Conjoint A/Prof. Robin Offler

Work Phone	(02) 4921 7044
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Email	Robin.Offler@newcastle.edu.au
Office	G106a, Geology

Highlighted Publications

Year	Citation	Nova
1968	OFFLER R, FLEMING P, 'A Synthesis of Folding and Metamorphism in the Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia. (1968) [C1]

Publications

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Journal Articles (27 outputs)

Refereed Article in a Scholarly Journal (C1) (27 outputs)

Year	Citation	Nova
2012	Prendergast Elaine Iris, Offler Robin, 'Underplated seamount in the Narooma accretionary complex, NSW, Australia', Lithos, 154 224-234 (2012) [C1]
2012	Prendergast Elaine Iris, Offler Robin, Zwingmann H, 'Adaminaby Group west of Batemans Bay: Deformation and metamorphism of the Narooma accretionary complex, NSW', Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 29 1049-1066 (2012) [C1]
2011	Offler Robin, Murray C, 'Devonian volcanics in the New England Orogen: Tectonic setting and polarity', Gondwana Research, 19 706-715 (2011) [C1]
2011	Offler Robin, Phillips Glen, Fergusson C L, Green T J, 'Tectonic implications of early paleozoic metamorphism in the Anakie Inlier, Central Queensland, Australia', Journal of Geology, 119 467-485 (2011) [C1]
2011	Phillips Glen, Offler Robin, 'Contrasting modes of eclogite and blueschist exhumation in a retreating subduction system: The Tasmanides, Australia', Gondwana Research, 19 800-811 (2011) [C1]
2010	Phillips Glen, Hand M, Offler Robin, 'P-T-X controls on phase stability and composition in LTMP metabasite rocks - A thermodynamic evaluation', Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 28 459-476 (2010) [C1]
2009	Fergusson C L, Offler Robin, Green T J, 'Late Neoproterozoic passive margin of East Gondwana: Geochemical constraints from the Anakie Inlier, central Queensland, Australia', Precambrian Research, 168 301-312 (2009) [C1]
2009	Lennox P G, Offler Robin, 'Kinematic history of serpentinites in the faulted margins of the Hastings Block, New England Orogen, eastern Australia', Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 56 621-638 (2009) [C1]
2009	Och D J, Offler Robin, Zwingmann H, Braybrooke J, Graham I T, 'Timing of brittle faulting and thermal events, Sydney region: Association with the early stages of extension of East Gondwana', Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 56 873-887 (2009) [C1]
2009	Offler Robin, Och D J, Phelan David, Zwingmann H, 'Mineralogy of gouge in north-northeast-striking faults, Sydney region, New South Wales', Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 56 889-905 (2009) [C1]
2009	Turner Simon, Haines Peter, Foster David, Powell Roger, Sandiford Mike, Offler Robin, 'Did the Delamerian Orogeny start in the Neoproterozoic?', Journal of Geology, 117 575-583 (2009) [C1]
2008	Offler Robin, Foster D A, 'Timing and development of oroclines in the southern New England Orogen, New South Wales', Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 55 331 - 340 (2008) [C1]
2008	Phillips Glen, Hand M, Offler Robin, 'P-T-t-deformation framework of an accretionary prism, southern New England Orogen, eastern Australia: Implications for blueschist exhumation and metamorphic switching', Tectonics, 27 1-15 (2008) [C1]
2006	Offler Robin, Shaw S, 'Hornblende gabbro block in serpentinite Melange, Peel-Manning Fault System, new South Wales, Australia: Lu-Hf and U-Pb isotopic evidence for mantle-derived, Late Ordovician igneous activity', Journal of Geology, 114 211-230 (2006) [C1]
2006	Roberts J, Offler Robin, Fanning M, 'Carboniferous to Lower Permian stratigraphy of the southern Tamworth Belt, southern New England Orogen, Australia: boundary sequences of the Werrie and Rouchel blocks', Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 53 249-284 (2006) [C1]
2005	Sakai Hideo, Kikawa Eiichi, Offler Robin, Zwingmann Horst, 'Paleomagnetic and K-Ar dating studies of Late Cretaceous basaltic dykes intruding Late Permian sediments of Newcastle Coal Measures, Newcastle, Australia - Relationship to the opening of the Tasman Sea', Polar Geoscience, 18 58-66 (2005) [C1]
2004	Offler Robin, Glen R A, Hyodo H, Jiang Zhiyu, 'Subduction of arc basaltic andesite: implications for the tectonic history of the southern New England Fold Belt', Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 51 819-830 (2004) [C1]
2004	Roberts J, Offler Robin, Fanning M, 'Upper Carboniferous to Lower Permian volcanic successions of the Carroll-Nandewar region, Northern Tamworth Belt, Southern New England Orogen, Australia', Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 51 205-232 (2004) [C1]
2004	Sano S, Offler Robin, Hyodo H, Watanabe T, 'Geochemistry and Chronology of Tectonic Blocks in Serpentinite Mélange of the Southern New England Fold Belt, NSW, Australia', Gondwana Research, 7 817-831 (2004) [C1]
2004	Zwingmann H, Offler Robin, Wilson Tania Christine, Cox S F, 'K-Ar dating of fault gouge in the northern Sydney Basin, NSW, Australia-implications for the breakup of Gondwana', Journal of Structural Geology, 26 2285-2295 (2004) [C1]
2002	Johnston Aj, Offler Robin, Liu S, 'Structural fabric evidence for indentation tectonics in the Nambucca block, southern New England fold belt, New South Wales', Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 49 407-421 (2002) [C1]
2002	Offler Robin, Gamble J, 'Evolution of an intra-oceanic island arc during the late Silurian to late Devonian, New England fold belt', Australian Journal of Earth Sciences, 49 349-366 (2002) [C1]
2001	Kramer Wendy Ann, Weatherall Glyn David, Offler Robin, 'Origin and correlation of tuffs in the Permian Newcastle and Wollombi coal measures, NSW, Australia, using chemical fingerprinting', International Journal of Coal Geology, 47 115-135 (2001) [C1]
2000	Seccombe Philip Kenneth, Offler Robin, Ayshford S, 'Origin of the magnetite skarn at Tallawang, NSW: Preliminary sulfur isotope results', Centre for Isotope Studies - Research Report, 1995-2000, 1995-2000 56-58 (2000) [C1]
1998	Offler Robin, McKnight S, Morand V, 'Tectonothermal history of the western Lachlan Fold Belt, Australia: insights from white mica studies', Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 16 531-540 (1998) [C1]
1998	Offler Robin, Miller J Mcl, Gray D R, Forster Deborah Anne, Bale Richard John, 'Crystallinity and bo spacing of K-white micas in a paleozoic Accretionary Complex, Eastern Australia: Metamorphism, Palaeogeotherms, and Structural Style of an Underplated Sequence', The Journal of Geology, 106 495-509 (1998) [C1]
1968	OFFLER R, FLEMING P, 'A Synthesis of Folding and Metamorphism in the Mt Lofty Ranges, South Australia. (1968) [C1]

Conference Publication (30 outputs)

Full Written Paper - Non Refereed (E2) (4 outputs)

Year	Citation	Nova
1999	Harrington T W, Offler Robin, 'New insights into the deformation history of the Hunter Coalfield', Proceedings of the 33rd Newcastle Symposium on Advances in the Study of the Sydney Basin, The University of Newcastle (1999) [E2]
1999	Kramer Wendy Ann, Weatherall Glyn David, Offler Robin, Wadsworth Jennifer Ann, 'Correlation of Tuffs in the Newcastle and Wollombi Coal Measures based on geochemical fingerprinting', Proceedings of the 33rd Newcastle Symposium on Advances in the Study of the Sydney Basin, The University of Newcastle (1999) [E2]
1999	Lennox P G, Roberts J, Offler Robin, 'Structional analysis of the Hastings Terrane', New England Orogen: Regional Geology, Tectonics and Metallogenesis, UNE, Armidale; 1-3 February, 1999 (1999) [E2]
1999	Offler Robin, 'Origin and significance of blueschist "knockers", Glenrock Station, NSW', New England Orogen: Regional Geology, Tectonics and Metallogensis, UNE, Armidale; 1 - 3 February 1999 (1999) [E2]

Extract of Paper (E3) (22 outputs)

Year	Citation	Nova
2012	Prendergast Elaine Iris, Offler Robin, 'Evidence for a subducted seamount, Narooma accretionary complex, NSW, Australia', 34 International Geological Congress, Brisbane, Australia (2012) [E3]
2012	Yan Jie, Lennox Paul, Offler Robin, 'Does the Manning Orocline exist?', 34 International Geological Congress, Brisbane, Australia (2012) [E3]
2010	Fergusson C L, Henderson R A, Offler Robin, Phillips Glen, 'Tectonics of the Cambrian-Ordovician Panthalassan Gondwanan margin in the Thomson Fold Belt, central and north Queensland, northeastern Australia', Abstracts of the Specialist Group in Tectonics and Structural Geology Conference, Port Macquarie, February 2010, Port Macquarie, N.S.W. (2010) [E3]
2010	Sutherland Frederick L, Graham Ian T, Zwingmann Horst, Jourdan Fred, Meffre Sebastien, Offler Robin, 'Basalt assault: Dissecting long-term intraplate volcanism along Australia's Indo-Pacific mantle interface', Australian Earth Sciences Convention. Earth Systems: Change Sustainability Vulnerability, Canberra, ACT (2010) [E3]
2009	Murray C, Offler Robin, 'Unravelling the tectonic setting of Devonian sequences in the New England orogen', Abstracts Geological Society of Australia, Orange, NSW (2009) [E3]
2009	Phillips Glen, Offler Robin, 'Source and transportation of high-pressure exotic blocks in serpentinite melange, Peel-Manning Fault System, southern New England Fold Belt', Abstracts Geological Society of Australia, Orange, NSW (2009) [E3]
2008	Phillips Glen, Offler Robin, Hand M, 'The affect of bulk rock chemistry and fugacity on phase equilibria in low-temperature moderate-high-pressure metamorphic environments', Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vienna, Austria (2008) [E3]
2007	Lennox P G, Offler Robin, 'Serpentine structures in terraine-bounding faults: A guide to terraine emplacement or not?', Geological Society of Australia. Specialist Group: Tectonics and Structural Geology Conference. Abstracts, Alice Springs, N.T. (2007) [E3]
2004	Zwingmann Horst, Mancktelow Neil, Offler Robin, 'Recent developments in brittle fault dating - case studies from the European Alps and Australian sedimentary basins', Geochemical Society of Japan, Shizuoka, Japan (2004) [E3]
2002	Offler Robin, Glenn R, Hyodo H, 'Subduction of continental arc basaltic andesite - implications for the tectonic history of the Southern New England Fold Belt', Geoscience 2002: Expanding Horizons, Adelaide, SA (2002) [E3]
2002	Suzuki S, Yumul Gp, Offler Robin, 'Development of South China Sea and Philippines Arc', AGU Chapman conference on continent-ocean interactions within the east Asian marginal seas, San Diego, CA, USA (2002) [E3]
2000	Foster D A, Gray D R, Spaggiari C V, Offler Robin, Hartley M, 'Eastern Australian record of Gondwana assembly and evolution: the Cambrian Delamerian and Mid-Paleozoic Orogenies', Geological Society of America Annual Meetign, Reno, Nevada. GSA Abstracts with Programs, 2000 V. 32, No. 7., Reno, Nevada, USA (2000) [E3]
2000	Gray D, Foster D A, Offler Robin, Spaggiari K, Hartley M, 'Eastern Australia crustal evolution: timing and temporal links between Delamerian and Lachlan Orogens, including Tasmania', Abstracts of the 15th Australian Geological Convention, Sydney, Australia (2000) [E3]
2000	Offler Robin, Gamble J, 'Change in tectonic setting of volcanics in the New England Fold Belt during the Late Silurian to Late Devonian', Abstracts of the 15th Australian Geological Convention, Sydney, Australia (2000) [E3]
2000	Sano S, Offler Robin, Watanabe T, 'Strontium and Neodymium Isotope Geochemistry of Ophiolitic Rocks in the Peel-Manning Fault System, NSW, Australia', 2000 Western Pacific Geophysics Meeting, Abstract Volume. Supplement of EOS, Transactions, AGU. Vol 81, No. 22., Tokyo, Japan (2000) [E3]
2000	Watanabe T, Kitayama E, Sano S, Offler Robin, Leitch E, 'The Tasman Fold Belt System in the Late Neoproterozoic: insights from study of Mr Arrowmith Volcanics and Attunga eclogite', Abstracts of the 15th Australian Geological Convention, Sydney, Australia (2000) [E3]
2000	Wilson Tania Christine, Offler Robin, Cox Steven Jeffery, 'Interpretation of brittle microstructures', Abstracts of the 15th Australian Geological Convention, Sydney, Australia (2000) [E3]
2000	Zwingmann H, Wilson Tania Christine, Offler Robin, 'K-Ar dating of fluid flow and fault movement in clay rich gouge: an example from the northern Sydney Basin', Abstracts of the 15th Australian Geological Convention, Sydney, Location (2000) [E3]
1998	Johnston A J, Offler Robin, 'Indenter Tectonics and the Structural fabric of the Nambucca Block, southern New England Fold Belt, NSW', Geoscience for the Millenium, Townsville, July 6-10 1998 (1998) [E3]
1998	Offler Robin, Forster Deborah Anne, Gray D R, 'Implications of Argon geochronology/thermochronology and metamorphic white mica studies for Delamerian Orogenesis in the Delamerian Fold Belt, South Australia', Geoscience for the Millenium, Townsville, July 6-10, 1998 (1998) [E3]
1998	Seccombe Philip Kenneth, Offler Robin, Ayshford S, Downes P M, 'Skarn formation and metamorphism: the Palaeozoic magnetite skarn at Tallawang, NSW, Australia', Annual Meeting of the Geological Association of Canada; Mineralogicak Association of Canada, Abstract Volume, St Johns, Newfoundland, Canada (1998) [E3]
1998	Suzuki S, Offler Robin, David S D, Takemura S, Yumul G P, 'Deformation and metamorphism of the Cretaceous to Eocene successions in Central Palawan, Phillipines', Tectonic Evolution of East Asia, Seoul, Korea (1998) [E3]

Edited volume of Conference Proceedings (E4) (4 outputs)

Year	Citation	Nova
2005	Offler Robin, 'Metamorhpism in the southern New England Fold Belt - an overview', Edited volume of Conference Proceedings SGGMP 2005, Port Macquarie, NSW, Australia (2005) [E4]
2005	Offler Robin, Zwingmann H, Sutherland L, Graham I, 'Significance of orientation, age and geochemical composition of dykes emplaced and during the opening of the Tasman Sea', Edited volume of Conference Proceedings SGGMP 2005, Port Macquarie, NSW, Australia (2005) [E4]
1999	Offler Robin, Gray D R, Foster D A, Flottmann T, 'Timing of Deformation, Metamorphism and Fault Movements within the Adelaide Fold Belt: implications for Tasmanide Orogensis', The Specialist Group in Tectonics and Structural Geology, Field Conference, Halls Gap, Victoria (1999) [E4]
1999	Wilson Tania Christine, Offler Robin, Cox S F, 'Faulting processes at upper crustal levels; an example from the northern Sydney basin, NSW', The Specialist Group in Tectonics and Structural Geology, Field Conference, Halls Gap, Victoria (1999) [E4]

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