Personal profile
Biography
Naomi Tucker is an Adjuct Research Fellow with the School of Earth and Oceans, and formerly a Lecturer in Earth science and an Early Career Researcher in metamorphic geology from 2019 to 2025.
Research
Current research projects and interests include:
- Using Archean metamorphism to better constrain early Earth geodynamics, with a focus on the Narryer Terrane, Western Australia, and the Fennoscandian Shield, Finland;
- Development of efficient methods for in situ petrochronology and the application of these methods for tectonic problem-solving in polymetamorphic terranes;
- What goes on inside subduction zones? Using metamorphic rocks to investigate long-lived circulation systems in the subduction channel (various study locations);
- What's under the ice? Investigating the subglacial geology of East Antarctica;
- Microscale garnet-carbonate-sulfide-gold interactions in high-grade terranes;
Funding overview
2022 ARC DP220103027 What does on inside subduction zones?
2022 ARC DP220103037 Garnet speed dating
2019 UWA School of Earth Science Small Research Grant
2019 Research Collaboration Agreement UWA-UniSA-FMG
Education/Academic qualification
Earth Science, Doctor of Philosophy, Metamorphic and crustal evolution of Australian-Antarctic Proterozoic margins, University of Adelaide
2014 → 2018
Research expertise keywords
- Metamorphic petrology
- Crustal evolution
- Geochronology
- Isotope geochemistry
- East Antarctica
- Archean-Proterozoic Australia
Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
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SDG 4 Quality Education -
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure -
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities -
SDG 15 Life on Land
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
Research output
- 16 Article
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Authigenic titanite constraints on fast Mesoproterozoic basin formation in hot Antarctic crust
Tucker, N., March, S., Hand, M., Bockmann, M. & Kolesik, P., Nov 2025, In: Precambrian Research. 430, 18 p., 107928.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Detrital zircon geochronology and sedimentary provenance of the fossiliferous Ediacara Member, South Australia
Reid, L. M., Payne, J. L., Tucker, N. M. & Jago, J. B., 2025, In: Australian Journal of Earth Sciences. 72, 2, p. 169-181 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Detrital zircon and apatite reveal Paleoproterozoic rifting along the eastern margin of the Yilgarn Craton
Clarke, A. J. I., Kirkland, C. L., Glorie, S., Quentin de Gromard, R. & Tucker, N. M., Nov 2024, In: Precambrian Research. 414, 17 p., 107602.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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New metamorphic constraints on the Nova-Bollinger Ni–Cu deposit, Fraser Zone, Western Australia
Chong, J., Tucker, N., Martin, L., Polito, P. & Fiorentini, M., 2024, In: Australian Journal of Earth Sciences. 71, 5, p. 673-698 26 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Ultrahigh thermal gradient granulites in the Narryer Terrane, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia, provide a window into the composition and formation of Archean lower crust
Tucker, N. M., Hammerli, J., Kemp, A. I. S., Rowe, M. L., Gray, C. M., Jeon, H., Whitehouse, M. J. & Roberts, M. P., May 2024, In: Journal of Metamorphic Geology. 42, 4, p. 425-470 46 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Projects
- 4 Finished
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DP220103037 Garnet Speed Dating
Tucker, N. (Investigator 03)
ARC Australian Research Council
30/09/22 → 30/09/25
Project: Research
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GSWA - PhD South West Yilgarn
Thebaud, N. (Investigator 01), Kemp, T. (Investigator 02) & Tucker, N. (Investigator 03)
Geological Survey of Western Australia
1/03/22 → 30/09/25
Project: Research
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DP220103027 What goes on inside subduction zones?
Tucker, N. (Investigator 03)
ARC Australian Research Council
1/01/22 → 31/12/25
Project: Research
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