Prof Tony Prave
Head of School; Director of Finance
I am interested in unravelling the geological archives of those curious and intriguing periods of our planet’s history that record global-scale readjustments of the Earth system. My research is steeped in detailed field geology and I collaborate with geochronologists and isotope geochemists to try and create datasets that underpin, constrain and test ideas about the causes and consequences of those fascinating times of wholesale environmental change.
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Recent publications listed in research@st-andrews
Blättler, C, Claire, M, Prave, AR, Zerkle, AL & Warke, MR 2018, 'Two-billion-year-old evaporites capture Earth's great oxidation' Science. DOI: 10.1126/science.aar2687
Prave, AR, Meng, F, Lepland, A, Kirsmäe, K, Kreitsmann, T & Jiang, CZ 2017, 'A refined late-Cryogenian – Ediacaran Earth history of South China:: phosphorous-rich marbles of the Dabie and Sulu orogens ' Precambrian Research, vol In press. DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2017.11.022
Stueeken, EE, Bellefroid, E, Prave, AR, Asael, D, Planavsky, N & Lyons, T 2017, 'Not so non-marine? Revisiting the Stoer Group and the Mesoproterozoic biosphere' Geochemical Perspectives Letters, vol 3, no. 2, pp. 221-229. DOI: 10.7185/geochemlet.1725
Prave, AR, Condon, DJ, Hoffmann, KH, Tapster, S & Fallick, AE 2016, 'Duration and nature of the end-Cryogenian (Marinoan) glaciation' Geology, vol 44, no. 8, pp. 631-634. DOI: 10.1130/G38089.1
Fallick, AE, Melezhik, VA, Brasier, AT & Prave, AR 2016, 'Unusual, basin-scale, fluid-rock interaction in the Palaeoproterozoic Onega basin from Fennoscandia: preservation in calcite δ18O of an ancient high geothermal gradient' Precambrian Research, vol 281. DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2016.06.001
Prave, T, Bates, CR, Donaldson, CH, Toland, H, Condon, DJ, Mark, D & Raub, TD 2016, 'Geology and geochronology of the Tana Basin, Ethiopia: LIP volcanism, super eruptions and Eocene-Oligocene environmental change' Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol 443. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2016.03.009
Kerr, GB, Prave, AR, Martin, AP, Fallick, AE, Brasier, AT & Park, RG 2016, 'The Palaeoproterozoic global carbon cycle: insights from the Loch Maree Group, NW Scotland' Journal of the Geological Society, vol 173, no. 1, pp. 170-176. DOI: 10.1144/jgs2014-042
Martin, AP, Prave, AR, Condon, DJ, Lepland, A, Fallick, AE, Romashkin, AE, Medvedev, PV & Rychanchik, DV 2015, 'Multiple Palaeoproterozoic carbon burial episodes and excursions' Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol 424, pp. 226-236. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2015.05.023
Spencer, CJ, Cawood, PA, Hawkesworth, CJ, Prave, AR, Roberts, NMW, Horstwood, MSA & Whitehouse, MJ 2015, 'Generation and preservation of continental crust in the Grenville Orogeny' Geoscience Frontiers, vol 6, no. 3, pp. 357-372. DOI: 10.1016/j.gsf.2014.12.001
Wood, RA, Poulton, SW, Prave, AR, Hoffmann, K-H, Clarkson, MO, Guilbaud, R, Lyne, JW, Tostevin, R, Bowyer, F, Penny, AM, Curtis, A & Kasemann, SA 2015, 'Dynamic redox conditions control late Ediacaran metazoan ecosystems in the Nama Group, Namibia' Precambrian Research, vol 261, pp. 252-271. DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2015.02.004
Ohnemueller, F, Prave, AR, Fallick, AE & Kasemann, SA 2014, 'Ocean acidification in the aftermath of the Marinoan glaciation' Geology, vol 42, no. 12, pp. 1103-1106. DOI: 10.1130/G35937.1
Spencer, CJ, Roberts, NMW, Cawood, PA, Hawkesworth, CJ, Prave, AR, Antonini, ASM & Horstwood, MSA 2014, 'Intermontane basins and bimodal volcanism at the onset of the Sveconorwegian Orogeny, southern Norway' Precambrian Research, vol 252, pp. 107-118. DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2014.07.008
Spencer, CJ, Prave, AR, Cawood, PA & Roberts, NMW 2014, 'Detrital zircon geochronology of the Grenville/Llano foreland and basal Sauk Sequence in west Texas, USA' Geological Society of America Bulletin, vol 126, no. 7-8, pp. 1117-1128. DOI: 10.1130/B30884.1
Kasemann, SA, Pogge von Strandmann, PAE, Prave, AR, Fallick, AE, Elliott, T & Hoffmann, K-H 2014, 'Continental weathering following a Cryogenian glaciation: evidence from calcium and magnesium isotopes' Earth and Planetary Science Letters, vol 396, pp. 66-77. DOI: 10.1016/j.epsl.2014.03.048
Spencer, CJ, Cawood, PA, Hawkesworth, CJ, Raub, TD, Prave, AR & Roberts, NMW 2014, 'Proterozoic onset of crustal reworking and collisional tectonics: Reappraisal of the zircon oxygen isotope record' Geology, vol 42, no. 5, pp. 451-454. DOI: 10.1130/G35363.1
Crne, AE, Melezhik, VA, Lepland, A, Fallick, AE, Prave, AR & Brasier, AT 2014, 'Petrography and geochemistry of carbonate rocks of the Paleoproterozoic Zaonega Formation, Russia: documentation of C-13-depleted non-primary calcite' Precambrian Research, vol 240, pp. 79-93. DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2013.10.005
Martin, AP, Condon, DJ, Prave, AR & Lepland, A 2013, 'A review of temporal constraints for the Palaeoproterozoic large, positive carbonate carbon isotope excursion (the Lomagundi-Jatuli Event)' Earth Science Reviews, vol 127, pp. 242-261. DOI: 10.1016/j.earscirev.2013.10.006
Oliver, G & Prave, A 2013, 'Palaeogeography of Late Triassic red-beds in Singapore and the Indosinian Orogeny' Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, vol 76, pp. 214-224. DOI: 10.1016/j.jseaes.2013.01.022
Martin, AP, Condon, DJ, Prave, T, Melezhik, VA, Lepland, A & Fallick, AE 2013, 'Dating the termination of the Palaeoproterozoic Lomagundi-Jatuli carbon isotopic event in the North Transfennoscandian Greenstone Belt' Precambrian Research, vol 224, pp. 160-168. DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2012.09.010
Macdonald, FA, Prave, T, Petterson, R, Smith, E, Pruss, SB, Oates, K, Waechter, F, Trotzuk, D & Fallick, AE 2013, 'The Laurentian record of Neoproterozoic glaciation, tectonism, and eukaryotic evolution in Death Valley, California' Geological Society of America Bulletin, vol 125, no. 7-8, pp. 1203-1223. DOI: 10.1130/B30789.1
Brasier, AT, Martin, AP, Melezhik, VA, Prave, T, Condon, DJ & Fallick, AE 2013, 'Earth’s earliest global glaciation?: Carbonate geochemistry and geochronology of the Polisarka Sedimentary Formation, Kola Peninsula, Russia' Precambrian Research, vol 235, pp. 278-294. DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2013.06.007
Lepland, A, Joosu, L, Kirsimäe, K, Prave, T, Romashkin, A, Črne, AE, Martin, AP, Fallick, AE, Somelar, P, Üpraus, K, Mänd, K, Roberts , NMW, van Zuilen , MA, Wirth, R & Schreiber, A 2013, 'Potential influence of sulphur bacteria on Palaeoproterozoic phosphogenesis' Nature Geoscience. DOI: 10.1038/ngeo2005
Melezhik, VA, Kump, LR, Hanski, EJ, Fallick, AE & Prave, AR 2013, Tectonic evolution and major global earth-surface palaeoenvironmental events in the palaeoproterozoic. in Frontiers in Earth Sciences. vol. 6, Frontiers in Earth Sciences, vol. 6, Frontiers, pp. 3-21. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-29682-6_1
Melezhik, VA, Prave, AR, Hanski, EJ, Fallick, AE, Lepland, A, Kump, LR & Strauss, H 2013, 'Reading the archive of earth's oxygenation: Volume 1: The Palaeoproterozoic of Fennoscandia as Context for the Fennoscandian Arctic Russia - Drilling Early Earth Project' Frontiers in Earth Sciences, vol 6. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-29682-6
Melezhik, VA & Prave, AR 2013, FAR-DEEP core archive: Further opportunities for earth science research and education. in Frontiers in Earth Sciences. vol. 8, Frontiers in Earth Sciences, vol. 8, Frontiers, pp. 1537-1552. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-29670-3_12
Melezhik, VA, Prave, AR, Fallick, AE, Hanski, EJ, Lepland, A, Kump, LR & Strauss, H 2013, 'Reading the archive of earth's oxygenation: Volume 3: Global Events and the Fennoscandian Arctic Russia - Drilling Early Earth Project' Frontiers in Earth Sciences, vol 8. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-29670-3
Melezhik, VA, Črne, AE, Prave, AR, Lepland, A, Romashkin, AE, Rychanchik, DV, Hanski, EJ, Fallick, AE, Medvedev, PV & Luo, ZY 2013, The onega basin. in Frontiers in Earth Sciences. vol. 7, Frontiers in Earth Sciences, vol. 7, Frontiers, pp. 769-772. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-29659-8_4
Melezhik, VA, Prave, AR, Hanski, EJ, Lepland, A, Salminen, PE, Romashkin, AE, Rychanchik, DV, Fallick, AE, Luo, ZY, Sharkov, EV & Bogina, MM 2013, The pechenga greenstone belt. in Frontiers in Earth Sciences. vol. 7, Frontiers in Earth Sciences, vol. 7, Frontiers, pp. 591-594. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-29659-8_3
Melezhik, VA, Prave, AR, Lepland, A, Hanski, EJ, Romashkin, AE, Rychanchik, DV, Luo, ZY, Sharkov, EV, Bogina, MM, Brasier, AT & Fallick, AE 2013, The imandra/varzuga greenstone belt. in Frontiers in Earth Sciences. vol. 7, Frontiers in Earth Sciences, vol. 7, Frontiers, pp. 505-509. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-29659-8_2
Melezhik, VA, Prave, AR, Fallick, AE, Hanski, EJ, Lepland, A, Kump, LR & Strauss, H 2013, 'Reading the archive of earth's oxygenation: Volume 2: The Core Archive of the Fennoscandian Arctic Russia - Drilling Early Earth Project' Frontiers in Earth Sciences, vol 7. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-29659-8
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. DOI: 10.4102/sajs.v108i1/2.658
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. DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492011-039
Melezhik, VA (ed.), Prave, T (ed.), Hanski, EJ (ed.), Fallick, AE (ed.), Lepland, A (ed.), Kump, LR (ed.) & Strauss, H 2012, Reading the Archive of Earth's Oxygenation: (3 volumes). Frontiers in Earth Science, Springer.
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. DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2011.05.011
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, T, 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. DOI: 10.1130/B30281.1
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. DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2010.09.007
Kasemann, SA, Prave, T, Fallick, AE, Hawkesworth, C & 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. DOI: 10.1130/G30851.1
Batchelor, RA & Prave, T 2010, 'Crystal tuff in the Stoer Group, Torridonian Supergroup, NW Scotland' Scottish Journal of Geology, vol 46, pp. 16. DOI: 10.1144/0036-9276/01-377
Prave, T, 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. DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492008-131
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. DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492007-126
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. DOI: 10.1017/S0016756808004962
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. DOI: 10.1144/sjg44020111
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. DOI: 10.1016/j.gca.2008.05.014
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, no. 3-4, pp. 332-350. DOI: 10.1016/j.precamres.2008.01.003
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. DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492007-064
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.
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, T, 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. DOI: 10.1144/0016-76492005-096
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.
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email: ap13@st-andrews.ac.uk
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