Prof Adrian Finch
Professor
Research areas
Applied mineralogy in many forms including:
1. Mobility in high field strength elements and rare earth elements in alkaline igneous rocks
2. Genesis of mineral deposits in alkaline igneous rocks with special emphasis on the Gardar province of South Greenland
3. Luminescence emissions of minerals, especially feldspars
4. Geochemistry of coral and speleothem aragonite and climate reconstruction from biogenic carbonates.
PhD supervision
- Curtis Rooks
- Anna Szreter
Selected publications
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Open access
Alkaline-silicate REE-HFSE systems
Beard, C. D., Goodenough, K. M., Borst, A. M., Wall, F., Siegfried, P. R., Deady, E. A., Pohl, C., Hutchison, W., Finch, A. A., Walter, B. F., Elliott, H. A. L. & Brauch, K., 1 Feb 2023, In: Economic Geology. 118, 1, p. 177-208 32 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Comments on the Scottish Government’s Draft Energy Strategy and Just Transition Plan: Response ID: ANON JDU2 DSGY C
Field, S., Finch, A. A., Gardiner, N. J., High, M. M., Hogan, J., Krishnan Jagadamma, L. & Skrzypek, E., May 2023, (Submitted)Research output: Book/Report › Other report
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Open access
Lanthanide and yttrium substitution in natural fluorite
Horsburgh, N. J., Finch, A. A. & Friis, H., 27 Apr 2023, In: Physics and Chemistry of Minerals. 50, 14 p., 15.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The response of coral skeletal nano-structure and hardness to ocean acidification conditions
Tan, C. D., Haehner, G., Fitzer, S., Cole, C. S., Finch, A. A., Hintz, C. J., Hintz, K. & Allison, N., 2 Aug 2023, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Royal Society Open Science. 10, 8Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Effects of seawater pCO2 on the skeletal morphology of massive Porites spp. corals
Allison, N., Ross, P., Brasier, A., Cieminska, N., Lopez Martin, N., Cole, C., Hintz, C., Hintz, K. & Finch, A. A., 10 May 2022, In: Marine Biology. 169, 11 p., 73.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Optimising a method for aragonite precipitation in simulated biogenic calcification media
Kellock, C., Castillo Alvarez, M. C., Finch, A. A., Penkman, K., Kröger, R., Clog, M. & Allison, N., 2 Dec 2022, In: PLoS ONE. 17, 20, 18 p., e0278627.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Quantifying metasomatic high-field-strength and rare-earth element transport from alkaline magmas
Sokół, K., Finch, A. A., Hutchison, W., Cloutier, J., Borst, A. M. & Humphreys, M. C. S., 1 Mar 2022, In: Geology. 50, 3, p. 305-310 6 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Exploring sources of variation in thermoluminescence emissions and anomalous fading in alkali feldspars
Riedesel, S., Bell, A. M. T., Duller, G. A. T., Finch, A. A., Jain, M., King, G. E., Pearce, N. J. & Roberts, H. M., 5 Feb 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Radiation Measurements. 141, 13 p., 106541.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Mantle sources and magma evolution in Europe's largest rare earth element belt (Gardar Province, SW Greenland): new insights from sulfur isotopes
Hutchison, W., Finch, A. A., Borst, A. M., Marks, M. A. W., Upton, B. G. J., Zerkle, A. L., Stüeken, E. E. & Boyce, A. J., 15 Aug 2021, In: Earth and Planetary Science Letters. 568, 16 p., 117034.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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New insights from field observations of the Younger giant dyke complex and mafic lamprophyres of the gardar province on Tuttutooq island, South Greenland
Koopmans, L., Webster, R. A., Changleng, R., Mathieson, L., Murphy, A. J., Finch, A. A. & McCarthy, W., 16 Jun 2021, In: Geological Survey of Denmark and Greenland Bulletin. 47, 7 p., 6526.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review