Dr. Rick Squire

Research Interests Tectonic controls on generation of world-class Au deposits Tectonic processes affecting the early evolution of animals Structural and stratigraphic architecture of complex ancient volcanic terrane   Contact Rick p: +61 3 9905 4888 f: +61 3 9905 e: Rick Squire

Research Fellow Research | Publications

Recent publications

• Meffre, S., Scott, R.J., Glen, R.A. and Squire, R.J. 2007. Re-evaluation of contact relationships between Ordovician volcanic belts and the quartz-rich turbidites of the Lachlan Orogen. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences. 54, 363-383.
• Crawford, A.J., Meffre, S., Squire, R.J., Barron, L. and Falloon, T.J., 2007. Middle and Late Ordovician magmatic evolution of the Macquarie Arc, Lachlan Orogen, New South Wales. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 54, 181-214.
• Squire, R.J. and Crawford, A.J., 2007. Magmatic characteristics and geochronology of Ordovician igneous rocks from the Cadia-Neville region, New South Wales: implications for tectonic evolution. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 54, 293-314.
• Squire, R.J. and McPhie, J., 2007. Complex volcanic facies architecture of the Forest Reefs Volcanics near Cadia, New South Wales, associated with prolonged arc-related volcanism. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 54, 273-292.
• Squire, R.J., Herrmann, W., Pape, D. Chalmers, D.I., 2007. Evolution of the Peak Hill high-sulfidation epithermal Au-Cu deposit, eastern Australia. Mineralium Deposita, 42, 489-503.
• Dugdale, A., Wilson, C.J.L. and Squire, R.J., 2006. Hydrothermal alteration at the Magdala gold deposit, Stawell, western Victoria. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 53, 733-757.
• Henry, D.A, Squire, R.J., Wilson, C.J.L. and Rawling, T.J. 2006. Structural and lithological controls on high-grade Hangingwall Reef quartz-gold veins, Stawell, Victoria. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 53, 759-766.
• Squire, R.J., Stewart, I.R., Zang, W.L., 2006. Acritarchs in polydeformed and highly altered Cambrian rocks in western Victoria. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 53, 697-705.
• Squire, R.J., Wilson, C.J.L., Dugdale, L.J., Jupp, B.J. and Kaufman, A.L., 2006. Cambrian back-arc-basin basalt in western Victoria related to evolution of a continent-dipping subduction zone. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 53, 707-719.
• Squire, R.J. Campbell, I.H., Allen, C.M. and Wilson, C.J.L., 2006. Did the Transgondwanan Supermountain trigger the explosive radiation of animals on Earth? Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 250, 116-133.
• Squire, R.J. and Wilson, C.J.L., 2005. Interaction between collisional orogenesis and convergent-margin processes: evolution of the Cambrian proto-Pacific margin of East Gondwana. Journal of the Geological Society, London, 162, 749-761.
• Squire, R.J. and Miller, J.McL., 2003. Synchronous compression and extension in East Gondwana: tectonic controls on world-class gold deposits at 440 Ma. Geology, 31, 1073-1076.