Dr Derya Guerer

Lecturer in Earth Sciences

School of the Environment
Faculty of Science
derya.guerer@uq.edu.au
+61 7 344 31486

Overview

My research evolves around tectonics and the evolution of Earth's lithosphere at various spatio-temporal scales. I apply a combination of field-based methods with laboratory analyses (geochronology, paleomagnetism) to reconstruct subduction, accretion and exhumation. My extensive field experience spans a diverse range of tectonic settings, where I worked in sedimentary basins, metamorphic basement and magmatic terranes. I am particularly interested in relationships between orogenic/plate boundary events and far-field changes in plate motion. My focus regions are the Tethyan realm (spanning from Greece - Turkey - Iran - India) and the Southwest Pacific region (New Caledonia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea). I have participated in and led marine research expeditions on divergent plate margins in the Southern Ocean, Indian Ocean, and the Tasman Sea.

I joined the School of Earth and Environmental Sciences at UQ in August 2018, after receiving my PhD from Utrecht University, The Netherlands (2017). I hold an MSc. in Geology from the University of Oslo, Norway (2012).

Research Interests

  • Structural Geology & Tectonics
  • Paleomagnetism
  • Plate reconstructions
  • Geochronology
  • Ophiolite geology
  • Convergent margins
  • Marine Geology

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Book Chapter

  • Uenzelmann-Neben, G., Bohaty, S.M., Childress, L.B., Archontikis, O.A., Batenburg, S.J., Bijl, P.K., Burkett, A.M., Cawthra, H.C., Chanda, P., Coenen, J.J., Dallanave, E., Davidson, P.C., Doiron, K.E., Geldmacher, J., Gürer, D., Haynes, S.J., Herrle, J.O., Ichiyama, Y., Jana, D., Jones, M.M., Kato, C., Kulhanek, D.K., Li, J., Liu, J., McManus, J., Minakov, A.N., Penman, D.E., Sprain, C.J., Tessin, A.C. ... Westerhold, T. (2023). Expedition 392 methods. Agulhas Plateau Cretaceous Climate. International Ocean Discovery Program. doi: 10.14379/iodp.proc.392.102.2023

  • Uenzelmann-Neben, G., Bohaty, S.M., Childress, L.B., Archontikis, O.A., Batenburg, S.J., Bijl, P.K., Burkett, A.M., Cawthra, H.C., Chanda, P., Coenen, J.J., Dallanave, E., Davidson, P.C., Doiron, K.E., Geldmacher, J., Gürer, D., Haynes, S.J., Herrle, J.O., Ichiyama, Y., Jana, D., Jones, M.M., Kato, C., Kulhanek, D.K., Li, J., Liu, J., McManus, J., Minakov, A.N., Penman, D.E., Sprain, C.J., Tessin, A.C. ... Westerhold, T. (2023). Expedition 392 summary. Agulhas Plateau Cretaceous Climate. International Ocean Discovery Program. doi: 10.14379/iodp.proc.392.101.2023

  • Bohaty, S.M., Uenzelmann-Neben, G., Childress, L.B., Archontikis, O.A., Batenburg, S.J., Bijl, P.K., Burkett, A.M., Cawthra, H.C., Chanda, P., Coenen, J.J., Dallanave, E., Davidson, P.C., Doiron, K.E., Geldmacher, J., Gürer, D., Haynes, S.J., Herrle, J.O., Ichiyama, Y., Jana, D., Jones, M.M., Kato, C., Kulhanek, D.K., Li, J., Liu, J., McManus, J., Minakov, A.N., Penman, D.E., Sprain, C.J., Tessin, A.C. ... Westerhold, T. (2023). Site U1581. Agulhas Plateau Cretaceous Climate. International Ocean Discovery Program. doi: 10.14379/iodp.proc.392.105.2023

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Note for students: The possible research projects listed on this page may not be comprehensive or up to date. Always feel free to contact the staff for more information, and also with your own research ideas.

Dr Derya Guerer is not currently available to take on new students.