The Professional pages of the Research Group of Adrian Finch
Adrian is working with Richard Shaw at BGS to present a workshop on luminescence methods in the Applied Earth Sciences. It will be one of the formal workshops at SEG2023. Luminescence is a powerful mineralogical tool that encodes the geochemistry and growth history of a mineral, including many in ore deposits. It can be used …
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Earlier this year the Scottish Government published its "Draft Energy Strategy and Just Transition Plan" to take Net Zero policy forward in Scotland. Adrian contributed written evidence to this call as part of a deposition from the University of St Andrews Centre for Energy Ethics, of which Adrian is a member. Adrian and his Colleague …
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The first paper from Nicky Horsburgh's PhD has appeared in print in the journal Physics and Chemistry of Minerals. The paper is entitled "Lanthanide and Yttrium Substitution in Natural Fluorite", and it uses the luminescence properties of lanthanide-bearing fluorite to determine the mechanism of substitution mechanism of those elements in fluorite as a function of …
A lot of activity for the group in the last Quarter with Adrian giving evidence depositions to two UK Government calls for expert information. We welcome new PhD student Huanhuan Wu working on the rare element pegmatites in China. Congratulations also to Dr Kris Sokol who successfully submitted and defended his PhD thesis on fluid …
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Congratulations to PhD student Krzysztof (Kris) Sokół who has submitted, successfully defended and now had his PhD thesis confirmed. His title was: THE NATURE OF FLUIDS ASSOCIATED WITH THE SUBVOLCANIC ALKALINE MAGMAS AND THEIR ROLE IN ’HI-TECH’ METAL TRANSPORT AND MINERALIZATION, and the work explores the solubility of high-field strength elements (HFSE) and rare earth …
In the last few weeks, the UK parliament at Westminster has requested evidence on two resource-related projects. Our research group submitted to both calls. Exploration for critical metals, Greenland The first was the Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee's inquiry on Batteries for electric vehicle manufacturing. I presented comments as a geologist who works to …
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In September 2022, the European President, Ursula von der Leyen, announced a European Critical Raw Materials Act to consider issues relating to the supply and sustainability of raw materials within a European Perspective. As part of that initiative, Adrian and the group have been involved in two activities related to the call: In October, he …
A lot of activity for the group in the last Quarter with Adrian presenting in Brussels, substantial fieldwork programmes for Tim and Aayush and conference attendance for Curtis and Jacob. We welcome new PhD student Anna Szreter working on the Ivigtut ore deposit in Greenland and sponsors Stallion Resources have agreed to convert Curtis's Masters …
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I was very pleased to give a keynote presentation at the Universities of St Andrews and Bonn symposium on Sustainable Resource Use: from Coring to Coding, on the 17th October at Scotland House in Brussels. In this public presentation, I gave a geologist's view of the challenges facing the drive towards zero carbon futures. I …
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I will be talking at this session on the 17th October 2022 at Scotland House in Brussels on the subject of European Sustainable Resource Use. The issue of sustainable resource use within a European context continues to be an important topic, particularly in light of the green and digital transitions. Even more so as the …
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Professor Adrian Finch 