Alex Burton-Johnson
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Alex Burton-Johnson
Field Geologist
Biography
Dr Alex Burton-Johnson completed a degree in Exploration and Resource Geology at Cardiff University, including a field mapping and mineralogical dissertation on a mesothermal gold deposit in SW Tanzania. He has since completed a PhD on the origin of the Mt Kinabalu granitic pluton of Sabah, Borneo, mapping the pluton and studying its emplacement and melt evolution. He currently works as a geologist for the British Antarctic Survey, investigating granitic magmatism and crustal growth along the Antarctic Peninsula.
Research interests
– Tectonics of Antarctica and SE Asia
– Generation and evolution of felsic magma
– Crustal growth
– Granite emplacement
– Ophiolite formation
BURTON-JOHNSON, A. 2013. Origin, Emplacement and Tectonic Relevance of the Mt. Kinabalu Granitic Pluton of Sabah, Borneo. Durham University. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/9450/.
CULLEN, A., MACPHERSON, C., TAIB, N.I., BURTON-JOHNSON, A., GEIST, D., SPELL, T. & BANDA, R.M. 2013. Age and petrology of the Usun Apau and Linau Balui volcanics: Windows to central Borneo’s interior. Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, 76, 372–388, doi: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2013.05.003.
BURTON-JOHNSON, A. & MACPHERSON, C.J. 2012. Mt. Kinabalu Multi-phased Post-collisional I-Type Granite. In: Abstract American Geophysical Union Annual Meeting.
Publications from NERC Open Research Archive
2023
Riley, Teal R. ORCID record for Teal R. Riley, Millar, Ian L., Carter, Andrew, Flowerdew, Michael J., Burton-Johnson, Alex ORCID record for Alex Burton-Johnson, Bastias, Joaquin, Storey, Craig D., Castillo, Paula, Chew, David, Whitehouse, Martin J.. (2023) Evolution of an accretionary complex (LeMay Group) and terrane translation in the Antarctic Peninsula. Tectonics, 42. 30 pp. 10.1029/2022TC007578
Bastias, Joaquin, Spikings, Richard, Riley, Teal ORCID record for Teal Riley, Chew, David, Grunow, Anne, Ulianov, Alexey, Chiaradia, Massimo, Burton-Johnson, Alex ORCID record for Alex Burton-Johnson. (2023) Cretaceous magmatism in the Antarctic Peninsula and its tectonic implications. Journal of the Geological Society, 180. 18 pp. 10.1144/jgs2022-067
Riley, Teal R. ORCID record for Teal R. Riley, Burton-Johnson, Alex ORCID record for Alex Burton-Johnson, Flowerdew, Michael J., Poblete, Fernando, Castillo, Paula, Hervé, Francisco, Leat, Philip T., Millar, Ian L., Bastias, Joaquin, Whitehouse, Martin J.. (2023) Palaeozoic – Early Mesozoic geological history of the Antarctic Peninsula and correlations with Patagonia: Kinematic reconstructions of the proto-Pacific margin of Gondwana. Earth-Science Reviews, 236. 10.1016/j.earscirev.2022.104265
2022
Riley, Teal R. ORCID record for Teal R. Riley, Carter, Andrew, Burton-Johnson, Alex ORCID record for Alex Burton-Johnson, Leat, Philip T., Hogan, Kelly A. ORCID record for Kelly A. Hogan, Bown, Paul R.. (2022) Crustal block origins of the South Scotia Ridge. Terra Nova, 34. 8 pp. 10.1111/ter.12613
Burton-Johnson, A. ORCID record for A. Burton-Johnson, Riley, T.R. ORCID record for T.R. Riley, Harrison, R.J., Mac Niocaill, C., Muraszko, J.R., Rowley, P.D.. (2022) Does tectonic deformation control episodic continental arc magmatism? Evidence from granitic magnetic fabrics (AMS). Gondwana Research, 112. 23 pp. 10.1016/j.gr.2022.09.006
Burton-Johnson, A. ORCID record for A. Burton-Johnson, Cullen, A.B.. (2022) Continental rifting in the South China Sea through extension and high heat flow: An extended history. Gondwana Research. 10.1016/j.gr.2022.07.015 (In Press)
2021
Sanchez, G., Halpin, J.A., Gard, M., Hasterok, D., Stål, T., Raimondo, T., Peters, S., Burton-Johnson, A. ORCID record for A. Burton-Johnson. (2021) PetroChron Antarctica: A geological database for interdisciplinary use. Geochemistry, Geophysics, Geosystems, 22. 14 pp. 10.1029/2021GC010154
Cullen, A., Burton-Johnson, A. ORCID record for A. Burton-Johnson. (2021) [Comment] New zircon radiometric U-Pb ages and Lu-Hf isotopic data from the ultramafic-mafic sequences of Ranau and Telupid (Sabah, eastern Malaysia): Time to reconsider the geological evolution of Southeast Asia?. Geology, 49. 1 pp. 10.1130/G49414C.1
Riley, Teal R. ORCID record for Teal R. Riley, Burton-Johnson, Alex ORCID record for Alex Burton-Johnson, Leat, Philip T., Hogan, Kelly A. ORCID record for Kelly A. Hogan, Halton, Alison M.. (2021) Geochronology and geochemistry of the South Scotia Ridge: Miocene island arc volcanism of the Scotia Sea. Global and Planetary Change, 205. 12 pp. 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2021.103615
Van de Lagemaat, S.H.A., Swart, M.L.A., Vaes, B., Kosters, M.E., Boschman, L.M., Burton-Johnson, A. ORCID record for A. Burton-Johnson, Bijl, P.K., Spakman, W., van Hinsbergen, D.J.J.. (2021) Subduction initiation in the Scotia Sea region and opening of the Drake Passage: When and why?. Earth-Science Reviews, 215. 25 pp. 10.1016/j.earscirev.2021.103551
2020
Burton-Johnson, Alex ORCID record for Alex Burton-Johnson, Dziadek, Ricarda, Martin, Carlos ORCID record for Carlos Martin. (2020) Geothermal heat flow in Antarctica: Current and future directions. The Cryosphere, 14. 31 pp. 10.5194/tc-14-3843-2020
Riley, Teal R. ORCID record for Teal R. Riley, Flowerdew, Michael J., Burton-Johnson, Alex ORCID record for Alex Burton-Johnson, Leat, Philip T., Millar, Ian L., Whitehouse, Martin J.. (2020) Cretaceous arc volcanism of Palmer Land, Antarctic Peninsula: Zircon U-Pb geochronology. geochemistry, distribution and field relationships. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 401. 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2020.106969
Burton-Johnson, A. ORCID record for A. Burton-Johnson, Macpherson, C.G., Millar, I.L., Whitehouse, M.J., Ottley, C.J., Nowell, G.M.. (2020) A Triassic to Jurassic arc in north Borneo: Geochronology, geochemistry, and genesis of the Segama Valley Felsic Intrusions and the Sabah ophiolite. Gondwana Research, 84. 16 pp. 10.1016/j.gr.2020.03.006
Burton-Johnson, Alex ORCID record for Alex Burton-Johnson, Dziadek, Ricarda, Martin, Carlos ORCID record for Carlos Martin, Halpin, Jacqueline A., Whitehouse, Pippa L., Ebbing, Jörg, Martos, Yasmina, Martin, Adam, Schroeder, Dustin, Shen, Weisen, Ritz, Catherine, Goodge, John, Van Liefferinge, Brice, Pattyn, Frank, Reading, Anya, Ferraccioli, Fausto ORCID record for Fausto Ferraccioli. (2020) Antarctic geothermal heat flow: future research directions. SCAR-SERCE, 9 pp. (SCAR-SERCE White Paper.)
Bastias, Joaquin, Spikings, Richard, Ulianov, Alex, Riley, Teal ORCID record for Teal Riley, Burton-Johnson, Alex ORCID record for Alex Burton-Johnson, Chiaradia, Massimo, Baumgartner, Lucas, Hervé, Francisco, Bouvier, Anne-Sophie. (2020) The Gondwanan margin in West Antarctica: insights from Late Triassic magmatism of the Antarctic Peninsula. Gondwana Research, 81. 1-20. 10.1016/j.gr.2019.10.018
2019
Burton-Johnson, A. ORCID record for A. Burton-Johnson, Macpherson, C.G., Ottley, C.J., Nowell, G.M., Boyce, A.J.. (2019) Generation of the Mt Kinabalu granite by crustal contamination of intraplate magma modelled by Equilibrated Major Element Assimilation with Fractional Crystallisation (EME-AFC). Journal of Petrology, 60. 1461-1487. 10.1093/petrology/egz036
Gray, D.M., Burton-Johnson, A. ORCID record for A. Burton-Johnson, Fretwell, P.T. ORCID record for P.T. Fretwell. (2019) Evidence for a lava lake on Mt. Michael volcano, Saunders Island (South Sandwich Islands) from Landsat, Sentinel-2 and ASTER satellite imagery. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 379. 60-71. 10.1016/j.jvolgeores.2019.05.002
Riley, Teal R. ORCID record for Teal R. Riley, Carter, Andrew, Leat, Philip T., Burton-Johnson, Alex ORCID record for Alex Burton-Johnson, Bastias, Joaquin, Spikings, Richard A., Tate, Alex J. ORCID record for Alex J. Tate, Bristow, Charlie S.. (2019) Geochronology and geochemistry of the northern Scotia Sea: a revised interpretation of the North and West Scotia ridge junction. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 518. 136-147. 10.1016/j.epsl.2019.04.031
Burton-Johnson, Alex ORCID record for Alex Burton-Johnson, Macpherson, C.G., Muraszko, J.R., Harrison, R.J, Jordan, Tom A. ORCID record for Tom A. Jordan. (2019) Tectonic strain recorded by magnetic fabrics (AMS) in plutons, including Mt Kinabalu, Borneo: A tool to explore past tectonic regimes and syn-magmatic deformation. Journal of Structural Geology, 119. 50-60. 10.1016/j.jsg.2018.11.014
2018
Riley, Teal R. ORCID record for Teal R. Riley, Burton-Johnson, Alex ORCID record for Alex Burton-Johnson, Flowerdew, Michael J., Whitehouse, Martin J.. (2018) Episodicity within a mid-Cretaceous magmatic flare-up in West Antarctica: U-Pb ages of the Lassiter Coast intrusive suite, Antarctic Peninsula and correlations along the Gondwana margin. Geological Society of America Bulletin, 130. 1177-1196. 10.1130/B31800.1
2017
Burton-Johnson, A. ORCID record for A. Burton-Johnson, Halpin, J.A., Whittaker, J.M., Graham, F.S., Watson, S.J.. (2017) A new heat flux model for the Antarctic Peninsula incorporating spatially variable upper crustal radiogenic heat production. Geophysical Research Letters, 44. 5436-5446. 10.1002/2017GL073596
Burton-Johnson, Alex ORCID record for Alex Burton-Johnson, Macpherson, Colin G., Hall, Robert. (2017) Internal structure and emplacement mechanism of composite plutons: evidence from Mt Kinabalu, Borneo. Journal of the Geological Society, 174. 180-191. 10.1144/jgs2016-041
2016
Burton-Johnson, Alex ORCID record for Alex Burton-Johnson, Black, Martin ORCID record for Martin Black, Fretwell, Peter ORCID record for Peter Fretwell, Kaluza-Gilbert, Joseph. (2016) An automated methodology for differentiating rock from snow, clouds and sea in Antarctica from Landsat 8 imagery: A new rock outcrop map and area estimation for the entire Antarctic continent. The Cryosphere, 10. 1665-1677. 10.5194/tc-10-1665-2016
2015
Burton-Johnson, Alex ORCID record for Alex Burton-Johnson, Riley, Teal ORCID record for Teal Riley. (2015) Autochthonous vs. accreted terrane development of continental margins: a revised in situ tectonic history of the Antarctic Peninsula. Journal of the Geological Society, 172. 822-835. 10.1144/jgs2014-110
2019
Discovery of rare lava lake on remote sub-Antarctic island
News 3 July, 2019
2015
FEATURED PAPER: New geological history for Antarctic Peninsula
News 29 September, 2015