St Andrews Isotope Geochemistry

Nicola Allison
- na9st-andrews.acuk
Person: Academic
Andrea Burke
- ab276st-andrews.acuk
- School of Earth & Environmental Sciences - Professor
- St Andrews Isotope Geochemistry
Person: Academic
Adrian Anthony Finch
- aaf1st-andrews.acuk
Person: Academic

2 Active
44 Finished

Blowing The Top: Mineralisation in Magmatic Roof Zones (Motzfeldt, S Greenland)
Finch, A. A. (PI) & Lewis, M. (Student)
Natural Environment Research Council
1/10/25 → 31/03/29
Project: Studentship
Quantifying changes in biomass burial over geological time
Mikhail, S. (PI), Stueeken, E. (CoI), Savage, P. (CoI), Gardiner, N. (CoI) & White, R. (CoI)
Natural Environment Research Council
1/03/25 → 28/02/29
Project: Standard
Reconstructing seawater pH in the Central Pacific during a period of rapid atmospheric CO2 rise
Allison, N. (PI)
NERC (ION MICROPROBE FACILITY)
30/06/25 → 31/12/25
Project: Standard

Bipolar volcanic ice-core synchronization of the entire last glacial period  
Svensson, A., Vettoretti, G., Lin, J.-M., Sinnl, G., Dahl-Jensen, D., Steffensen, J. P., Rasmussen, S. O., Vinther, B., Hvidberg, C., Kjær, H. A., Gkinis, V., Cook, E., Lohmann, J., Melcher, J. O., Halkjær, S., Kipfstuhl, S., Wilhelms, F., Adolphi, F., Fischer, H. & Bigler, M. & 17 others, Sigl, M., Landais, A., Bouchet, M., Klüssendorf, A., Parrenin, F., Mulvaney, R., Wolff, E., Burke, A., Innes, H., Severi, M., Buizert, C., McConnell, J. R., Chellman, N., Wensman, S., Beer, J., Oyabu, I. & Muscheler, R., 1 Mar 2026, In: Quaternary Science Reviews. 375, 21 p., 109755.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
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Lithological influence on Li isotope fractionation during silicate weathering
Cheung, C. T. L., Beaty, B., Bauer, K. W., Colleps, C. L., Asael, D., Crowe, S. A., Planavsky, N. J., Savage, P. S. & McKenzie, N. R., 1 Feb 2026, In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 414, p. 217-235 19 p.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
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Rare earth and niobium mobility at the magmatic-hydrothermal transition: Motzfeldt Sø Centre, Greenland
Rooks, C. J. W., Finch, A. A., Hutchison, W., Herd, D. A. & Frangeskides, G., Jan 2026, In: Ore Geology Reviews. 188, p. 1-13 13 p., 107009.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

Open Access
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Rapid climate change in the glacial North Atlantic: New insights from geochemical records of temperature, CO2, redox and circulation (thesis data)
Littley, E. (Creator), Rae, J. W. B. (Supervisor) & Burke, A. (Supervisor), University of St Andrews, 12 Aug 2026
DOI: 10.17630/4b7dae1d-57ec-44b6-900d-87a8316349cf
Dataset: Thesis dataset
The co-evolution of Earth's crust and hydrosphere: a silicon isotope perspective (thesis data)
Murphy, M. (Creator) & Savage, P. S. (Supervisor), University of St Andrews, 19 Mar 2027
DOI: 10.17630/8dbc6243-84eb-40ce-ac2b-cb39199f79b2, https://doi.org/10.17630/sta/831
Dataset: Thesis dataset
Southern Ocean Mechanisms of Glacial CO2 Drawdown and Their Links with Global Climate (thesis data)
Shankle, M. (Creator) & Rae, J. W. B. (Supervisor), University of St Andrews, 20 Nov 2029
DOI: 10.17630/5d5c310d-02ea-4e34-86bf-d7737558db6b
Dataset: Thesis dataset

10th International Conference on Paleoceanography, San Diego, CA, USA, 29 Aug-3 Sep 2010 - Best Student Paper
Burke, A. (Recipient), 2010
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Alan Howie medal for best paper in mineralogy in 2021
Finch, A. A. (Recipient), Borst, A. M. (Recipient) & Horsburgh, N. (Recipient), 2021
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)
Applied Mineralogy Group Postgraduate Bursary
Finch, A. A. (Recipient) & Webster, R. A. (Recipient), 1 Jun 2022
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)

Organiser of River Eden Sustainability Partnership workshop on interpreting water quality data
Allison, N. (Participant)
15 Jan 2026
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organising a workshop, seminar, course
Organiser of River Eden Sustainability Workshop on monitoring water quality
Allison, N. (Participant)
9 Sept 2025
Activity: Participating in or organising an event types › Participation in or organising a workshop, seminar, course
PhD supervision of Tuomas Gråsten
Finch, A. A. (External examiner)
1 Sept 2025 → 1 Apr 2029
Activity: Examination types › External supervision

Interview for BBC Inside Science
Finch, A.
12/01/26
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Relating to Research
Geologists from Planet Earth
Finch, A.
22/10/25
1 Media contribution
Press/Media: Relating to Research
Discussion piece on mining in Greenland
Finch, A. A., Rooks, C. J. W. & Szreter, A. A.
28/03/25
1 item of Media coverage
Press/Media: Relating to Research

Advisor to Scottish Government via the Institute for European Environmental Policy
Finch, A. A. (Participant)
Impact: Public Policy Impact
Amaroq Minerals launch a major new rare earth exploration project called the Ilua Pegmatite Zone
Finch, A. A. (Participant)
Impact: Economic, Commercial Impact
Collaboration with Eclipse Metals to support St Andrews PhD studentship
Finch, A. A. (Participant)
Impact: Economic, Commercial Impact

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