University of St Andrews
 
 

School of Geography & Geosciences
Department of Earth Sciences

Department of
Earth Sciences

 

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Dr Tony Prave

Reader in Earth Sciences


 

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.

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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 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

    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

Brain, CK , Prave, T , Hoffmann, KH, 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.
Kasemann, SA , Prave, T , Fallick, AE , Hawkesworth, CJ & Hoffmann, K 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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? ',.
Benn, DI & Prave, AR 2006, ' Subglacial and proglacial glacitectonic deformation in the neoproterozoic Port Askaig Formation, Scotland ', Geomorphology , vol 75, no. 1-2, pp. 266-280.
Kasemann, SA , Prave, AR , Hawkesworth, CJ & Fallick, AE 2006, ' Stable isotope investigation of palaeo-CO2 levels: Neoproterozoic climatic extremes as a test study ', Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta , vol 70, no. 18 Supplement, pp. A306-A306.
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.
Kasemann, S, Hawkesworth, C , Prave, AR , Fallick, A & Pearson, P 2005, ' Boron and calcium isotope composition in Neoproterozoic carbonate rocks from Namibia: evidence for extreme environmental change ', Earth and Planetary Science Letters , vol 231, no. 1-2, pp. 73-86.
Leighton, E , Prave, AR , Hawkesworth, CJ & Elliott, T 2005, ' Fe isotope composition in Neoproterozic dolomite rocks and banded iron formations ', Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta , vol 69, no. 10 Supplement, pp. A552-A552.
Hurtgen, M, Arthur, M & Prave, AR The sulfur isotope composition of carbonate-associated sulfate in Mesoproterozoic to Neoproterozoic carbonates from Death Valley, California .
Condon, D , Prave, AR & Benn, D 2002, ' Neoproterozoic glacial-rainout intervals: Observations and implications ', Geology , vol 30, no. 1, pp. 35-38.
Kasemann, SA , Hawkesworth, CJ & Prave, AR 2002, ' Calcium isotope variation in Neoproterozoic carbonate rocks ', Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta , vol 66, no. 15A Supplement, pp. A384-A384.
Miller, M & Prave, AR 2002, ' Rolling hinge or fixed basin?: A test of continental extensional models in Death Valley, California, United States ', Geology , vol 30, no. 9, pp. 847-850.
Prave, AR 2002, ' Life on land in the Proterozoic: Evidence from the Torridonian rocks of northwest Scotland ', Geology , vol 30, no. 9, pp. 811-814.
Dept. of Earth Sciences
Irvine Building
University of St Andrews
St Andrews
KY16 9AL, Scotland UK
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