University of St Andrews
 
 

School of Geography & Geosciences

Department of
Earth & Environmental Sciences

 

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Dr Tony Prave

Reader in Earth Sciences and Director of Teaching


 

I am a field geologist interested in Earth System change in Deep Time. My work combines geological ground truthing with geochronology and isotope chemostratigraphy to construct stratigraphic frameworks and document the geodynamical development of sedimentary basins. Field areas are the SW USA, southern Africa, the Abyssinian Highlands of Ethiopia, northern Europe and NW Russia and my research includes the Great Oxidation Event, Neoproterozoic Earth History, the geological evolution of the Death Valley region, and the record of Late Phanerozoic climate change as archived in the geology of Lake Tana.

Tony Prave

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Research overview

My research interests are in reconstructing Earth history during hallmark periods of Earth System change. I combine field geology with geochemistry and isotope geochemistry to gain insights into and deeper understanding of past natural processes.

 

 

For further information, see Geosciences

Industrial relevance

My geological field experience helps to guide and better comprehend the geological settings in which mineral, energy and hydrocarbon resources form.

Academic/Professional Qualification

Ph.D., Geoscience, Pennsylvania State University; M.S., Geoscience, Pennsylvania State University; B.S., Geoscience, Indiana University of Pennsylvania; European Union of Geosciences; American Geophysical Union; Geological Society of America; Geological Society of London; International Association of Sedimentologists; The Royal Society of Edinburgh; The Society of Economic Paleontologists and Mineralogists

  • Earth and Environmental Sciences

    School of Geography and

    Geosciences

    Irvine Building

    St Andrews

    KY16 9AL

    United Kingdom

    Phone: +44 (0)1334 462381

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  • School of Geography and Geosciences

    School of Geography and

    Geosciences

    Irvine Building

    St Andrews

    KY16 9AL

    United Kingdom

    Phone: +44 (0)1334 462381

  • School of Geography and Geosciences

    1/09/96 to 31/03/11

    School of Geography and

    Geosciences

    Irvine Building

    St Andrews

    KY16 9AL

    United Kingdom

    Phone: +44 (0)1334 462381

 

Recent Publications

Bonsor, HC, Strachan, RA , Prave, AR & Krabbendam, M 2012, ' Sedimentology of the early Neoproterozoic Morar Group in northern Scotland: implications for basin models and tectonic setting ' Journal of the Geological Society , vol 169, no. 1, pp. 53-65.
Brain, CKB , Prave, AR , Hoffmann, K-H , Fallick, AE , Botha, A, Herd, DA, Sturrock, C, Young, I, Condon, DJ & Allison, SG 2012, ' The first animals: ca. 760-million-year-old sponge-like fossils from Namibia ' South African Journal of Science , vol 108, no. 1/2, 658.
Brasier, AT , Fallick, AE , Prave, AR , Melezhik, VA, Lepland, A & FAR-DEEP Scientists 2011, ' Coastal sabkha dolomites and calcitised sulphates preserving the Lomagundi-Jatuli carbon isotope signal ' Precambrian Research , vol 189, no. 1-2, pp. 193-211.
Osinski, GR, Preston, L, Ferriere, L , Prave, T , Parnell, J, Singleton, A & Pickersgill, AE 2011, ' THE STAC FADA "IMPACT EJECTA" LAYER: NOT WHAT IT SEEMS ' Meteoritics & planetary science , vol 46, pp. A181-A181.
Petterson, R , Prave, AR , Wernicke, BP & Fallick, AE 2011, ' The Neoproterozoic Noonday Formation, Death Valley region, California ' Geological Society of America Bulletin , vol 123, no. 7-8, pp. 1317-1336.
Bonsor, HC, Strachan, RA , Prave, AR & Krabbendam, M 2010, ' Fluvial braidplain to shallow marine transition in the early Neoproterozoic Morar Group, Fannich Mountains, northern Scotland ' Precambrian Research , vol 183, no. 4, pp. 791-804.
Kasemann, SA , Prave, T , Fallick, AE , Hawkesworth, CJ & Hoffmann, K-H 2010, ' Neoproterozoic ice ages, boron isotopes, and ocean acidification: Implications for a snowball Earth ' Geology , vol 38, no. 9, pp. 775-778.
Batchelor, RA & Prave, T 2010, ' Crystal tuff in the Stoer Group, Torridonian Supergroup, NW Scotland ' Scottish Journal of Geology , vol 46, pp. 16.
Prave, AR , Fallick, AE , Thomas, CW & Graham, CM 2009, ' A composite C-isotope profile for the Neoproterozoic Dalradian Supergroup of Scotland and Ireland ' Journal of the Geological Society , vol 166, pp. 845-857.
Prave, AR , Strachan, RA & Fallick, AE 2009, ' Global C cycle perturbations recorded in marbles: a record of Neoproterozoic Earth history within the Dalradian succession of the Shetland Islands, Scotland ' Journal of the Geological Society , vol 166, pp. 129-135.
Batchelor, RA , Prave, AR , Oliver, GJH & Raeburn, AS 2008, ' Petrogenesis of albite-rich mid- to late Proterozoic tephra-fall deposits ('brown beds') ' Geological Magazine , vol 145, pp. 858-867.
Bonsor, HC & Prave, AR 2008, ' The Upper Morar Psammite of the Moine Supergroup, Ardnamurchan Peninsula, Scotland: depositional setting, tectonic implications ' Scottish Journal of Geology , vol 44, pp. 111-122.
Kasemann, SA, Abell, R , Prave, AR , Fallick, AE & Hawkesworth, CJ 2008, ' Neoproterozoic carbonates: An isotopic archive of ocean acidification? ' Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta , vol 72, no. 12 Supplement 1, pp. A452-A452.
Kirkland, CL, Strachan, RA & Prave, AR 2008, ' Detrital zircon signature of the Moine Supergroup, Scotland: Contrasts and comparisons with other Neoproterozoic successions within the circum-North Atlantic region ' Precambrian Research , vol 163, pp. 332-350.
Krabbendam, M , Prave, T & Cheer, D 2008, ' A fluvial origin for the Neoproterozoic Morar Group, NW Scotland; implications for Torridon-Morar Group correlation and the Grenville Orogen foreland basin ' Journal of the Geological Society , vol 165, pp. 379-394.
Kirkland, CL , Alsop, GI & Prave, T 2008, ' The brittle evolution of a major strike-slip fault associated with granite emplacement: A case study of the Leannan Fault, NW Ireland ' Journal of the Geological Society , vol 165, no. 1, pp. 341-352.
Prave, AR , Kasemann, SA, Fallick, AE , Hawkesworth, CJ & Hoffmann, KH 2007, ' Stable isotopic trends in Neoproterozoic oceans: A record of global Snowballs, global Slushballs, global methane, global diagenesis, and/or palaeogeography? '.
Kinnaird, TC , Prave, AR , Kirkland, CL, Horstwood, M, Parrish, R & Batchelor, RA 2007, ' The late Mesoproterozoic-early Neoproterozoic tectonostratigraphic evolution of NW Scotland: the Torridonian revisited ' Journal of the Geological Society , vol 164, no. 3, pp. 541-551.
Cawood, PA , Nemchin, AA, Strachan, R , Prave, T & Krabbendam, M 2007, ' Sedimentary basin and detrital zircon record along East Laurentia and Baltica during assembly and breakup of Rodinia ' Journal of the Geological Society , vol 164, pp. 257-275.
McCay, GA , Prave, AR , Alsop, GI & Fallick, AE 2006, ' Glacial trinity: Neoproterozoic Earth history within the British-Irish Caledonides Geology ' Geology , vol 34, no. 11, pp. 909-912.
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