The Professional pages of the Research Group of Adrian Finch
Another busy time for the research group. We have had a major publication on the fluid movement associated with alkaline igneous intrusions by Kris is now out in the top-rated journal "Geology" and a major publication from the HiTech AlkCarb consortium (Beard et al. 2022) about the genetic models of alkaline igneous systems is about …
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Adrian contributed to a session to the University of St Andrews Centre for Energy Ethics talk programme called the 'Energy Cafe' on Tuesday 15th March. These are a series of open sessions on Energy-related topics which involve people from across the whole University and Industry Sectors. The presentation is available online at: https://youtu.be/gtTAY7mr9eY Exploration for …
I am pleased that an application for the University of St Andrews Global PhD Scheme has been successful. The project is entitled "The Search for Green Technology Metals - How Fluids Make or Break Critical Metal Deposits" and will involve a study of the Ivigtut (also spelled Ivittuut) deposit in Southern Greenland. It is a …
A busy time for the research group. We have had a major publication on the fluid movement associated with alkaline igneous intrusions by Kris is now out in the top-rated journal "Geology". Three new members have joined the group including postdoc Michael-John Treanor and two new MSc by Research Students, Curtis Rooks and Rob Webster. …
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Kris's paper has now come out in the journal Geology. Sokół K, Finch AA, Hutchison W, Cloutier J, Borst AM, Humphreys M (2022) Quantifying metasomatic HFSE-REE transport from alkaline magmas, Geology, 50, 305-310, doi.org/10.1130/G49471.1 This important new work was led by Krzysztof Sokół (Kris) as a first effort to quantify the volume of High Field …
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I presented a talk to the St Andrews Centre for Climate, Energy, Environment and Sustainability (StACEES) on Wednesday 24th November. The talk was on-line and recorded for others to watch. In this talk, I consider the commitments made by many countries to decarbonise their economies. The route chosen usually involves the use of ‘renewable’ energies …
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The last few months have seen a return to in-person conferences, alongside face to face teaching and fieldwork, and our group has been at the forefront of restarting these more human forms of teaching and learning. In addition we have had seven more publications out and sustained media interest in Tim's group. We have had …
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The last few months have seen a return to field studies (within the UK so-far) and our group has been at the forefront of restarting field teaching. Adrian and Nicky led the undergraduate 3rd-year mapping field course to Mull in April. In addition we have had a major award from the Mineralogical Society, six more …
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A new paper led by Will Hutchison has just been published in the journal Earth & Planetary Science Letters. The paper uses modelling of sulfur isotopes across the entire Gardar Province to understand the sources of rare element enrichment. It presents a model in which Ketilidian subduction enriched the Sub-Continental Lithospheric Mantle, and we propose …
I am pleased to announce that the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland have awarded the Howie Medal to one of our papers on eudialyte-hosted rare earth deposits. The award recognises the 'best paper' in mineralogy for the previous year and includes analysis of its "1. Novelty, 2. Inter-disciplinarity, 3. Applicability and 4. How …
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Professor Adrian Finch 