002. Precise U-Pb mineral ages, Rb-Sr and Sm-Nd systematics for the Great Dyke, Zimbabwe - constraints on late Archean events in the Zimbabwe craton and Limpopo belt. Precambrian Research 113 (3-4), pp.293-305.
- Oesterlen, P. M. and Blenkinsop, T. G. 1994. Extension directions and strain near the failed triple junction of the Zambezi and Luangwa Rift zones, southern Africa. Journal of African Earth Sciences 18 (2), pp.175-180.
- Oliver, N. H. S. et al., 2006. Granite-related overpressure and volatile release in the mid crust: fluidized breccias from the Cloncurry District, Australia. Geofluids 6 (4), pp.346-358. (10.1111/j.1468-8123.2006.00155.x)
- Ord, A. , Blenkinsop, T. and Hobbs, B. 2022. Fragment size distributions in brittle deformed rocks. Journal of Structural Geology 154 104496. (10.1016/j.jsg.2021.104496)
- Rollinson, H. and Blenkinsop, T. G. 1995. The magmatic, metamorphic and tectonic evolution of the Northern Marginal Zone of the Limpopo Belt in Zimbabwe. Journal of the Geological Society 152 (1), pp.65-75. (10.1144/gsjgs.152.1.0065)
- Sanislav, I. V. et al., 2017. The structural history and mineralization controls of the world-class Geita Hill gold deposit, Geita Greenstone Belt, Tanzania. Mineralium Deposita 52 (2), pp.257-279. (10.1007/s00126-016-0660-1)
- Sanislav, I. V. et al., 2018. The tectonic history of a crustal-scale shear zone in the Tanzania Craton from the Geita Greenstone Belt, NW-Tanzania Craton. Precambrian Research 310 , pp.1-16. (10.1016/j.precamres.2018.02.025)
- Sanislav, I. V. et al., 2014. Zircon U-Pb ages and Lu-Hf isotope systematics from late-tectonic granites, Geita Greenstone Belt: Implications for crustal growth of the Tanzania Craton. Precambrian Research 242 , pp.187-204. (10.1016/j.precamres.2013.12.026)
- Sanislav, I. V. , Blenkinsop, T. G. and Dirks, P. H. G. M. 2018. Archaean crustal growth through successive partial melting events in an oceanic plateau-like setting in the Tanzania Craton. Terra Nova 30 (3), pp.169-178. (10.1111/ter.12323)
- Sanislav, I. V. et al., 2015. The geology of the giant Nyankanga gold deposit, Geita Greenstone Belt, Tanzania. Ore Geology Reviews 69 , pp.1-16. (10.1016/j.oregeorev.2015.02.002)
- Thompson, E. S. et al., 2025. Magmatic stratigraphy and platinum group element mineralization at Tweefontein, Northern Bushveld Complex: Evidence of a complex intrusion history of lower, critical, and main zone magmas. Economic Geology 120 (1), pp.1-27. (10.5382/econgeo.5123)
- Thompson, E. S. et al., 2025. Magmatic stratigraphy of the Deep Platreef at Sandsloot, Northern Bushveld Complex: carbonate contamination and controls on Ni-Cu-Platinum group element mineralization. Economic Geology 120 (4), pp.977-1000. (10.5382/econgeo.5163)
- Thompson, E. S. et al., 2025. The effects of carbonate contamination on Ni-Cu-PGE deposit genesis in the Platreef, northern Bushveld Complex: A case study using Niggli numbers. Chemical Geology 671 122481. (10.1016/j.chemgeo.2024.122481)
- Tremlett, W. E. et al., 1987. Discussion on seismicity and tectonics in Wales. Journal of the Geological Society 144 (5), pp.839-840. (10.1144/gsjgs.144.5.0839)
- Vearncombe, J. R. , Blenkinsop, T. G. and Reddy, S. M. 2004. Preface and introduction - Applied Structural Geology in Mineral Exploration and Mining [Editorial]. Journal of Structural Geology 26 (6-7), pp.989-994.
- Walker, R. J. et al., 2017. Igneous sills as a record of horizontal shortening: The San Rafael subvolcanic field, Utah. Geological Society of America Bulletin 129 (9-10), pp.1052-1070. (10.1130/B31671.1)
- Wang, X. et al., 2024. Impacts of WWII bomb explosions on weathering damage of architectural heritage: Bath, England. Heritage Science 12 (1) 157. (10.1186/s40494-024-01262-w)
- Ward, N. , Alves, T. M. and Blenkinsop, T. 2018. Submarine sediment routing over a blocky mass-transport deposit in the Espírito Santo Basin, SE Brazil. Basin Research 30 (4), pp.816-834. (10.1111/bre.12282)
- Ward, N. , Alves, T. M. and Blenkinsop, T. 2017. Differencial compaction over late Miocene submarine channels in SE Brazil: implications for trap formation. Geological Society of America Bulletin 130 (1-2), pp.208-221. (10.1130/B31659.1)
- Ward, N. , Alves, T. M. and Blenkinsop, T. G. 2016. Reservoir leakage along concentric faults in the Southern North Sea: implications for the deployment of CCS and EOR techniques. Tectonophysics 690 (A), pp.97-116. (10.1016/j.tecto.2016.07.027)
- Wedmore, L. N. et al., 2024. The early onset of magmatic rift faulting in the Edward-George Rift, Uganda. Earth and Planetary Science Letters 638 118762. (10.1016/j.epsl.2024.118762)
- Williams, B. et al. 2023. Foliation boudinage structures in the Mount Isa Cu system. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences (10.1080/08120099.2022.2153384)
- Williams, B. J. and Blenkinsop, T. G. 2024. Desurveying drillholes: Methods for calculating drillhole orientation and position, and the effects of drillhole length and rock anisotropy on deviation. Computers & Geosciences 192 105684. (10.1016/j.cageo.2024.105684)
- Williams, B. and Blenkinsop, T. 2024. Strain in sulphide filled foliation boudinage structures at the Mount Isa Cu deposit, Australia. Journal of Structural Geology 179 105034. (10.1016/j.jsg.2023.105034)
- Williams, J. N. et al. 2019. How do variably striking faults reactivate during rifting? insights from Southern Malawi. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems 20 (7), pp.3588-3607. (10.1029/2019GC008219)
- Zhang, H. , Blenkinsop, T. and Hou, Z. 2024. The Baiyangping vein-type polymetallic mineralization as a response to shear zone development and block rotation in SE Tibetan Plateau. Journal of Structural Geology 189 105272. (10.1016/j.jsg.2024.105272)
- Zhang, H. , Blenkinsop, T. and Yu, Z. 2020. Timing of Triassic tectonic division and postcollisional extension in the eastern part of the Jiaodong Peninsula. Gondwana Research 83 , pp.141-156. (10.1016/j.gr.2020.01.018)
Book sections
- Blenkinsop, T. G. 2011. Archean magmatic granulites, diapirism, and Proterozoic reworking in the Northern Marginal Zone of the Limpopo Belt. In: Van Reenen, D. D. ed. Origin and Evolution of Precambrian High-Grade Gneiss Terranes, with Special Emphasis on the Limpopo Complex of Southern Africa. Memoir Vol. 207.Boulder, CO.: Geological Society of America. , pp.245-267. (10.1130/2011.1207(13))
- Blenkinsop, T. G. 1994. The Fractal Distribution of Gold Deposits: Two Examples from the Zimbabwe Archaean Craton. In: Kruhl, J. H. ed. Fractals and Dynamic Systems in Geoscience. Vol. 3, Berlin: Springer. , pp.247-258. (10.1007/978-3-662-07304-9_19)
- Blenkinsop, T. G. , Doyle, M. and Nugus, M. 2014. A unified approach to measuring structures in orientated drill core. In: Richardson, N. ed. Industrial Structural Geology: Principles, Techniques and Integration. Special Publications London: Geological Society of London. , pp.99-108.
- Blenkinsop, T. G. and Moore, A. 2013. Tectonic geomorphology of passive margins and continental hinterlands. In: Shroder, J. F. ed. Treatise on Geomorphology. Vol. 5, London: Academic Press. , pp.71-92. (10.1016/B978-0-12-374739-6.00083-X)
- Case, G. et al., 2017. Delineating the structural controls on iron oxide-Cu-Au deposit genesis through implicit modeling: A case study from the E1 Group, Cloncurry 3 District, Australia. In: Characterization of Ore-Forming Systems from Geological, Geochemical and Geophysical Studies. Vol. 453, Geological Society of London
- Dirks, P. H. G. M. et al., 2020. The world class gold deposits in the Geita Greenstone Belt, Northwestern Tanzania. In: Sillitoe, R. H. et al., Geology of the World’s Major Gold Deposits and Provinces. SEG Special Publications Vol. 23.Society of Economic Geologists. , pp.163-184. (10.5382/SP.23.08)
- Tikoff, B. et al., 2014. A perspective on the emergence of modern structural geology: celebrating the feedbacks between historical-based and process-based approaches. In: Bickford, M. E. ed. The Web of Geological Sciences: Advances, Impacts, and Interactions. Special Paper Vol. 500.Boulder, CO.: Geological Society of America. , pp.65-119. (10.1130/2013.2500(03))
- Tripp, G. et al., 2020. Neoarchean eastern goldfields of Western Australia. In: Sillitoe, R. H. et al., Geology of the World’s Major Gold Deposits and Provinces. Vol. 23, Society of Economic Geologists(10.5382/SP.23.33)
Books
- Blenkinsop, T. G. 2000. Deformation mincrostructures and meachnisms in minerals and rocks. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers.
Conferences
- Blenkinsop, T. , Macklin, D. and Hammond, R. 2015. Rheological controls on the geometry of the Currawong volcanic-hosted massive sulfide deposit, Lachan Fold Belt, Victoria, South-East Australia. Presented at: PACRIM 2015 Congress Hong Kong, China March 2015. PACRIM2015, Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Publication Series. Vol. 2/2105.Australian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. , pp.469-473.
- Blenkinsop, T. G. 1995. Fractal measures for size and spatial distributions of gold mines: Economic applications. Presented at: Sub-Saharan Economic Geology Conference Zimbabwe 21-23 September 1993. Published in: Blenkinsop, T. G. and Tromp, P. L. eds. Sub-Saharan Economic Geology. Special publication / Geological Society of Zimbabwe Vol. 3. Rotterdam: A.A. Balkema. , pp.177-186.
- Mumm, A. S. et al., 1995. Metallogenesis of the Redwing gold mine, Mutare greenstone belt, Zimbabwe. Presented at: Sub-Saharan Economic Geology Conference Zimbabwe 21-23 September 1993. Published in: Blenkinsop, T. G. and Tromp, P. L. eds. Sub-Saharan Economic Geology. Special publication / Geological Society of Zimbabwe Vol. 3. Rotterdam: A.A. Balkema. , pp.187-212.
- Nugus, M. et al., 2014. Exploration and innovation: the discovery and evolution of the 2 Moz Vogue gold resrouce, sunrise dam gold mine, Western Australia. Presented at: Ninth International Mining Geology Conference, 18-20 August 2014, Adelaide, South Australia /? AusIMM, Australian Institute of Geoscientists. Adelaide, Australia 18-20 August 2014.
- Nugus, M. J. et al., 2003. Enigmatic kinematics resolved in the Taurus Shear Zone, Golden Pig gold mine, Southern Cross, Western Australia - Resource implications. Presented at: 5th International Mining Geology Conference Bendigo, Victoria, Australia 17-19 November 2003. Published in: Dominy, S. ed. Proceedings of the 5th International Mining Geology Conference.. Publications of the Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy Vol. 8. Carlton, Victoria, Australia: Australasian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy. , pp.171-179.
- Oberthur, T. et al., 1995. The Ashanti Goldfields mine at Obuasi in Ghana: A metallogenetic model based on mineralogical, geochemical, fluid inclusion and structural data [Abstract]. Presented at: Sub-Saharan Economic Geology Conference Harare, Zimbabwe 21-23 September 1993. Published in: Blenkinsop, T. G. and Tromp, P. L. eds. Sub-Saharan Economic Geology. Geological Society of Zimbabwe Special Publication Vol. 3. Rotterdam: A.A. Balkema. , pp.291-292.
Research
I am interested in deformation processes in the Earth at all scales, especially in the upper crust, and their relation to the formation of hydrothermal mineral deposits.
Fracturing, fluid flow, and brecciation are critical in these environments. I am also interested in the relationship between tectonics and surface processes in rifts and continental interiors. In several of these topics, techniques based on fractal geometry are important tools that I apply.
Granular flow is widespread in industrial processes such as pouring concrete, aswell as on and in the Earth, for example in avalanches, debris flows and along faults. Quite a sophisticated understanding of granular flow exists in the Physics and Engineering communities. We have only just started to apply these ideas to Earth science. One application is the possibility that magmatic ore deposits form by granular flows of crystals within intrusions.
Together with my colleague Prof. Owen Jones in Maths here at Cardiff, I am researching aspects of georesource utilisation and sustainability. What can the concept of peak inerals tell us about resource availability? Will we be able to find enough copper or the transition to a hydrocarbon free society in which electricity production and transport will become so important?
Teaching
I teach structural geology at second, third and fourth year levels. Fieldwork and field based teaching are the best way to teach this subject, as demonstrated by feedback from generations of students. My classes go to the south Wales coast, to Arran and to North Spain.
The potential of drones to provide outstanding perspectives in the field is obvious, as well as generating lots of interest from a teaching point of view.
Measuring structures in drill core is a vital skill in the exploration industry: I am developing some teaching materials for this skill.
Biography
- Professor, Earth Sciences - School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Cardiff University, UK (2013 – present)
- Senior Lecturer – Professor - School of Earth and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Australia (2002-2013)
- Director of the Economic Geology Research Unit- James Cook University, Australia (2011-2012)
- Lecturer–Professor - University of Zimbabwe, Zimbabwe (1989-2002)
- Principal Investigator - University of California, Santa Barbara, U.S.A. (1988-1989)
- Research Assistant - Keele University, University of Liverpool. (1982-1987)
- PhD - Keele University, (1982-1987
- M.Sc. - Imperial College, London University (1981-1982)
- B.A. - Oxford University (1976-1979)
Supervisions
- Mineral deposits
- Structural Geology
- Copper mineralization in Mount Isa, Australia
- Archean Tectonics
Impact
Economic Impacts in Mineral Exploration and Mining
My ressearch in hydrothermal mineralization is highly relevant to the exploration and mining industry. Exploration can be directed more efficiently, and resources estimated more accurately, by understanding structural controls on mineralization. More efficient explration programs also benefit the environment.
The research has been carried out in Australia, Brazil, Papua New Guinea, Russia, West Africa, and southern Africa, mainly through consultancies to mining companies including Anglogold Ashanti, Glencore, Highlands Paciifc, Kinross, Newmont Asia Pacific, Rio Tinto, Ozminerals, and Zimplats. Most of this work is concerned with hydrothermal gold and copper deposits, including lode gold, epithermal, VHMS deposit types. Anglogold Ashanti, Kinross and Newmont are three of the top ten gold mining companies in the world.
Exploration relies heavily in diamond drill core. I have been developing unified systems for analysing orientated drill core, paying special attention to linear features such as fold hinges and slickenlines which are vital but commonly ignored. These methods are outlined in a couple of papers and implemented in a spreadsheet for calculating structural orientations of planar and linear features from core measurements.
Blenkinsop, T., Doyle, M., Nugus, M., 2015. A unified approach to measuring structures in orientated drill core, in: Richards, F. L., Richardson, N. J., Rippington, S. J.,Wilson,R.W.&Bond, C. E. (Eds) Industrial Structural Geology: Principles, Techniques and Integration. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 421, Http://Dx.Doi.Org/10.1144/SP421.1. doi:10.1144/SP421.1
Blenkinsop, T.G. and Doyle, M. 2010. A method for determining the orientation of planar features in cut core. Journal of Structural Geology 32, 741-745.
Profession Practice Impacts - Training
Teaching courses on structural geology for exploration and mining has been a signficant part of these industry relationships. Structural geology is a rapdly advancing discipline, and many of the latest ideas have important ramifications for exploration, which are built into these courses. Practical and field components are essential parts of the courses.
In March 2020, a new MOOC from Cardiff University "Structural Geology for Exploration and Mining" will take some of these ideas to a wider audience.
The final stages of a textbook are in preparation, which will be a new look at structural geology at an intermediate to advanced undergraduate/postgraduate level, with coathors Steve Wojtal adnd Basil Tikoff.
