Publications

Publications

*student author

accepted/in press:

99. Mitchell, R.N., Spencer, C.J., Kirscher, U., Wilde, S.A., Plate tectonic-like cycles since the Hadean: Initiated or inherited. Accepted in Geology.

98. Hu, X.-H., Tang, L., Zhang, S.-T., Tsunogae, T., Santosh, M., Sun, L., Spencer, C.J., Jeon, H., Wang, L., Formation of the Qiyugou porphyry gold system in East Qinling, China: Insights from timing and source characteristics of Late Mesozoic magmatism. Accepted in Journal of the Geological Society of London.

97. Cavosie, A.J., Spencer, C.J., Evans, N., Rankenburg, K., Thomas, R., Macey, P., Granular titanite from the Roter Kamm crater in Namibia: Product of regional metamorphism, not meteorite impact. Accepted in Geoscience Frontiers.

96. Zuo P., Li, Y., Spencer, C.J., Sun, F., Wang, S., Zheng, D., Huge sedimentary hiatus in the southern margin of the North China Craton from mid-Mesoproterozoic to Neoproterozoic. Accepted in International Geology Review.

95. Brown, M., Johnson, T, Spencer, C.J., Secular change in metamorphism and metamorphic cooling rates track the evolving plate tectonic regime on Earth. Accepted in Geological Society of London, Special Publications.

94. *Lu, G.-M., Wang, W., Spencer, C.J., Sun, L., Huang, B., “Rodinian” A-type granites in the southwestern Yangtze Block, SW China: Implications for paleogeographic reconstruction. Accepted to Lithos.

93. Kharya, A., Sachan, H.K., Spencer, C.J., Sen, K., Tiwari, S.K., Characterising fluid activity in ophiolitic mélange of Indus Suture Zone, Ladakh Himalaya: Implications for the evolution of oceanic crust prior to Indo-Asia Collision. Accepted in Geological Magazine.

published:

2022

92. Chen, G., Cheng, Q., Peters, S.E., Spencer, C.J., Zhao, M., Feedback between Surface and Deep Processes: Insight from Time Series Analysis of Sedimentary Record. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 579, p. 117352.

91. *Lu, G.-M., Spencer, C.J., Deng, X., Tian, Y., Huang, B., Jiang, Y.-D. Wang, W., Mesoproterozoic magmatism redefines the tectonics and paleogeography of the SW Yangtze Block, China. Precambrian Research, v. 370, p. 106558

90. *Xu, J., Xia, X.-P. Wang, Q., Spencer, C.J., He, B., Lai, C.-K., Low-δ18O A-type granites in SW China: Evidence for the interaction between the subducted Paleotethyan slab and the Emeishan mantle plume. In press GSA Bulletin.

2021

89. Wang, W., Cawood, C.A., Spencer, C.J., Pandit, M.K., Zhao, J.-H., Xia, X.-P. , Zheng, J.-P., Lu, G., Global-scale emergence of continental crust during the Mesoarchean and early Neoarchean. Geology v. 50, p. 184-188.

87. Liou, P., Guo, J., Mitchell, R., Spencer, C.J., Li, X.-H., Zhai, M., Evans, N., Li, Y., McDonald, B., Jin, M., Zircon Underestimates the Mantle Depletion of Early Earth. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 317, p. 538-551.

86. *Lu, G.-M., Spencer, C.J., Tian, Y., Wang, W., Significant increase of continental freeboard during the early Paleoproterozoic: Insights from metasediment-derived granites. Geophysical Research Letters, v. 44, p. e2021GL096049. 

85. Spencer, C.J., Yakymchuk, C., Kirkland, C.L., Keller C.B., Moyen, J.F., Johnson, T., Liebmann, J., Metasediment-derived Melts in Subduction-zone Magmas and their Influence on Crustal Evolution. Journal of Petrology, 62, i. 12.

84. Spencer, C.J., Cavosie, A.J., Morrell, T.R., Lu, G.-M., Liebmann, J., Roberts, N.M.W., Disparities in oxygen isotopes of detrital and igneous zircon identify erosional bias in crustal rock record. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 577, p. 117248.

83. Li, H.-Y., Zhao, R.-P., Li, J., Tamura, Y., Spencer, C.J., Ryan, J.G., Xu, Y.-G., Molybdenum isotopes unmask slab dehydration and melting at Mariana arc. Nature Communications, v. 12, p. 6015. 

82. *Seraine, M., Eloi, J., Martins-Ferreira, M., Alvarenga, C., Chemale, F., Angelo, T., Spencer, C.J., Multi-dimensional scaling of detrital zircon geochronology constrains basin evolution of the late Mesoproterozoic Paranoá Group, central Brazil. Precambrian Research, v. 365, p. 106381. 

81. Xia, X.-P., Meng, J., Ma, L., Spencer, C.J., Cui, Z., Zhang, W.-F., Yang, Q., Zhang, L., Tracing magmatic water evolution by H2O-in-zircon. Lithos, v. 404-405, p. 106445. 

80. Puetz, S., Spencer, C.J., Ganade, C.E., Analyses from a validated global U-Pb detrital zircon database: Enhanced methods for filtering discordant U-Pb zircon analyses and optimizing crystallization age estimates. Accepted in Earth Science Reviews, v. 220, p. 103745. 

79. Spencer, C.J., Mitchell, R.N., Brown, M., Enigmatic Proterozoic orogens: Hot, thin, and low. Geophysical Research Letters, e2021GL093312, p. 1-12. 

78. *Liebmann, J., Spencer, C.J., Kirkland, C.L., Xia, X-.P., Bourdet, J., Effect of water on δ18O in zircon. Chemical Geology, v. 574, p. 120243.

77. Yin, J., Huang, H., Spencer, C.J., Sun, M., Chen, W., Xiao, W., Wang, T., Yuan, C., Xia, X.-P., The role and significance of juvenile sediments in the formation of A-type granites, West Junggar oceanic arc (NW China): zircon Hf-O isotopic perspectives. Accepted in GSA Bulletin.

76. *Lu, G.-M., Wang, W., Tian, Y., Spencer, C.J., Huang, S.-F., Xue, E.-K., Huang, B., Siderian mafic-intermediate magmatism in the SW Yangtze Block, South China: Implications for global ‘tectono-magmatic lull’ during the early Paleoproterozoic. Accepted in Lithos.

75. Pastor-Galan, D., Spencer, C.J., Tan, F., Tsujimori, T., Evidence for crustal removal, tectonic erosion and flare-ups from the Japanese evolving forearc sediment provenance. Accepted in Earth and Planetary Science Letters.

74. *Liebmann, J., Spencer, C.J., Kirkland, C.L., Bucholz, C.E., Xia, X.-P., Martin, L., Kitchen, N., Shumlyanskyy, L., Coupling of the atmosphere and sediment melts across the Archean-Proterozoic transition. Accepted in Geochimica et Cosmochimia Acta.

73. Mitchell, R.N., Zhang, N., Salminen, J., Liu, Y., Spencer, C.J., Steinberger, B., Murphy, J.B., Li, Z.-X., The supercontinent cycle: Linking mantle convection and plate tectonic theory. Accepted in Nature Reviews Earth & Environment.

72. *Liebmann, J., Spencer, C.J., Kirkland, C.L., Xia, X-.P., Bourdet, J., Effect of water on δ18O in zircon. Chemical Geology, v. 574, p. 120243.

71. Wang, C., Mitchell, R.N., Murphy, J.B., Peng, P., Spencer, C.J., The role of megacontinents in the supercontinent cycle. Geology, v. 49, 402-406.

70. *Brennan, D., Mitchell, R.N., Spencer, C.J., Murphy, J.B., Li, Z-.X., LA tectonic model for the Transcontinental Arch: Progressive migration of a Laurentian drainage divide during the Neoproterozoic‐Cambrian Sauk Transgression. Accepted in Terra Nova.

69. Murphy, J.B., Nance, R.D., Cawood, P.A., Collins, W., Dan, W., Doucet, L., Heron, P., Li, Z.X-., Mitchell, R.N., Pisarevsky, S., Pufahl, P., Quesada, C., Strachan, R., Spencer, C.J., Wu, L., Pannotia: In defense of its existence and geodynamic significance. Geological Society of London Special Publications 503.

2020

68. *Volante, S., Collins, W.J., Blereau, E., Pourteau, A., Spencer, C.J., Evans, N.J., Barrote, V., Nordsvan, A.R., Li, Z.-X., Li, J., Reassessing zircon-monazite thermometry with thermodynamic modelling: insights from the Georgetown igneous complex, NE Australia. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, v. 175, p. 110.

67. *Dang, Z., Zhang, N., Li, Z.,X-., Huang, C, Spencer, C.J., Liu, Y., Relative Roles of Mantle Plumes and Orogens in Causing the Opening of the Central and South Atlantic Ocean. Communications Earth and Environment, v. 1 p. 51.

66. Nke, A.Y., Bailie, R. Macey, P., Thomas, R.J., Frei, D., le Roux, P., Spencer, C.J., The 1.8 Ga Gladkop Suite: the youngest Palaeoproterozoic arc in the Namaqua-Natal Metamorphic Province, South Africa. Precambrian Research, v. 350, p. 105941.

65. *Martin, E.L., Spencer, C.J., Collins, W.J., Thomas, R.J., Macey, P.H., Roberts, N.M.W., Opposing accretionary orogens at the core of a supercontinent: Isotopic characteristics of Grenville orogens and the assembly of Rodinia. Earth Science Reviews v. 211, 103413.

64. *Hu, X.-K., Shouting Z.M., Santosh, M., Sun, L., Spencer, C.J., Jeon, H., Zhao, Y., Huang, D.-F., Geochemistry, zircon U-Pb geochronology and Hf-O isotopes of the Late Mesozoic granitoids from the Xiong’ershan area, East Qinling Orogen, China: Implications for petrogenesis and molybdenum metallogeny. Ore Geology Reviews v. 124, p. 103653.

63. *Volante, S., Porteau, A., Collins, W.J., Blereau, E., Li, Z.-X., Spencer, C.J., Nordsvan, A., Li, J., Smit, M., Günter. C., Multiple P–T–d–t paths reveal the evolution of the final Nuna assembly in Northeast Australia. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, v. 38, p. 593-627.

62. Doucet, L., Li, Z-.X., El Dien, H.G., Pourteau, A., Murphy, J.B., Collins, W., Matielli, N., Oilerook, H., Spencer, C.J., Mitchell, R.N., Hemispheric geochemical distinction between deep mantle domains. Nature Geoscience, v. 13, p. 511-515.

61. Spencer, C.J., Kirkland, C.L., Roberts, N.M.W., Evans, N.J., Liebmann, J., Strategies towards robust interpretations of zircon in situ Lu-Hf isotopes. Geoscience Frontiers, v. 11, p. 843-853.

60. Spencer, C.J., Steady-state continental growth as constrained by the sedimentary record. American Journal of Science, v. 320, p. 373-401.

59. *Martin, E.L., Collins, W.J., Spencer, C.J., The Laurentian origin of the Cuyania suspect terrane, western Argentina, confirmed by Hf isotopes in zircon. Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 132, p. 273-290

58. Zhang, C., Liu, D., Zhang, X., Spencer, C.J., Tang, M., Zeng, J., Jolivet, M., Jiang, S., Luo, Q., Liu, L., Kong, X., Hafnium isotopic disequilibrium during S-type granite formation. Geochemical Perspectives Letters, v. 12, p. 34-39.

57. Wang, Q., Spencer, C.J., Zhou, G., Hamididouche, R., Evans, N.J., McDonald, B., Detrital zircon U-Pb-Hf data from Cambrian sandstones of the Ougarta Mountains, Algeria: implications for the Paleodrainage of Cambro-Ordovician Mega-fan of Northern Gondwana. Geological Magazine. v. X, p. 1-15.

56. *Hopkinson, T., Harris, N., Roberts, N.M.W., Warren, C., Hammond, S., Spencer C.J., Parrish, R.R., Evolution of the melt source during crustal anatexis; an example from the Bhutan Himalaya. Geology, v. 48, p. 87-91. 

2019

55. McFarlane, H.B., Thebaud, N., Parra-Avilla, L.A, Armit, R., Spencer, C.J., Ganne, J., Aillères, L., Baratoux, L., Betts, P. G., and Jessell, M.W.,Onset of the supercontinent cycle: evidence for multiple oceanic arc accretion events in the Sefwi Greenstone Belt of the West African Craton. Precambrian Research, v. 335, p. 105450. 

54. Mitchell, R.N., Kirscher, U., Spencer, C.J., He, X.F., Li, Z.-,X., Murphy, J.B., Collins, W.J., Harmonic hierarchy of mantle convective cycles: Time series analysis of hafnium isotopes of zircon. Gondwana Research, v. 75, p. 239-248.

53. *Hu, X.-K., Tang, L., Shouting Z.M., Santosh, M., Spencer, C.J., Cao, H.-W., Pei, Q., Zhao, Y., In situ trace element and sulfur isotope of pyrite constrain ore genesis in the Shapoling molybdenum deposit, East Qinling Orogen, China. Ore Geology Reviews, v. 105, p. 123-136.

52. Tang, L., Hu, X.-K., Santosh, M., Zhang, S.-T., Spencer, C.J., Jeon, H., Zhao, Y., Cao, H.-W., Multistage processes linked to tectonic transition in the genesis of orogenic gold deposit: A case study from the Shanggong lode deposit, East Qinling, China. Ore Geology Reviews, v. 111, p. 102998.

51. Zhang, C., Jiang, S., Liu, D.-D., Chakrabarti, R., Zeng, J.-H., Santosh, M., Luo, Q., Spencer, C.J., Ma, C., Liu, L.-F., Kong, X.-Y., A novel model for silicon recycling in the lithosphere: Evidence from the Central Asian Orogenic Belt. Gondwana Research, v. 76, p. 115-122.

50. Bucholz, C.E., Spencer, C.J., Perspectives in Petrology – Strongly Peraluminous Granites across the Archean-Proterozoic transition. Journal of Petrology, 2019, p. 1-49.

49. *Baker, T.R., Prave, A.R., Spencer, C.J., 1.99 Ga mafic magmatism in the Rona terrane of the Lewisian Gneiss Complex in Scotland. Precambrian Research, v. 329, p. 224-231.

47. Spencer, C.J., Murphy, J.B., Hoiland, C.W., Johnston, S.T., Mitchell, R.N., Collins, W.J., Evidence for whole mantle convection driving Cordilleran tectonics. Geophysical Research Letters, v. 46, p. 4239-4248.

46. Spencer, C.J., Partin, C.A., Kirkland, C.L., Liebmann, J., Raub, T.D., EIMF. Linking Atmospheric Oxygenation and Continental Composition. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, v. 257, p. 16-25. 

45. Spencer, C.J., Dyck, B., Mottram, C.M., Roberts, N.M.W., Deconvolving the pre-Himalayan Indian margin – tales of crustal growth and destruction. Geoscience Frontiers, v. 10, p. 863-872.

44. Li, Z.-X., Mitchell, R.N., Spencer, C.J., et al., Decoding Earth’s rhythms: modulation of supercontinent cycles by longer superocean episodes. Precambrian Research, v. 323, p. 1-5.

43. Spencer, C.J., Danišík, M., Ito, H., Hoiland, C., Tapster, S., Jeon, H., McDonald, B., Evans, N.J., Rapid exhumation of Earth’s youngest exposed granites driven by subduction of an oceanic arc. Geophysical Research Letters, 2018GL080579, p. 1-9.

42. Spencer, C.J., Kirkland, C.L., Prave, A.R., Daly, J.S., Strachan, R.A., Pease, V., Crustal reworking and orogenic styles inferred from zircon Hf isotopes: Proterozoic examples from the North Atlantic region. Geoscience Frontiers, v. 10, p. 417-424.

41. *Manda, B., Cawood, P.A., Spencer, C.J., Prave, T., Robinson, R., Roberts, N., Evolution of the Mozambique Belt in Malawi constrained by U-Pb, Sm-Nd, and Lu-Hf isotopic data. Gondwana Research, v. 68, p. 93-107.

2018

40. *Wang, L.-J., Guo, J.-H, Yin, C, Peng, P., Zhang, J., Spencer, C.J., Qiana, J.-H, High-temperature S-type granites (charnockites) in the Jining Complex, North China Craton: restite entrainment and hybridization with mafic magma. Lithos, v. 320-321, p. 435-453.

39. *Mulder, J., Karlstrom, K., Halpin, J., Spencer, C.J., Berry, R., Merdith, A., McDonald, B., Rodinian devil in disguise: Correlation of 1.25-1.10 Ga strata between Tasmania and Grand Canyon. Geology, v. 46, p. 991-994.

38. Johnson, T.E., Miljkovic, K., Spencer, C.J., Gardiner, N.J., Kirkland, C.L., Bland, P., Smithies, H., Earth’s oldest evolved rocks are impact melts. Nature Geoscience, v. 11, p. 795-799.

37. *Gilmer, A.K. Sparks, R.S.J., Blundy,, J.D., Rust, A.C., Hauff, F, Spencer, C.J., Tapster, S., Petrogenesis and assembly of the Don Manuel igneous complex, Miocene-Pliocene porphyry copper belt, Central Chile. Journal of Petrology, v. 59, p. 1067-1108.

36. Spencer, C.J., Kirkland, C.L., Roberts, N.M.W., Detrital zircon fertility as a function of erosion and composition; examples from South America and Western Australia. Terra Nova, v. 30, p. 289-295.

35. Gardiner, N.J., Searle, M.P., Morley, C.K., Robb, L.J., Whitehouse, M.J., Roberts, N.M.W., Kirland, C.L., Spencer, C.J., The Crustal Architecture of Myanmar Images Through Zircon U-Pb, Lu-Hf, and O Isotopes: Tectonic and Metallogenic Implications. Gondwana Research, v. 62, p. 27-60.

34. Yao, W., Li, Z-X., Spencer, C.J., Martin, E.L., Australia captured long-travelled Indian sediments during Gondwana assembly. Precambrian Research, v. 312, p. 23-37.

33. Pastor-Galán, D., Nance, D., Murphy, J.B., Spencer, C.J., Supercontinents: myths, mysteries, and milestones. Geological Society of London Special Publications, v. 470, no. 16, doi: 10.1144/SP470.16.

32. Spencer, C.J., Murphy, J.B., Kirkland, C.L., Liu, Y., Mitchell, R.N., A Palaeoproterozoic tectono-magmatic lull as a potential trigger for the supercontinent cycle. Nature Geoscience, v. 11, p. 97-101.

31. *Nordsvan, A.R., Collins, W.J., Li, Z-X., Spencer, C.J., Pourteau, A., Withnall, I., Volante, S., NW Laurentian crust in NE Australia: A critical tie-point during the assembly of the supercontinent Nuna. Geology, v. 46, p. 251-254.

2017

30. Spencer, C.J., Cavosie, A.J., Raub, T.D., Rollinson, H., Jeon, H., Searle, M., Miller, J.D., EIMF, McDonald, B.J., Evans, N.J. Evidence for melting mud in Earth’s mantle from extreme oxygen isotope signatures in zircon. Geology, v. 45, p. 975-978.

29. Spencer, C.J., Yakymchuk, C., Ghaznavi, M., Visualising data distributions with kernel density estimation and reduced chi-squared statistic. Geoscience Frontiers, v. 8, p. 1247-1252.

28. Ito, H., Spencer, C.J., Danisik, M., Hoiland, C.W., Magmatic histories of the Earth’s youngest and the second youngest plutons as revealed by zircon U-Pb dating. Scientific Reports, v. 7, no. 12457.

27. Kirkland, C.L., Abello, F., Danisik, M., Gardiner, N.J., Spencer, C.J., Mapping temporal and spatial patterns of zircon U-Pb disturbance: a Yilgarn Craton case study. Gondwana Research, v. 52, p. 39-47.

26. *Hopkinson, T.N., Harris, N.B.W., Warren, C.J., Spencer, C.J., Roberts, N.M.W., Horstwood, M.S.A., Parrish, R.R., EIMF. The identification and significance of pure sediment-derived granites. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, v. 467, p. 57-63.

25. Spencer, C.J., Gunderson, K.L., Hoiland, C.W., Schleiffarth, W.K., Science Outreach Using an Integrated Social Media Platform (ISMP). GSA Today, v. 27, p. 28-29.

24. Spencer, C.J., Roberts, N.M.W., Santosh, M., Invited review – Growth and destruction of Earth’s continents. Earth Science Reviews, v. 172, p. 87-106.

2016

23. Thomas, R.J., Macey, P.H., Spencer, C.J., Dhansay, T., Diener, J., Lambert, C.W., The Sperrgebiet Domain, Aurus Mountains, SW Namibia: a ~2020 to 850 Ma window within the Pan-African Gariep Orogen. Precambrian Research, v. 286, p. 35-58.

22. Spencer, C.J., Kirkland, C.L., Visualizing the sedimentary response through the orogenic cycle: a multi-dimensional scaling approach. In press in Lithosphere v. 8, p. 29-37. 

21. Spencer, C.J., Harris, R.A., Major, J.R., Provenance of Permian-Triassic Gondwana sequence unit accreted to the Banda Arc: constraints from zircon U-Pb and Hf isotopes. In press in Gondwana Research v. 38, p. 28-39.

20. Spencer, C.J., Kirkland, C.L., Taylor, R.J.M., 2016. Strategies towards statistically robust interpretations of in situ U–Pb zircon geochronology. Geoscience Frontiers v. 7, p. 581-589.

19. Kirkland, C.L., Spaggiari, C., Johnson, T., Smithies, H., Danisik, M., Evans N., Wingate, M., Clark, C., Spencer C., Mikucki, E., McDonald, B., 2016. Grain size matters: Implications for mobilization of radiogenic-Pb in titanite: an example from the Albany-Fraser Orogen. Precambrian Research v. 278, p. 283-302.

18. Thomas, R.J., Spencer, C.J., Bushi, A.M., Baglow, N., Boniface, N., de Kock, G., Horstwood, M.S.A., Hollick, L., Jacobs, J., Kajara, S., Kamihanda, G., Key, R.M., Maganga, Z., Mbawala., F., McCourt, W., Momburi, P., Moses, F., Mruma, A., Myambilwa, Y., Roberts, N.M.W., Saidi, H., Nyanda, P., Nyoka, K., Millar, I., 2016. Geochronology of the central Tanzania Craton and its southern and eastern orogenic margins, Precambrian Research v. 277, p. 47-67.

17. Gardiner, N.J., Searle, M.P., Morley, C.K., Whitehouse, M.P., Spencer, C.J., Robb, L.J., 2016. The Closure of Palaeo-Tethys in Eastern Myanmar and Northern Thailand: New Insights from Zircon U-Pb and Hf Isotope Data, Gondwana Research v. 39, p. 401-422.

2015

16. Spencer, C.J., Thomas, R.J., Roberts, N.M.W., Cawood, P.A., Millar, I., Tapster, S., 2015. Oblique island arc accretion and continental collision, Natal Metamorphic Province, South Africa: new isotopic constraints, Precambrian Research v. 265, p. 203-217.

15. Spencer, C.J., Cawood, P.A. Hawkesworth, C.J., Prave, A.R., 2015. Generation and Preservation of Continental Crust in the Grenville Orogenic Cycle, Geoscience Frontiers v. 6, p. 357-372.

14. Roberts, N.M.W., Spencer, C.J. 2015. The zircon archive of continent formation, destruction and preservation, in: Roberts, N. M. W., Van Kranendonk, M., Parman, S., Shirey, S. & Clift, P. D. (eds) Continent Formation Through Time. Geological Society, London, Special Publications 389.

2014

13. Spencer, C.J., Roberts, N.M.W., Cawood, P.A., Hawkesworth, C.J., 2014. Development of intermontane basins and bimodal volcanism at the onset of the Sveconorwegian Orogeny, southern Norway, Precambrian Research, v. 252, p. 107-118.

12. Dorais, M.J., Spencer, C.J., 2014. Revisiting the Importance of Residual Material (Restite) in Granite Petrogenesis: the Cardigan Pluton, New Hampshire, Lithos, v. 202-203, p. 237-249.

11. Spencer, C.J., Prave, A.R., Cawood, P.A., Roberts, N.M.W., 2014. Detrital Zircon Geochronology of the Grenville/Llano Foreland and Basal Sauk Sequence in West Texas. GSA Bulletin.

10. Spencer, C.J., Cawood, P.A., Hawkesworth, C.J., Raub, T.D., Prave, A.R., 2014. Proterozoic onset of crustal reworking and collisional tectonics: Reappraisal of the zircon oxygen isotope record. Geology, v. 42, p. 451-54.

2013

9. Spencer, C.J., Hawkesworth, C.J., Cawood, P.A., Dhuime, B., 2013. Not all Supercontinents are Created Equal: Gondwana – Rodinia case study. Geology, v. 41, p. 795-798.

2012

8. Spencer, C.J., Hoiland, C.W., Harris, R.A., Link, P.K., Balgord, E.A., 2012. Constraining the timing and provenance of the Neoproterozoic Little Willow and Big Cottonwood Formations, Utah: Expanding the sedimentary record for early rifting of Rodinia. Precambrian Research 204-205, 57-65.

7. Spencer, C.J., Harris, R.A., Dorais, M.J., 2012. The Metamorphism of the Himalayan Metamorphic Core, Eastern Garhwal Region, India: Implications for Coupled Exhumation Via Channel Flow and Critical Taper. Tectonics, 31, TC1007.

6. Spencer, C.J., Harris, R.A., M.J. Dorais, 2012. Depositional provenance of the Greater Himalayan Sequence, Garhwal Himalaya, India constrained by U-Pb and Lu-Hf detrital zircon geochronology: Implications for Tectonic Setting. Gondwana Research.

2011

5. Schoonmaker, A., Kidd, W.S., Reusch, D.N., Dorais, M.J., Gregg, T., Spencer, C., 2011. Stratigraphic Context, Geochemical, and Isotopic Properties of Magmatism in the Siluro-Devonian Inliers of Northern Maine: Implications for the Acadian Orogeny. American Journal of Science 311, 528-572.

4. Spencer, C.J., Harris, R.A., Sachan, H.K., Saxena, A., 2011. Depositional provenance of the Greater Himalayan Sequence, Garhwal Himalaya, India: Implications for Tectonic Setting. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences 41, 344-354.

2010

3. Radebaugh, J., Lorenz, R., Farr, T., Paillou, P., Savage, C., Spencer, C., 2010. Linear dunes on Titan and Earth: Initial remote sensing comparisons. Geomorphology 121, 122-132.

2008

2. Radebaugh, J., Lorenz, R.D., Lunine, J.I., Wall, S.D., Boubin, G., Reffet, E., Kirk, R.L., Lopes, R.M., Stofan, E.R. Soderblom, L., Allison, M. Janssen, M., Paillou, P., Callahan, P., Spencer, C., and the Cassini Radar Team, 2008. Dunes on Titan observed by Cassini: Icarus 194, 690-703.

1. McBride, J.H., Stephenson, W.J., Thompson, T.J., Harper, M.P., Eipert, A.A., Hoopes, J.C., Tingey, D.G., Keach, R.W.,II, Okojie-Ayoro, A.O., Gunderson, K.L., Meirovitz, C.D., Hicks, T.C., Spencer, C.J., Yaede, J.R., and Worley, D.M., 2008, A geophysical investigation of shallow deformation along an anomalous section of the Wasatch fault zone, Utah, USA: Environmental & Engineering Geoscience, v. 14, p. 183-197.