Dr Paul Savage

Senior Lecturer in Earth Sciences

Researcher profile

Phone

+44 (0)1334 46 4013

Email

pss3@st-andrews.ac.uk

 

PhD supervision

• Enza Magnier

Selected publications

• Open access

  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

  Mafic-ultramafic igneous rocks as a source of reactive phosphorus for the origin of life

  Baidya, A. S., Walton, C. R., Kalita, J., Szilas, K., Viccaro, M., Savage, P. S., Allison, S., Nisbet, E. G., Schönbächler, M., Mikhail, S. & Stüeken, E. E., 26 Aug 2026, In: Nature Communications. 17, 11 p., 8994.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Heavy melts, light residues: new research identifies the potential importance of Si isotope fractionation in subducting slabs

  Savage, P. S., 26 Nov 2025, In: National Science Review. 12, 11, 2 p., nwaf469.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Comment/debate › peer-review

• Methods for the precise and accurate analysis of copper isotopes in natural samples by MC-ICP-MS

  Savage, P. S. & Archer, C., 8 Jun 2025, Analytical isotope geochemistry: techniques and data interpretation. Tripathy, G. R. (ed.). Cham: Springer, p. 199-226 28 p. (Advances in Isotope Geochemistry).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Open access

  Silicon isotopic signatures of granitoids support increased weathering of subaerial land 3.7 billion years ago

  Greber, N. D., Murphy, M. E., Storck, J.-C., Reimink, J. R., Dauphas, N. & Savage, P. S., 16 May 2025, In: Communications Earth & Environment. 6, p. 1-9 9 p., 382.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Silicon stable isotope analysis of natural aqueous and solid samples by MC-ICP-MS

  de Souza, G. F., Savage, P. S. & Opfergelt, S., 8 Jun 2025, Analytical isotope geochemistry: techniques and data interpretation. Tripathy, G. R. (ed.). Cham: Springer, p. 155-180 26 p. (Advances in Isotope Geochemistry).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Open access

  Rhenium elemental and isotopic variations at magmatic temperatures

  Wang, W., Dickson, A. J., Stow, M. A., Dellinger, M., Burton, K. W., Savage, P. S., Hilton, R. G. & Prytulak, J., 9 Jan 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Geochemical Perspectives Letters. 28, p. 48-53 6 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Silicon isotopes in an Archaean migmatite confirm seawater silicification of TTG sources

  Murphy, M. E., Macdonald, J. E., Fischer, S., Gardiner, N. J., White, R. W. & Savage, P. S., 1 Mar 2024, In: Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 368, p. 34-49

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  A primary magmatic source of nitrogen to the Earth’s crust

  Boocock, T. J., Mikhail, S., Boyce, A. J., Prytulak, J., Savage, P. S. & Stueeken, E. E., Jun 2023, In: Nature Geoscience. 16, p. 521–526 7 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Open access

  Eoarchean and Hadean melts reveal arc-like trace element and isotopic signatures

  Chowdhury, W., Trail, D., Miller, M. & Savage, P., 28 Feb 2023, In: Nature Communications. 14, 10 p., 1140.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

 

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