Allen NUTMAN

Position:  Associate Professor
Room:  41.G162
Phone:  +61 2 4298 1347
Email:  anutman@uow.edu.au

Research Summary (<50 words)

Early Precambrian crustal evolution, terrestrial differentiation and emerging life environments and feedbacks on early climate (>3500 million years ago). This is undertaken via integrated field studies (including geological mapping), geochemistry and zircon U-Pb geochronology. Main focus for research is Greenland.

Possible future Honours student topics

Available late-2011: Participation in a new mineral-chemical appraisal of the world’s oldest sediments from Greenland. The main focus would be on the mineralogical textures in banded iron formations. However, involvement in some SHRIMP U-Pb zircon geochronology might be possible. No fieldwork is planned for participating student.

Available late-2011: Evolution of Eastern Australia and associated mineralisation via integrated field work, petrographic studies and SHRIMP U-Pb zircon geochronology (jointly with Dr. Sol Buckman).

Representative publications

Nutman, A.P., Friend, C.R.L., Bennett, V.C., Wright, D.T. & Norman, M. (2010): ≥3700 Ma pre-metamorphic dolomite formed by microbial mediation in the Isua supracrustal belt (W. Greenland): Simple evidence for early life? Precambrian Research, 183, 725-737.
(Novel geochemical evidence that life originated >3800 million years ago – based on bio-chemical observations of modern sediments.)

Hiess, J., Bennett, V.C., Nutman, A.P. & Williams, I.S. (2009): In situ U-Pb, O and Hf isotopic compositions of zircon from Eoarchaean tonalite and felsic volcanic rocks, Itsaq Gneiss Complex, southern West Greenland: New constraints on the source materials for the early crust. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73, 4489-4516.
(First fully-integrated intra-zircon isotopic study of Eoarchaean rocks demonstrating that the Eoarchaean continental crust provides no evidence of recycled Hadean crustal materials.)

Nutman, A.P. & Friend, C.R.L. (2009): New 1:20,000 scale geological maps, synthesis and history of investigation of the Isua supracrustal belt and adjacent orthogneisses, southern West Greenland: A glimpse of Eoarchaean crust formation and orogeny. Precambrian Research, 172, 189-211.
(Landmark new1:20,000 scale digital map and geochronologic/tectonic synthesis of the most significant Eoarchaean terrane – with recognition of arc assembly and collisional orogeny by 3650 Ma)

Nutman, A.P. & Hiess, J. (2009): A granitic inclusion suite within igneous zircons from a 3.81 Ga tonalite (W. Greenland): Implications for Hadean crustal evolution studies using detrital zircons. Chemical Geology, 261, 76-81.
(Integrated petrological studies of inclusions in 3800 Ma tonalite igneous zircons – demonstrating that in hot zirconium-undersaturated magmas, zircons are late, low temperature crystals. Important bearing on interpreting the Hadean low temperature zircons from Jack Hills, WA.)

Nutman, A.P., Kalsbeek, K. & Friend, C.R.L. (2008): The Nagssugtoqidian orogen in South-East Greenland: Evidence for Paleoproterozoic collision and plate assembly. American Journal of Science, 308, 529-572.
(Juxtaposition of HP (eclogite) and HT (low pressure granulite) arc terranes in the E. Greenland Palaeoproterozoic. This was integrated into a Palaeoproterozoic crustal evolution for the whole of Greenland involving progressive southerly accretion/welding of arcs with older continental blocks.)

Nutman, A.P., Bennett, V.C. & Friend, C.R.L. (2007): c. 3850 Ma tonalites in the Nuuk region, Greenland: Geochemistry and their reworking within an Eoarchaean gneiss complex. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, DOI 10.1007/s00410-007-0199-3
(Integrated field, geochronological and isotopic investigations revealing small volume but widespread existence of ancient crust whose chemistry is strong evidence for Hadean terrestrial chemical differentiation.)

Nutman, A.P., 2006. Antiquity of the oceans and continents. Elements, 2, 223-228.
(Invited and popular review paper summarizing current evidence, much of it derived from the author’s and collaborators; work, for the early history of Earth’s oceans and continents.)

Nutman, A.P. & Friend, C.R.L. (2006): Re-evaluation of oldest life evidence: Infrared absorbance spectroscopy and petrography of apatites in ancient metasediments, Akilia, W. Greenland. Precambrian Research, 147, 100-106.
(Critical re-investigation of claims of a graphite-apatite chemofossil in the world’s oldest metasedimentary rocks.)

Nutman, A.P. 2007: Apatite recrystallisation during prograde metamorphism, Cooma, SE Australia: implications for using an apatite-graphite association as a biotracer in ancient metasediments. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 54, 1023-1032.
(Systematic study of the recrystallisation of apatite during progressive metamorphism – refutes the claims that apatite with graphite inclusions can be used as a reliable chemofossil in ancient metamorphic rocks.)

Nutman, A.P., Friend, C.R.L. & Bennett, V.C., 2002. Early Archaean tectonic interleaving of unrelated rocks of different age in the north of the Itsaq Gneiss Complex of Greenland. Tectonics, 21, article #5.
(Extensive field, geochronological and geochemical study showing amalgamation of early Archaean terranes with different histories, setting the stage for a more detailed understanding of Eoarchaean tectonics.)

Nutman, A.P., 2001: On the scarcity of >3900 Ma detrital zircons in ≥3500 Ma metasediments Precambrian Res., 105, 93-114.
(A systematic survey of U-Pb ages (SHRIMP) of detrital zircons from the oldest metasedimentary rocks revealing no evidence of Hadean granitic materials in the source terranes of Eoarchaean sedimentary rocks.)

Nutman, A.P., Bennett, V.C., Friend, C.R.L. & McGregor, V.R., 2000. The early Archaean Itsaq Gneiss Complex of Southern West Greenland: the importance of field observations in interpreting age and isotopic constraints for early terrestrial evolution. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 64, 3035-3060.
(Study demonstrating the significance of an integrated approach to using geochemical data to interpret early Earth history, with reinterpretation of earlier work lacking this approach.)

Nutman, A.P., Bennett, V.C., Kinny, P.D. & Price, R., 1993. Large-scale structure of the Northwest Yilgarn craton, Western Australia: Evidence from Nd isotopic data and zircon geochronology. Tectonics, 12, 971-981.
(Early study demonstrating the efficacy of combined U-Pb zircon and whole rock Nd to reveal regional terrane histories and their tectonic assembly in a complex and poorly exposed region.)

Nutman, A.P., Bridgwater, D. & Fryer, B., 1984. The iron-rich suite from the Amîtsoq gneisses of southern West Greenland: early Archaean plutonic rocks of mixed crustal and mantle origin. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 87: 24-34.
(Early geochemical study showing evidence of mixed sources (crust mantle) in some of Earth’s oldest-preserved igneous rocks.)

Additional research information (long version)

Dr. Nutman has the world’s longest, broadest experience working on Earth’s earliest rock record (Greenland, Labrador, China and Western Australia). His relevant skills are to obtain integrated data to unravel crustal history with (i) his own mapping, petrology and whole rock geochemistry (>30 years), (ii) SHRIMP zircon dating of igneous and metamorphic events (>20 years), and (iii) intra-zircon inclusion studies and trace element chemistry (5 years). Early career highlights are (i) showing (pre-SHRIMP geochronology) the lithological and temporal diversity of the oldest orthogneisses (e.g. Nutman et al., Contrib. Mineral. Petrol, 1984; Baadsgaard et al., Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta., 1986), (ii) that the Isua Supracrustal Belt of Greenland (the world’s largest body of >3700 Ma meta-volcanic and sedimentary rocks) contained coherent lithological units that could be mapped-out, albeit disrupted by early tectonic breaks (Nutman et al., Precamb. Res., 1984), and (iii) the documentation of early Archaean granulite facies metamorphism in relatively thick crust (Griffin et al,. Earth Planet. Sci., 1980).

After Nutman joined the ANU SHRIMP group his early Earth contributions continued, with (i) showing episodic crustal growth in the early Archaean (Nutman et al., Geology, 1993 and onwards), and (ii) that the Isua supracrustal belt contains unrelated volcano-sedimentary sequences of different age and origin in early Archaean tectonic contact (Nutman et al., Chem. Geol. 1997 and onwards). This is particularly important for establishing the timeline for early-life and terrestrial environmental studies. Under the auspices of DP0342798 this was the flavour of further research, with (i) refuting of the graphite-within-apatite chemofossil (Nutman and Friend, Precamb. Res., 2006) and (ii) demonstrating the importance of “marine’ carbonates in the earliest sedimentary record (Friend et al. Contrib. Min. Pet., 2007). Whilst at the Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences Dr. Nutman, with Chinese colleagues made significant advance in expanding and interpreting the early Archaean terranes of North China Craton.

Current work includes using novel geochemical approaches applied to early Archaean metasedimentary rocks to test independently proposals of early (>3600 Ma) life (Nutman et al., 2010). Increased emphasis in recently initiated research will be a better constraint on early atmospheric composition and climate. This will use detailed studies of recently recognised ≥3700 Ma unconformities with weathering beneath them, details studies of the mineralogy and textures of the oldest banded iron formations, plus integrating whole rock and igneous zircon O-isotope data, to deconvolve deep-seated magmatic effects from surficial weathering and alteration effects. Broader terrestrial studies are continuing, particularly in collaboration with Dr. V. Bennett (ANU), such as integrated 142Nd and 143Nd studies showing that silicate Earth underwent major fractionation in its first 50 million years (Bennett et al., Science, 2007).

Short CV (employment & education history)

TERTIARY EDUCATION:
1976: BSc (geology), University of Exeter, U.K.
1980: PhD (geology), University of Exeter, U.K.

PREVIOUS APPOINTMENT (OCT. 1st 2006 - SEPT. 30th 2009):
Professorial senior researcher at the Beijing SHRIMP group, Chinese Academy of Geological Sciences, Beijing.

EARLIER POSITIONS:
Fellow, Research School of Earth Sciences, Australian Nat. University (ANU): Jul 1996 – Feb 2006.
*Professor, University of São Paulo, Brazil: Feb 2000 – Mar 2001.
*Professor, National Institute of Polar Research, Tokyo, Japan, Nov 1999 - Feb 2000.
*Consultant, Broken Hill Pty. Ltd. Sept 1999.
°Geologist, Geological Survey of Greenland, Aug 1999
*Professor, University of Hiroshima, Aug 1997 -Nov 1997 and Feb 1998 -Mar 1998.
°Geologist, Geological Survey of Greenland, Jul-Aug 1994
Research Fellow, Research School of Earth Sciences ANU:  Jul 1988 -Jul 1996.
°Geologist, Geological Survey of Greenland, Jul-Aug 1986.
Postdoctoral Fellow, Memorial University of Newfoundland: Aug 1984 - Jun 1988.
Carlsberg Fund Postdoctoral Fellow – Copenhagen University: Jan 1983 - Jun 1984.
°Geologist, Geological Survey of Greenland: Jun 1982 - Aug 1982.
Royal Society Postdoctoral Fellow – Geological Survey of Greenland: Apr 1980 - Apr 1982.
°Geologist, Geological Survey of Greenland: Jun-Aug 1978.
°Geologist, Geological Survey of Greenland: Jun-Aug 1977.
°Geologist, Geological Survey of Greenland: Jun-Aug 1976.
Research assistant. University of Exeter: July 1976 – June 1979.
°Geologist’s assistant, Geological Survey of Greenland: Jun-Sept 1975.
°Geologist’s assistant, Geological Survey of Greenland: Jun-Sept 1974.
* position held whilst on leave from ANU,
° contract mapping projects

Allen Phillip NUTMAN: International Peer-Reviewed Publications Listed By Year

Manuscripts accepted, under review and in advanced preparation:

(205) Basei, M.A.S., Campos Neto, M.C.C., Castro, N.A., Nutman, A.P., Wemmer, K., Yamamoto, M.T., Hueck, M., Osako, L., Siga Jr. O. & Passarelli, C.R.: Tectonic evolution of the Brusque Group, Dom Feliciano Belt, Santa Catarina, Southern Brazil. Submitted to Journal of South American Earth Sciences – under review.

(204) Basei, M.A.S., Peel, E., Sánchez Bettucci, L., Preciozzi, F. & Nutman, A.P.: The basement of the Punta del Este Terrane (Uruguay): An African Mesoproterozoic fragment at the eastern border of the South American Rio de La Plata craton. Journal of South American Earth Sciences. Accepted pending minor revision.

(203) Friend, C.R.L. & Nutman, A.P. (in press) Geochemistry of ~3720 Ma dunites from Isua (Greenland): First window into an Eoarchean sub-arc mantle wedge. Geology, accepted in Jan 2011 for publication, pending minor revision.

(202) Nutman, A.P. & Friend, C.R.L.: 3650-3600 Ma polythermal crustal thinning in the Itsaq Gneiss Complex of southern West Greenland: Aborted cratonisation of juvenile Eoarchaean crust. Submitted to Journal of the Geological Society of London in September 2010 – under review.

(201) Nutman, A.P., Friend, C.R.L. & Bennett, V.C.: Waves and weathering at 3.7 Ga: Evidence for an equitable terrestrial climate under the faint early sun. Submitted to Australian Journal of Earth Sciences in Feb. 2011.

(200) Nutman, A.P., Wan, Y., Sun, H., Du, L., Liu, D-Y. & Friend, C.R.L. (in press) Multistage late Neoarchaean crustal evolution of the eastern North China Craton (E. Hebei province): Precambrian Research, accepted in Jan 2011for publication, pending minor revision.

(199) Rocha-Campos, A.C., Basei, M.A., Nutman, A.P., Kleiman, Laura, Varela, R., Llambias, E., Canile, F. M. and da Rosa, O.C.R.: 30 million years of Permian volcanism recorded in the Choiyoi igneous province (SW Argentina) and their source for younger bentonites in the Parana basin: SHRIMP U-Pb zircon geochronology evidence. Soon to be submitted to the South American Journal of Earth Sciences.

2010

(198) Basei, M.A.S., Cordani, U.G., Teixeira, W. & Nutman, A.P.: Tectono-magmatic evolution of the Neoproterozoic South American orogenic belts. Precambrian Research, 183, 122-144.

(197) Friend, C.R.L. & Nutman, A.P.: Eoarchean ophiolites? New evidence for the debate on the Isua supracrustal belt, southern West Greenland. American Journal of Science, 310 (page numbers not yet available).

(196) Hiess, J., Bennett, V.C., Nutman, A.P. & Williams, I.S.: Archaean fluid-assisted crustal cannibalism recorded by low δ18O and negative εHf(T) isotopic signatures of West Greenland granite zircon. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, DOI: 10.1007/s00410-010-0578-z.

(195) Horie, K., Nutman, A.P., Friend, C.R.L. & Hidaka, H.: SHRIMP and old rocks: The evidence for 3900-3840 Ma crust within the Itsaq Gneiss Complex (Greenland). Precambrian Research, 183, 25-43.

(194) Nutman, A.P., Friend, C.R.L., Bennett, V.C., Wright, D. & Norman, M.: ≥3700 Ma pre-metamorphic dolomite formed by microbial mediation in the Isua supracrustal belt (W. Greenland): Simple evidence for early life? Precambrian Research, 183, 725-737.

(193) Nutman, A.P., Friend, C.R.L. & Hiess, J.: Archaean gneiss complex in West Greenland: Intra-continental tectonic partitioning with granite intrusion following crust formation by amalgamation of arc complexes. American Journal of Science, 310 (page numbers not yet available).

(192) Nutman, A.P., Friend, C.R.L. & Liu, D-Y.: Preface to Special Issue of Precambrian Research on the impact of SHRIMP on understanding the Precambrian. Precambrian Research, 183, vii (3 pages)

(191) Sun, H., Dong, C. Xie, H., Wang, W., Ma, M., Liu, D-Y. Nutman, A.P., Yusheng, W.: Neoarchean SHRIMP U-Pb zircon formation ages of the Zhuzhangzi and Dantazi Groups in the Qinlong area, eastern Hebei Province: Deposition within an intra-arc environment. Geoscience in China – accepted – volume and page numbers not yet available.

2009

(190) Cardona, A., Cordani, U.G., Ruiz, J., Valencia, V.A., Armstrong, R., Chew, D., Nutman, A.P. & Sanchez, A.W.: U-Pb zircon geochronology and Nd isotopic signatures of the pre-Mesozoic metamorphic basement of the eastern Peruvian Andes: Growth and provenance of a late Neoproterozoic to Carboniferous accretionary orogen on the northwest margin of Gondwana. Journal of Geology, 117, 285-305.

(189) Dauphas, N., Craddock, R.P., Asimow, P.D., Bennett, V.C., Nutman, A.P., Ohnenstetter, D.: Iron isotopes reveal the conditions of mantle melting from Archean to present. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 288, 255-267.

(188) Friend, C.R.L., Nutman, A.P., Baadsgaard, H. & Duke, J.: The whole rock Sm-Nd ‘age’ for the 2825 Ma Ikkattoq gneisses (Greenland) is 800 Ma too young: Insights into Archaean TTG petrogenesis. Chemical Geology, 261, 61-75.

(187) Hiess, J., Bennett, V.C., Nutman, A.P. & Williams, I.S.: In situ U-Pb, O and Hf isotopic compositions of zircon from Eoarchaean tonalite and felsic volcanic rocks, Itsaq Gneiss Complex, southern West Greenland: New constraints on the source materials for the early crust. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73, 4489-4516.

(186) Jenner, F.E., Bennett, V.C., Nutman, A.P., Friend, C.R.L., Norman, M.D. & Yaxley, G.: Evidence for plate tectonics at 3.8 Ga: Geochemistry of arc-like metabasalts from the southern edge of the Isua supracrustal belt. Chemical Geology, 261, 82-99.

(185) Nutman, A.P. & Friend, C.R.L.: New 1:20,000 scale geological maps, synthesis and history of investigation of the Isua supracrustal belt and adjacent orthogneisses, southern West Greenland: A glimpse of Eoarchaean crust formation and orogeny. Precambrian Research, 172, 189-211.

(184) Nutman, A.P. & Hiess, J.: A granitic inclusion suite within igneous zircons from a 3.81 Ga tonalite (W. Greenland): Implications for Hadean crustal evolution studies using detrital zircons. Chemical Geology, 261, 76-81.

(183) Nutman, A.P., Bennett, V.C., Friend, C.R.L., Jenner, F., Wan, Y. & Liu, D-Y.: Episodic Eoarchaean crustal accretion (3.87 to 3.66 Ga) in West Greenland (Itsaq Gneiss Complex) and in northeastern China. In: Cawood, P.A. & Kröner, A. (eds) Earth Accretionary Systems in Space and Time. Special Publication of the Geological Society, 318, 127-154.

(182) Nutman, A.P., Friend, C.R.L. & Paxton, S.: Detrital zircon sedimentary provenance ages for the Eoarchaean Isua supracrustal belt southern West Greenland: Juxtaposition of a ca. 3700 Ma juvenile arc assemblage against an older complex with 3920-3800 Ma components. Precambrian Research, 172, 212-233.

(181) Nutman, A.P., Wan, Y. & Liu, D-Y.: Integrated field geological and zircon morphology evidence for 3.8 Ga rocks at Anshan: Comment on ‘Zircon U-Pb and Hf isotopic constraints on the Early Archean crustal evolution in Anshan of the North China Craton’. Precambrian Research, 172, 352-360.

2008

(180) Basei, M.A.S., Frimmel, H.E., Nutman, A.P. & Preciozzi, F.: West Gondwana amalgamation based on detrital zircon ages from Neoproterozoic Ribeira and Dom Feliciano Belts of South America and comparison with coeval sequences from SW Africa. In Pankhurst, R.J., Trouw, R.A.J., De Brito Neves, B.B., De Wit, M.J. (eds.) West Gondwana: Pre-Cenozoic Correlations Across the South Atlantic Region. Spec. Publication of the Geological Society, 294, 239-256.

(179) Campanha, G.A.C., Basei, M.A.S., Tassinari, C.C., Nutman, A.P. & Faleiros, F.M.: Constraining the age of the Iporagnga Formation with SHRIMP U-Pb zircon: Implications for possible Ediacaran Glaciation in the Ribeira Belt, SE. Brazil. Gondwana Research, 13, 117-125.

(178) Hiess, J., Nutman, A.P., Bennett, V.C. & Holden, P.: Ti in zircon thermometry applied to contrasting Archean metamorphic and igneous systems. Chemical Geology, 247, 323-338.

(177) Kalsbeek, F., Higgins, A.K, Jepsen, H.F., Frei, R. & Nutman, A.P.: Granites and granites in the East Greenland Caledonides. In: A.K. Higgins, J.A. Gilotti and M.P. Smith (eds) The Greenland Caledonides – Evolution of the Northeast Margin of Laurentia. Geol. Soc. America Memoir 202, 227-249, doi: 10.1130/2008.1202(09).

(176) Kalsbeek, F., Thrane, K., Higgins, A.K., Jepsen, H.F., Leslie, A.G., Nutman, A.P & Frei, R.: Polyorogenic history of the East Greenland Caledonides. In: A.K. Higgins, J.A. Gilotti and M.P. Smith (eds) The Greenland Caledonides – Evolution of the Northeast Margin of Laurentia. Geol. Soc. America Memoir 202, 55-72, doi: 10.1130/2008.1202(03).

(175) Nutman, A.P. & Friend, C.R.L. Raman and ion microscopic imagery of graphitic inclusions in apatite from older than 3830 Ma Akilia supracrustal rocks, west Greenland: Comment. Geology (doi: 10.1130/G24384C.1).

(174) Nutman, A.P., Dawes, P., Kalsbeek, F. & Hamilton, M.A.: Palaeoproterozoic and Archaean gneiss complexes in northern Greenland: Palaeoproterozoic terrane assembly in the High Arctic. Precambrian Research, 161, 419-451.

(173) Nutman, A.P., Kalsbeek, K. & Friend, C.R.L.: The Nagssugtoqidian orogen in South-East Greenland: Evidence for Paleoproterozoic collision and plate assembly. American Journal of Science, 308, 529-572.
2007

(172) Bennett, V.C., Brandon, A.D. & Nutman, A.P.: Hadean mantle dynamics from coupled 142-143 neodymium isotopes in Eoarchaean rocks. Science, 318, 1907-1910.

(171) Chadwick, B., Vasudev, V.N., Hegde, G.V. & Nutman, A.P.: Structure and SHRIMP U/Pb zircon ages of granites adjacent to the Chitradurga Schist Belt: Implications for Neoarchaean convergence in the Dharwar Craton, southern India. J. Geol. Soc. India, 69, 5-24.

(170) Friend, C.R.L., Bennett, V.C., Nutman, A.P. & Norman, M.D.: Seawater trace element signatures (REE+Y) from Eoarchaean chemical (meta)sedimentary rocks, southern West Greenland. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology DOI 10.1007/S00410-007-0239-z.

(169) Jesus, A.P., Munhal, J., Mateus, A., Tassinari, C. & Nutman, A.P.: The Beja layered gabbroic sequence (Ossa-Morena zone, souther Portugal): Geochronology and geodynamic implications. Geodinamica Acta, 20, 139-157.

(168) Nutman, A.P.: Apatite recrystallisation during prograde metamorphism, Cooma, SE Australia: implications for using an apatite-graphite association as a biotracer in ancient metasediments. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 54, 1023-1032.

(167) Nutman, A.P. & Friend, C.R.L. Technical comment on: A vestige of Earth’s oldest ophiolite. Science, 318, 747e

(166) Nutman, A.P. & Friend, C.R.L.: Terranes with ca. 2715 and 2650 Ma high-pressure metamorphisms juxtaposed in the Nuuk region, southern West Greenland: Complexities of Neoarchaean collisional orogeny. Precambrian Research, 155, 159-203.

(165) Nutman, A.P., Christiansen, O. & Friend, C.R.L.: 2635-2610 Ma structurally controlled lode-gold mineralisation near a terrane boundary (suture?) at Storø, Nuuk region, southern West Greenland. Precambrian Research, 159, 19-32.

(164) Nutman, A.P., Bennett, V.C. & Friend, C.R.L.: c. 3850 Ma tonalites in the Nuuk region, Greenland: Geochemistry and their reworking within an Eoarchaean gneiss complex. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, DOI 10.1007/s00410-007-0199-3

(163) Nutman, A.P., Friend, C.R.L., Horie, H. & Hidaka, H.: Construction of pre-3600 Ma crust at convergent plate boundaries, exemplified by the Itsaq Gneiss Complex of southern West Greenland. Chapter for Elsevier book on the early Earth In: VAn KRANENDONK, M.J., SMITHIES, R.H., & BENNETT, V.C. (eds) Earth’s Oldest Rocks. Elsevier, pp.187-218.

2006

(162) Cordani, U.G., Nutman, A.P., Andrade, A.S., Santos, J.F., Azevedo, M.R., Mendes, M.H. & Pinto, M.S.: New U-Pb SHRIMP zircon ages for pre-Variscan orthogneisses from Portugal and their bearing on the evolution of the Ossa-Morena tectonic zone. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias, 78, 133-150.

(161) Frimmel, H.E., Tack, L., Basei, M.S., Nutman, A.P. & Boven, A.: Provenance and chemostratigraphy of the Neoproterozoic West Congolian Group in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Journal of African Earth Sciences. 46: 221-239.

(160) Nutman, A.P.: Comment on: Zircon thermometer reveals minimum melting conditions on earliest Earth by Watson and Harrison. Science 311, 779a.

(159) Nutman, A.P.: Antiquity of the oceans and continents. Elements, 2, 223-227.

(158) Nutman, A.P. & Friend, C.R.L.: Re-evaluation of oldest life evidence: Infrared absorbance spectroscopy and petrography of apatites in ancient metasediments, Akilia, W. Greenland. Precambrian Research, 147, 100-106.

(157) Nutman, A.P., Sano, Y., Terada, K. & Hidaka, H.: 743±17 Ma granite clast from Jurassic conglomerates, Kamiaso, Mino Terrane, Japan: the case for South China Craton provenance (Korean Gyeonggi Block?). Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 26, 99-104.

2005

(156) Basei, M.A.S., Frimmel, H.E., Nutman, A.P., Preciozzi, F. & Jacob, J.: Connection between the Neoproterozoic Dom Feliciano (Brazil/Uruguay) and Gariep (Namibia/South Africa) orogenic belts – evidence from a reconnaissance provenance study. Precambrian Research, 139, 195-221.

(155) Cordani, U.G., Cardona, A., Jimenez, D.M., Dunyi, L. & Nutman, A.P.: Geochronology of Proterozoic basement inliers from the Colombian Andes: Tectonic history of remnants from a fragmented Grenville belt. From: Vaughan, A, Leat, P.T. & Pankhurst, R.J. (eds): Terrane processes at the margins of Gondwana. Geological Society of London, Special Publications, 246, 329-346.

(154) Cordani, U.G., Nutman, A.P., Andrade, A., dos Santos, J.F., do Rosario, M., Azevedo, M., Mendes, M.H. & Pinto, M.S.: New U-Pb SHRIMP zircon ages for pre-Variscan orthogneisses from Portugal and their bearing on the evolution of the Ossa-Morena tectonic zone. Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciências pages not yet available.

(153) Friend, C.R.L. & Nutman, A.P.: New pieces to the Archaean terrane jigsaw puzzle in the Nuuk region, southern West Greenland: steps in transforming a simple insight into a complex regional tectonothermal model. Journal of the Geological Society of London, 162, 147-162.

(152) Friend, C.R.L. & Nutman, A.P.: Complex 3670–3500 Ma orogenic episodes superimposed on juvenile crust accreted between 3850–3690 Ma, Itsaq Gneiss Complex, southern West Greenland. Journal of Geology, 113, 375-397.

(151) Gibson, G.M. & Nutman, A.P.: Discussion & Reply: “Detachment faulting and bimodal magmatism in the Palaeoproterozoic Willyama Supergroup, south-central Australia: keys to recognition of a multiply deformed Precambrian metamorphic core complex. Journal of the Geological Society of London, 162, 409-416.

(150) Kozakov, I.K., Sal’nikova, E.B., Nutman, A., Kovach, V.P., Kotov, A.B., Podkovyrov, V.N., & Plotkina, Y.V.: Metasedimentary complexes of the Tuva-Mongolian Massif: age, provenance, and tectonic position. Stratigr. Geol. Correl. 13, 1–20.

(149) Thrane, K., Baker, J., Connelly, J. & Nutman, A.P.: Age, petrogenesis and metamorphism of the syn-collisional Prøven Igneous Complex, West Greenland. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 149, 541-555.

2004

(148) Gilotti, J.A., Nutman, A.P. & Brueckner, H.K.: Devonian to Carboniferous collision in the Greenland Caledonides: U-Pb zircon and Sm-Nd ages of high-pressure and ultrahigh-pressure metamorphism. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 148: 216-235.

(147) Dantas, E.L., van Schmus, W.R., Hackspacher, P.C., Fetter, A.H., de Brito Neves, B.B., Cordani, U., Nutman, A.P. & Williams, I.S.: The 3.4-3.5 Ga Sao Jose do Campestre massif, NE Brazil: remnants of the oldest crust in South America.  Precambrian Research, 130, 113-137.

(146) Gibson, G.M. & Nutman, A.P.: Detachment faulting and bimodal magmatism in the Palaeoproterozoic Willyama Supergroup, south-central Australia: keys to recognition of a multiply deformed Precambrian metamorphic core complex. Journal of the Geological Society of London, 161, 55-66.

(145) Honda, M, Nutman, A.P., Bennett, V.C. & Yatsevich, I.: Radiogenic, nucleogenic and fissiogenic noble gas compositions in early Archaean magmatic zircons from Greenland. Geochemical Journal. 38, 265-269.

(144) Kinny, P.D., Nutman, A.P. & Occhipinti, S.A.: Reconnaissance dating of events in the southern part of the Capricorn Orogen.  Precambrian Research. 128, 279-294.

(143) Nutman, A.P., Friend, C.R.L. & Bennett, V.C.: Dating of the Ameralik dyke swarms of the Nuuk district, southern West Greenland: Mafic intrusion events starting from c. 3510 Ma. Journal of the Geological Society of London. 161, 421-430.

(142) Nutman, A.P., Friend, C.R.L., Barker, S.L.L. & McGregor, V.R.: Inventory and assessment of Palaeoarchaean gneiss terrains and detrital zircons in southern West Greenland. Precambrian Research, 135, 281-314.

(141) Santos, E.J., Nutman, A.P., & B.B. Brito Neves.: Idades SHRIMP U-Pb do Complexo Sertânia: Implicaçoes Sobre a Evoluçao Tectônica da Zona Transversal, Provincia Borborema. Revista do Instituto de Geociências – USP, 4, 1-12.

(140) Tassinari, C.C.G., Munha, J.M.U., Teixeira, W., Palacios, T., Nutman, A.P., Sosa, C.S., Santos, A.P. & Calado, B.O.: The Imataca Complex, NW Amazonian Craton, Venezuela: Crustal evolution and integration of geochronological and petrological cooling histories. Episodes, 27, 3-12.

2003

(139) Bastos-Leal, L.R., Cunha, J.C., Cordani, U.G., Teixeira, W, Nutman, A.P., Menezes, A.B. & Macambira, M.J.B.: SHRIMP U-Pb, 207Pb/206Pb zircon dating and Nd isotopic signature of the Umbaranas greenstone belt, Northern Sao Fransisco Craton, Brazil. J. S. American Earth Sci. 15, 775-785.

(138) Giles, D. & Nutman, A.P.: SHRIMP U-Pb zircon dating of the host rocks of the Cannington Ag-Pb-Zn deposit, southeastern Mount Isa Block, Australia. Australian Journal of Earth Sciences 50, 295-309.

(137) Honda, M., Nutman, A.P. & Bennett, V.C.: Xenon compositions of magmatic zircons in 3.64 and 3.81 Ga Meta-granitoids from Greenland – a search for extinct 244Pu in ancient terrestrial rocks.  Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 207, 69-82.

(136) Leslie, A.G. & Nutman, A.P.: Evidence of Neoproterozoic orogenesis and early collision-related high temperature Scandian events in the southern East Greenland Caledonides. Geol. Mag. 140, 309-333.

(135) Nutman, A.P., Green, D.H. & Cook, A.C.: Reply on SHRIMP U-Pb zircon dating of the exhumation of the Lizard Peridotite and its emplacement over crustal rocks: constraints for tectonic models. J. Geol. Soc. Lond. 160, 331-335.

(134) Sato, K., Siga, O., Nutman, A.P., Basei, M.A.S., McReath, I., Kaulfuss, G.: The Atuba Complex, Southern South American Platform: Archean Components and Paleoproterozoic to Neoproterozoic Tectonothermal Events. Gondwana Reasearch, 6, 251-263.

2002

(133) Bennett, V.C., Nutman, A.P. & Esat, T.M.: Constraints on mantle evolution and differentiation from 187Os/188Os isotopic compositions of Archaean ultramafic rocks from southern West Greenland (3.8 Ga) and Western Australia (3.45 Ga). Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 66, 2615-2630.

(132) Cordani, U.G., Coutinho, J.M.V. & Nutman, A.P.: Geochronological constraints for the age of the Embu Complex, São Paulo, Brazil.  J. S. Am. Earth Sci. 14, 903-910

(131) Friend, C.R.L., Bennett, V.C. & Nutman, A.P.: Abyssal peridotites >3,800 Ma from southern West Greenland: field relationships, petrography, geochronology, whole-rock and mineral chemistry of dunite and harzburgite inclusions in the Itsaq Gneiss Complex. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 143, 71-92.

(130) Friend, C.R.L., Nutman, A.P. & Bennett, V.C.: Comment on: Protoliths of the 3.8-3.7 Ga Isua greenstone belt (Myers) Precambrian Research, 117, 145-149.

(129) Giles, D. & Nutman, A.P.: SHRIMP U-Pb monazite dating of 1600-1580 Ma amphibolite facies metamorphism in the southeastern Mount Isa Block, Australia. J. Geol. Soc. Australia, 49: 455-466.

(128) Nutman, A.P., Friend, C.R.L. & Bennett, V.C.: Early Archaean tectonic interleaving of unrelated rocks of different age in the north of the Itsaq Gneiss Complex of Greenland. Tectonics, 21, article #5.

(127) Nutman, A.P., McGregor, V.R., Shiraishi, K., Friend, C.R.L., Bennett, V.C. & Kinny, P.D.: ≥3850 Ma BIF and mafic inclusions in the early Archaean Itsaq Gneiss Complex around Akilia, southern West Greenland? The difficulties of precise dating of zircon-free protoliths in migmatites. Precambrian Res. 117, 185-224.

2001

(126) Chadwick, B., Hegde, G.V., Nutman, A.P. & Vasudev, V.N.: Syenite emplacement during accretion of the late Archaean Dherwar batholith, south India: SHRIMP U/Pb age and structure of the Koppal pluton, Karnataka.  J. Geol. Soc. India, 58, 381-390.

(125) Garde, A.A., Friend, C.R.L., Marker, M. & Nutman, A.P.: Rapid maturation and stabilisation of middle Archaean continental crust: the Akia terrane, southern West Greenland.  Bull. Geol. Soc. Denmark, 47, 1-27.

(124) Friend, C.R.L. & Nutman, A.P.: U-Pb zircon study of tectonically bounded blocks of 2940-2840 Ma crust with different metamorphic histories, Paamiut region, South-West Greenland: implications for the tectonic assembly of the North Atlantic craton. Precambrain Res. 115, 143-164.

(123) Kalsbeek, F., Jepsen, H.J. & Nutman, A.P.: From source migmatites to plutons: tracking the origin of ca. 435 Ma S-type granites in the East Greenland Caledonian orogen. Lithos, 57, 1-21.

(122) Kozakov, I.K., Kotov, A.B., Sal’nikova, E.B., Kovach, V.P., Nutman, A., Bibikova, E.V., Kirnozova, T.I., Todt, W., Kröner, A., Yakovleva, S.Z., Lebedev, V.I. & Sugorakova, A.M.: Timing of the Structural Evolution of the Metamorphic Rocks in the Tuva-Mongolian Massif. Geotectonics 35, 165–184.

(121) Nutman, A.P.: On the scarcity of >3900 Ma detrital zircons in ≥3500 Ma metasediments Precambrian Res., 105, 93-114.

(120) Nutman, A.P. & Friend, C.R.L.: Victor Raymond McGregor, 1940-2000 (an obituary).  Precambrian Res., 108, 175-177.

(119) Nutman, A.P., Green, D.H., Cook, C.A., Styles, M.T. & Holdsworth, R.E.: SHRIMP U/Pb zircon dating of the exhumation of the Lizard Peridotite and its emplacement over crustal rocks, Cornwall, England: Constraints for tectonic models.  J. Geol. Soc. Lond. 158, 809-820.

(118) Nutman, A.P., McGregor, V.R., Bennett, V.C. & Friend, C.R.L. Age significance of U-Th-Pb zircon data from early Archaean rocks of west Greenland - a reassessment based on combined ion-microprobe and imaging studies - Comment. Chem. Geol., 175, 191-199.

(117) Nutman, A.P., Friend, C.R.L. & Bennett, V.C.: Review of the oldest (4400-3600 Ma) geological and mineralogical record: Glimpses of the beginning. Episodes, 24, 93-101.

(116) Rosing, M.T., Nutman, A.P. & Løfqvist, L.: A new fragment of the early earth crust: the Aasivik terrane of West Greenland.  Precambrian Res. 105, 115-128.

(115) Salinikova, E.B., Kozakov, I.K., Kotov, A.B., Kröner, A., Todt, W., Bibikova, E.V., Nutman, A., Yakovleva, S.Z. & Kovach, V.P.: Age of Palaeozoic granites and metamorphism in the Tuvino-Mongolian Massif of the Central Asian Mobile Belt: loss of a Precambrian microcontinent. Precambrian Res. 110, 143-164.

(114) Sato, K., Nutman, A.P., Siga, O., Basei, M.A.S., Walter, S.: Mesoarchean Orthogneiss in the Atuba Complex in a Neoproterozoic Brasiliano Mobile Belt in SE Brazil: An Integrated IDTIMS, EVTIMS and SHRIMP Zircon Dating Study. Gondwana Research, 4, 775-777.

2000

(113) Kalsbeek, F., Thrane, K, Nutman, A.P. & Jepsen, H.F.: Late Mesoproterozoic to early Neoproterozoic metasedimentary and granitic rocks in the East Greenland Caledonian orogen: Evidence for Grenvillian orogeneis? J. Geol. Soc. Lond. 157, 1215-1225.

(112) Leslie, A.G. & Nutman, A.P.: Episodic tectonothermal activity in the southern part of the East Greenland Caledonides.  Geology of Greenland Survey Bulletin, 186, 42-49.

(111) Nutman, A.P., Bennett, V.C., Friend, C.R.L. & McGregor, V.R.: The early Archaean Itsaq Gneiss Complex of Southern West Greenland: the importance of field observations in interpreting age and isotopic constraints for early terrestrial evolution. Geochimica Cosmochimica Acta 64, 3035-3060.

(110) Vasudev, V.N., Chadwick, B., Nutman, A.P. & Hegde, G.V.: Rapid basin development in the late Archaean Hutti schist belt, northern Karnataka:  Implications of new field data and SHRIMP U/Pb zircon ages. J. Geol. Soc. India. 55, 529-540.

1999

(109) Heatherington, A.L., Mueller, P.A. & Nutman, A.P.: A Jurassic granite from southern Georgia, U.S.A; Silicic, extension-related magmatism along the southeastern coastal plain. J. Geology, 107, 375-384.

(108) Kalsbeek, F., Nutman, A.P., Escher, J.C., Friderichsen, J.D., Hull, J.M., Jones, K. A. & Schack Pedersen S.A.: Geochronology of granitic and supracrustal rocks from the northern part of the East Greenland Caledonides: ion microprobe U-Pb zircon ages. Geology of Greenland Survey Bulletin, 184, 31-48.

(107) Nutman, A.P. & Ehlers, K.: Evidence for multiple Palaeoproterozoic thermal events and magmatism adjacent to the Broken Hill Pb-Zn-Ag orebody, Australia - Reply. Precambrian Research, 98, 7-10.

(106) Nutman, A.P. & Kalsbeek, K.: SHRIMP U-Pb zircon ages for Archaean granitoid rocks, Ataa area, north-east Disko Bugt, West Greenland. Geology of Greenland Survey Bulletin, 181, 49-54.

(105) Nutman, A.P., Bennett, V.C., Friend, C.R.L. & Norman, M.D.: Meta-igneous (non-gneissic) tonalites and quartzdiorites from an extensive 3780-3810 Ma terrane south of the Isua supracrustal belt, southern West Greenland: Constraints on early crust formation. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., 137, 364-388.

(104) Nutman, A.P., Kalsbeek, K., Marker, M., van Gool, J.A.M. & Bridgwater, D.: U-Pb zircon ages of Kangâmiut dykes and detrital zircons in the Palaeoproterozoic Nagssugtoqidian Orogen (West Greenland): Clues to the pre-collisional history of the orogen. Precambrian Res. 93, 87-104.

(103) Sano, Y., Terada, K., Takahashi, Y. & Nutman, A.P.: Origin of life from apatite dating? Nature, 400, 127.

(102) Sano, Y, Terada, K., Hidaka, H, Yokoyama, K, & Nutman, A.P.: Palaeoproterozoic thermal events recorded in the ~4.0 Ga Acasta gneiss, Canada: Evidence from SHRIMP U-Pb dating of apatite and zircon. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 63, 899-905.

1998

(101) Bennett, V.C. & Nutman, A.P.: Extreme Nd-isotope heterogeneity in the early Archaean - fact or fiction? Case histories from northern Canada and West Greenland: Comment. Chem. Geol. 148, 213-217

(100) Brueckner, H.K., Gilotti, J.A. & Nutman, A.P.: Caledonian eclogite facies metamorphism of early Proterozoic protoliths from the north-east Greenland eclogite province. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 139, 103-120.

(99) Kalsbeek, F., Pulvertaft, T.C.R. & Nutman, A.P.: Geochemistry, age and origin of metagreywackes from the Palaeoproterozoic Karrat Group, Rinkian Belt, West Greenland. Precambrian Res. 91, 383-399.

(98) Maruyama, S., Tabata, H., Nutman, A.P., Morikawa, T. & Liou, J.G.: SHRIMP U/Pb geochronology of ultrahigh-pressure metamorphic rocks of the Dabie Mountains, central China. Continental Dynamics, 3, 72-85.

(97) Mueller, P.A., Wooden, J.L., Nutman, A.P. & Mogk, D.W.: Early Archaean crust in the northern Wyoming province: Evidence from U-Pb ages of detrital zircons. Precambrian Res. 91, 295-307.

(96) Nutman, A.P. & Ehlers, K.:  Evidence for multiple Palaeoproterozoic thermal events and magmatism adjacent to the Broken Hill Pb-Zn-Ag orebody, Australia.  Precambrian Res. 90, 203-238.

(95) Nutman, A.P. & Ehlers, K: Archaean crust near Broken Hill? Aust. J. Earth Sci. 45, 687-694.

(94) Piçano, J., Tassinari, C.C.G., Cordani, U.G. & Nutman, A.P.: Idades U-Pb (SHRIMP), Sm-Nd e Rb-Sr em rochas do Maciço Itatins (SP):  Evidências de Evoluçao Policíclica.  An. Acad. Bras. Ci. 90, 139-150

(93) Teixeira, W., Cordani, U.G., Nutman, A.P. & Sato, K.: Polyphase Archean evolution in the Campo Belo metamorphic complex, Southern São Fransisco Craton, Brazil: SHRIMP U-Pb zircon evidence. J. S. American Earth Sci., 11, 279-289.

(92) Whitehouse, M.J., Kalsbeek, F. & Nutman, A.P.: Crustal growth and crustal recycling in the Nagssugtoqidian orogen of West Greenland: constraints from radiogenic isotope systematics and U-Pb zircon geochronology. Precambrian Res., 91, 365-381.

1997

(91) Nutman, A.P.: The Greenland Archean Gneiss Complex. In - M.J. de Wit and  L. Ashwal (editors); Greenstone Belts, Oxford University Press.

(90) Nutman, A.P., Bennett, V., Friend, C.R.L. & Rosing, M.T.: ~3710 and ≥3790 Ma volcanic sequences in the Isua (Greenland) supracrustal belt; structural and Nd isotope implications.  Chem. Geol. 141, 271-287.

(89) Nutman, A.P., Mozjsis, S. & Friend, C.R.L.: Recognition of ≥3850 Ma water-lain sediments in West Greenland and their significance for the early Archaean Earth. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta. 61, 2475-2484.

1996

(88) Friend, C.R.L., Nutman, A.P., Baadsgaard, H., McGregor, V.R. & Kinny, P.D.: Timing of late Archaean terrane assembly, granite emplacement and metamorphism in the Nuuk region, southern West Greenland. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 142, 353-366.

(87) Heatherington, A.L., Mueller, P.A. & Nutman, A.P.: Neoproterozoic magmatism in the Suwannee Terrane: Implications for terrane correlation.  Geol. Soc. America Spec. Pap., 304, 257-268.

(86) Heatherington, A.L., Mueller, P.A., Smith, M.S. & Nutman, A.P.: The Corbin gneiss: Evidence for Grenvillian magmatism and older continental basement in the southernmost Blue Ridge.  Southeastern Geology, 36, 15-12.

(85) Kalsbeek, F. & Nutman, A.P.: Anatomy of the early Proterozoic Nagssugtoqidian orogen, west Greenland, explored by reconnaissance SHRIMP U-Pb zircon dating. Geology, 24, 515-518.

(84) Kinny, P.D. & Nutman, A.P.: Zirconology of the Meeberrie gneiss, Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia: An early Archaean migmatite. Precamb. Res. 78, 165-178.

(83) Mojzsis, S., Arrhenius, G., McKeegan, K.D., Harrison, T.M., Nutman, A.P. & Friend, C.R.L.: Evidence for life on Earth before 3800 million years ago. Nature, 384, 55-59.

(82) Mueller, P.A., Heatherington, A.L., D'Arcy, K.A., Wooden, J.L. & Nutman, A.P.: Contrasts between Sm-Nd whole rock and U-Pb zircon systematics in the Tobacco Root batholith, Montana: implications for the determination of crustal age provinces. Tectonophys. 265, 169-179.

(81) Mueller, P.A., Kozuch, M., Heatherington, A.L., Wooden, A.L., Offied, T., Koeppen, T., Klein, T. & Nutman, A.P.:  Evidence for Mesoproterozoic basement in the Carolina slate belt and speculations on its origin. Geol. Soc. America Spec. Pap., 304, 207-218.

(80) Mueller, P.A., Wooden, J.L., Mogk, D.W., Nutman, A.P. & Williams, I.S.: Extended history of a 3.5 Ga trondhjemitic gneiss, Wyoming Province, USA:  evidence from U-Pb systematics in zircon. Precamb. Res. 78, 41-52.

(79) Nutman, A.P., Chadwick, B., Krishna Rao, B., & Vasudev, V.N.: SHRIMP U/Pb zircon ages in the Chitradurga and Sandur Groups, and granites adjacent to the Sandur schist belt, Karnataka. J. Geol. Soc. India, 47, 153-164.

(78) Nutman, A.P., McGregor, V.R., Friend, C.R.L., Bennett, V.C. & Kinny, P.D.: The Itsaq Gneiss Complex of southern West Greenland; the world's most extensive record of early crustal evolution (3,900-3,600 Ma). Precamb. Res. 78, 1-39.

(77) Samsonov, A.V., Chernyshev, I.V., Nutman, A.P. & Compston, W.: Evolution of the Archaean Aulian Gneiss Complex, Ukraine: SHRIMP U-Pb zircon evidence. Precamb. Res. 78, 65-78.

(76) Song, B., Nutman, A.P., Liu, D. & Wu, J.: 3800 to 2500 Ma crustal evolution in the Anshan area of Liaoning Province, northeastern China. Precamb. Res. 78, 79-94

(75) Tassinari, C.C.G., Cordani, U.G., Nutman, A.P., Van-Schums, W.R., Bettencourt, J.S. & Taylor, P.N.: Geochronological systematics on basement rocks from the Rio Negro-Juruena Province (Amazonian Craton) and tectonic implications. International Geology Review, 38, 161-175.

(74) Vervoort, J.D., Patchett. P.J., Gehrels, G.E. & Nutman, A.P.: Constraints on early Earth differentiation from hafnium and neodymium isotopes.  Nature, 379, 624-627.

1995

(73) Fontaine-Geary, E., Ehlers, K. & Nutman, A.P.: Re-evalution of the Geology of the Broken Hill Inlier. Australian Crustal Research Centre Technical Publication No. 23, 44 pp.

(72) Mueller, P.A., Shuster, R.D., D'Arcy, K.A., Heatherington, A.L., Nutman, A.P. & Williams, I.S.: Source of the Northeastern Idaho Batholith:  Isotopic evidence for a Palaeoproterozoic terrane in the northwestern U.S. J. Geol. 103, 63-72.

(71) Nelson, D.R., Myers, J.S. & Nutman, A.P.: Chronology and evolution of the Middle Proterozoic Albany-Fraser orogen, Western Australia. Australian J. Earth Sci. 42, 481-495.

(70) Nutman, A.P., Hagiya, H. & Maruyama, S.: SHRIMP U-Pb single zircon geochronology of a Proterozoic mafic dyke, Isukasia, southern West Greenland.  Bull. Geol. Soc. Denmark, 42, 16-20.

(69) Strachan, R., Frederichsen, D. & Nutman, A.P.: SHRIMP U-Pb zircon geochronology of the
Smallefjord Group, North-East Greenland and its significance for the evolution of the Caledonian fold belt. J. Geol. Soc. Lond. 152, 779-784.

1994

(68) Ehlers, K., Nutman, A.P. & Streets, C.: Preliminary Petrological, Geochronological and Structural analysis, Broken Hill, NSW, Australia.  Australian Crustal Research Centre Technical Publication No. 16, 27 pp.

(67) Friend, C.R.L. & Nutman, A.P.:  Two Archaean granulite facies metamorphic events in the Nuuk - Maniitsoq region, West Greenland: correlation with the Saglek block, Labrador. J. Geol. Soc. Lond. 151, 421-424.

(66) Liu, D.Y., Nutman, A.P., Williams, I.S., Compston, W., Wu, J.S. & Sheng, Q.: The remnants of ≥3800 Ma crust in the Sino-Korean Craton: the evidence from ion microprobe dating of zircons. Acta Geoscientia Sinica, 1994, 3-13.

(65) Mueller, P.A., Heatherington, A.L., Shuster, R.D., Wooden, J.L., Nutman, A.P. & Williams, I.S.: Precambrian zircons from the Florida basement: A Gondwanan connection. Geology, 22, 119-122.

(64) Nutman, A.P.: Anatomy of an early Archean gneiss complex: 3900 to 3600 Ma crustal evolution in southern West Greenland: Reply. Geology, 22, 571.

(63) Nutman, A.P. & Kalsbeek, F.: A minimum age of 2944 ±7 Ma for the Tartoq Group, South-West Greenland.  Geological Survey of Greenland Report, 161, 35-38.

(62) Nutman, A.P. & Kalsbeek, F.: Search for Archaean basement in the Caledonian fold belt of North-East Greenland. Geological Survey of Greenland Report, 162, 129-133.

(61) Nutman, A.P. & Rosing, M.T.: SHRIMP U-Pb zircon geochronology of the late Archaean Ruinæsset syenite, Skjoldungen alkaline province, South-East Greenland. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta., 58, 3515-3518.

(60) Nutman, A.P., Cordani, U.G. & Sabaté, P.: SHRIMP U-Pb ages of detrital zircons from the mid Proterozoic Contendas-Mirante supracrustal belt, Sao Francisco Craton, Bahia, Brazil. J. South Am. Earth Sci., 7, 109-114.

(59) Nutman, A.P., Ehlers, K. & Lister, G.: Implication of a granulite facies event on the genesis of the Pb-Zn ore body, Broken Hill.  Australian Crustal Research Centre Technical Publication No. 18, 9 pp.

1993

(58) Bennett, V.C., Nutman, A.P. & McCulloch, M.T.: Nd isotopic evidence for transient, highly depleted mantle reservoirs in the early history of the Earth.  Earth Planet. Sci. Lett. 119, 299-317.

(57) Kalsbeek, F., Nutman, A.P. & Taylor, P.N., 1993:  Palaeoproterozoic basement province in the Caledonian fold belt of North-East Greenland. Precambrian Res., 63, 163-178.

(56) Nutman, A.P. & Cordani, U.G.:  SHRIMP U-Pb zircon geochronology of Archaean gneisses, Sao Francisco Craton, Bahia, Brazil. Precambrian Res., 63, 179-188.

(55) Nutman, A.P., Friend, C.R.L., Kinny, P.D. & McGregor, V.R.: Anatomy of an Early Archaean gneiss complex: 3900 to 3600 Ma crustal evolution in southern West Greenland. Geology, 21, 415-418.

(54) Nutman, A.P., Bennett, V.C., Kinny, P.D. & Price, R.: Large-scale structure of the Northwest Yilgarn craton, Western Australia: Evidence from Nd isotopic data and zircon geochronology. Tectonics, 12, 971-981.

1992

(53) Friend, C.R.L. & Nutman, A.P.: Response of zircon U-Pb isotope systematics to CO2 fluid-induced granulite facies metamorphism, Kabbaldurga, South India. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol. 111, 299-310.

(52) Liu, D-Y., Nutman, A.P., Williams, I.S., Compston, W., Wu, J.S. & Shen, Q.H.: Remnants of >3800 Ma crust in the Chinese portion of the Sino-Korean Craton. Geology, 20, 339-342.

(51) Mueller, P.A., Wooden, J.L. & Nutman, A.P.: An extended record of Archean crustal evolution in the Wyoming Province and further evidence for 3.96 Ga crust in north America. Geology, 20, 327-330.

(50) Nutman, A.P., Chadwick, B., Ramakrishnan, M. & Viswanatha, M.N.: U-Pb ages of detrital zircon in supracrustal rocks older than c. 3000 Ma in southern Peninsular India. J. Geol. Soc. Ind., 39, 367-374.

(49) Nutman, A.P., Chernyshev, I.V., Baadsgaard, H. & Smelov, A.P.: The Aldan Shield of Siberia, U.S.S.R.: The age of its Archaean components and evidence for widespread reworking in the Mid Proterozoic. Precambrian Res., 54, 195-210

(48) Schiøtte, L., Nutman, A.P. & Bridgwater, D.: U-Pb ages of single zircons within "Upernavik" metasediments from the Archaean Nain Province: regional implications. Can. J. Earth Sci., 29, 260-276.

1991

(47) Friend, C.R.L. & Nutman, A.P.: Refolded nappes formed during late Archaean terrane assembly, Godthåbsfjord, southern West Greenland. J. Geol. Soc. Lond., 148, 507-519.

(46) Friend, C.R.L. & Nutman, A.P.: SHRIMP U-Pb geochronology of the Closepet granite and peninsular gneiss, Karnataka, South India. J. Geol. Soc. India, 38, 357-368.

(45) McGregor, V.R., Friend, C.R.L. & Nutman, A.P.: The late Archaean mobile belt through Godthåbsfjord, southern West Greenland: a continent-continent collision zone? Bull. Geol. Soc. Denmark, 39, 179-197.

(44) Nutman, A.P.: Tectonostratigraphic terranes within Archaean gneiss complexes: examples from Western Australia and southern West Greenland. Bull. Geol. Soc. Denmark, 39, 198-210.

(43) Nutman, A.P. & Collerson, K.D.: Very early Archean crustal-accretion complexes preserved in the North Atlantic Craton. Geology, 19, 791-795.

(42) Nutman, A.P., Kinny, P.D., Compston, W. & Williams, I.S.: SHRIMP U-Pb zircon geochronology of the Narryer Gneiss Complex, Western Australia. Precambrian Res., 52, 275-300.

1990
none for 1990

1989

(41) Chadwick, B., Dawes, P.R., Escher, J.C., Friend, C.R.L., Hall, R.P., Kalsbeek, F., Nielsen, T.F.D., Nutman, A.P., Soper, N.J. & Vasudev, V.N.: The Proterozoic mobile belt in the Ammassalik region, South-East Greenland (the Ammassalik mobile belt):  an introduction. Rap. Grønlands geol. Unders., 146, 5-12.

(40) Collerson, K.D., McCulloch, M.T. & Nutman, A.P.: Sr and Nd isotope systematics of polymetamorphic Archean gneisses from southern West Greenland and northern Labrador. Can. J. Earth Sci., 27, 446-466.

(39) Dawes, P.R., Friend, C.R.L., Nutman, A.P. & Soper, N.J.: The Blokken gneisses: a re-appraisal. Rap. Grønlands geol.  Unders., 146, 83-46.

(38) Friend, C.R.L. & Nutman, A.P.: The geology and structural setting of the Proterozoic Ammassalik Intrusive Complex East Greenland. Rap. Grønlands geol. Unders., 146, 41-45.

(37) Nutman, A.P. & Friend, C.R.L.: Reappraisal of crustal evolution at Kangimut Sammisoq, Ameralik Fjord, southern West Greenland: Fluid movement and interpretation of Pb/Pb isotopic data.  In Bridgwater, D. (edit.) Fluid movements, element transport, and the composition of the deep crust. Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 319-329.

(36) Nutman, A.P. & Friend, C.R.L.: Reconnaissance P-T studies of Proterozoic crustal evolution of the Ammassalik area, East Greenland. Rap. Grønlands geol. Unders., 146, 48-53.

(35) Nutman, A.P. & Garde, A.A.:  Fluid control on emplacement of sialic magmas during Archaean crustal accretion.  In Bridgwater, D. (edit.)  Fluid movements, element transport, and the composition of the deep crust.  Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 235-240.

(34) Nutman, A.P., Friend, C.R.L., Baadsgaard, H. & McGregor, V.R.:  Evolution and assembly of Archaean gneiss terranes in the Godthåb region, southern West Greenland:  Structural, metamorphic and isotopic evidence. Tectonics, 8, 573-589.

(33) Nutman, A.P., Rivers, T., Longstaffe, F. & Park, J.F.W.: The Ataneq fault and mid-Proterozoic retrograde metamorphism of early Archaean tonalites of the Isukasia area, southern West Greenland: Reactions, fluid compositions and implications for regional studies.  In:  Bridgwater, D. (Edit.) Fluid movements, element transport, and the composition of the deep crust.  Dordrecht: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 151-169.

(32) Nutman, A.P., Fryer, B.J. & Bridgwater, D.: The early Archaean Nulliak (supracrustal) assemblage, Northern Labrador. Can. J. Earth Sci., 26, 2156-2168.

1988

(31) Friend, C.R.L. & Nutman, A.P.: Evolution and emplacement of Archaean terranes in the Kapisigdlit area, southern West Greenland. Rap. Grønlands geol. Unders., 140, 59-64.

(30) Friend, C.R.L., Nutman, A.P. & McGregor, V.R.: Late Archaean terrane accretion in the Godthåb region, southern West Greenland. Nature, 335, 535-538.

(29) Shimizu, H., Nakai, S., Tasaki, S., Masuda, A., Bridgwater, D., Nutman, A.P. & Baadsgaard, H.: Geochemistry of Ce and Nd isotopes and REE abundances in the Amîtsoq gneisses, West Greenland. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 91, 159-169.

1987

(28) Friend, C.R.L., Nutman, A.P. & McGregor, V.R.:  Late Archaean tectonics in the Færingehavn - Tre Brødre area, Budsefjorden, southern West Greenland. J. Geol. Soc. Lond., 144, 369-376.

1986

(27) Baadsgaard, H., Nutman, A.P. & Bridgwater, D.: Geochronology and isotopic variation of the early Archaean Amîtsoq gneisses of the Isukasia area, southern West Greenland. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta., 50, 2173- 2183.

(26) Baadsgaard, H., Nutman, A.P., Rosing, M. & Bridgwater, D. & Longstaffe, F.J.: Alteration and metamorphism of Amîtsoq gneisses from the Isukasia area, West Greenland:  Recommendations for isotope studies of the early crust. Geochim. Cosmochim. Acta., 50, 2165-2172.

(25) Garde, A.A., Nutman, A.P. & Larsen, O.: Dating of late Archaean crustal mobilization north of Qugssuk, Godthåbsfjord, southern West Greenland. Rap. Grønlands geol. Unders. 128, 23-36.

(24) Nutman, A.P.: The geology of the Isukasia area southern West Greenland.  Bull. Grønlands geol. Unders., 154, 80pp - with 1:40,000 colour geological map.

(23) Nutman, A.P. & Bridgwater, D.: Early Archaean Amîtsoq tonalites and granites from the Isukasia area, southern West Greenland: development of the oldest-known sial. Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., 94, 137-148.

(22) Schiøtte, L., Bridgwater, D., Nutman, A.P. & Ryan, A.B.: Effects of late Archaean high grade metamorphism and granite injection on the 3800 Ma gneisses, Saglek - Hebron, northern Labrador. Element and isotopic redistribution across an amphibolite - granulite facies transition.  J. Geol. Soc. Lond. Special Publication, 24, 261-273.

1985

(21) Baadsgaard, H., Nutman, A.P., Rosing, M. & Bridgwater, D.: A late Archaean pegmatite swarm from the Isukasia area, southern West Greenland. Rap. Grønlands Geol. Unders., 125, 48-51.

(20) Nutman, A.P.: Geochemistry of anorthosites and associated amphibolites from Akugdlerssauq, inner Godthåbsfjord.  Rap. Grønlands geol. Unders, 126, 51-56.

1984

(19) Baadsgaard, H., Nutman, A.P., Bridgwater, D., McGregor, V.R., Rosing, M. & Allaart, J.H.: The zircon chronology of the Akilia association and the Isua supracrustal belt, West Greenland. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 62, 221-228.

(18) Garde, A.A., Glassley, R. & Nutman, A.P.:  Two-stage corona growth during Precambrian granulite facies metamorphism of Smithson Bjerge, northwest Greenland. J. Metamorphic Geol., 2, 237-247.

(17) Nutman, A.P.: Early Archaean crustal evolution of the Isukasia area, southern West Greenland. In: Precambrian Tectonics Illustrated (A. Kröner & R. Grieling editors), E. Schweizerbart'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart.

(16) Nutman, A.P.: The granulite facies anorthosites, ferrodiorites, granites and gneisses of Smithson Bjerge, Thule district, North-West Greenland. Rap. Grønlands geol. Unders, 119, 31pp - with 1:50,000 geological map.

(15) Nutman, A.P., Allaart, J., Bridgwater, D., Dimroth, E. & Rosing, M.: Stratigraphic and Geochemical Evidence for the depositional environment of the early Archaean Isua supracrustal belt, southern West Greenland. Precambrian Res., 25, 365-396.

(14) Nutman, A.P., Bridgwater, D. & Fryer, B.: The iron-rich suite from the Amîtsoq gneisses of southern West Greenland: early Archaean plutonic rocks of mixed crustal and mantle origin.  Contrib. Mineral. Petrol., 87, 24-34.

1983

(13) Garde, A.A., Hall, R.P., Hughes, D.J., Jensen, S.B., Nutman, A.P. & Stecher, O.: Mapping of the Isukasia sheet, southern West Greenland. Rap. Grønlands geol. Unders., 115, 20-29.

(12) Hamilton, P.J., O'Nions, R.K., Bridgwater, D. & Nutman, A.P.: Sm-Nd studies of Archaean metasediments and metavolcanics from West Greenland and their implications for the Earth's early history. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 62, 263-272.

(11) McGregor, V.R., Bridgwater, D. & Nutman, A.P.: The Qârusuk acid dykes: Post-Nûk, Pre-Qôrqut magmatism in the Godthåb region, southern West Greenland.  Rap. Grønlands geol. Unders., 112, 101-112.

(10) Nutman, A.P. & Bridgwater, D.: Deposition of Malene supracrustal rocks on an Amîtsoq basement in outer Ameralik, southern West Greenland. Rap. Grønlands geol. Unders., 112, 43-51.

(9) Nutman, A.P., Bridgwater, D., Dimroth, E., Gill, R.C.O. & Rosing, M.,: Field work on the early (3700 Ma) Archaean rocks of the Isua supracrustal belt and adjacent gneisses. Rap. Grønlands geol. Unders., 112, 5-22.

1982

(8) Nutman, A.P.: Further work on the early Archaean rocks of the Isukasia area, southern West Greenland.  Rap. Grønlands geol. Unders., 110, 49-54.

(7) Nutman, A.P.: Investigations of amphibolite facies orthogneisses, amphibolites and leucogabbros on Akugdlerssauq, inner Godthåbsfjord. Rap. Grønlands geol. Unders., 110, 72-77.

1981
None for 1981

1980

(6) Griffin, W.L., McGregor, V.R., Nutman, A.P., Taylor, P.N. & Bridgwater, D.: Early Archaean granulite-facies metamorphism south of Ameralik, West Greenland. Earth Planet. Sci. Lett., 50, 59-74.

(5) Nutman, A.P.: A field and laboratory study of the early Archaean rocks of the northwestern
Buksefjorden region, southern West Greenland. Thesis, University of Exeter.

1979

(4) Chadwick, B. & Nutman, A.P.: Archaean structural evolution in the northwest of the Buksefjorden region, southern West Greenland. Precambrian Res., 9, 199-226.

(3) Nutman, A.P.: Field work on Precambrian anorthosite and contact rocks, Smithson Bjerge, Inglefield Bredning, North-West Greenland. Rap. Grønlands geol. Unders., 95, 22-26.

1978

(2) Chadwick, B., Coe, K. & Nutman, A.P.: Precambrian studies in the Buksefjorden region, southern West Greenland.  Report on the last season in the programme 1972-1979. Rap. Grønlands geol. Unders., 90, 60-64.

1977

(1) Chadwick, B., Coe, K., Compton, P.M. & Nutman, A.P.: Field work on Precambrian rocks in the Buksefjorden region, southern West Greenland. Rap. Grønlands geol. Unders., 85, 60-64.