Melanie Finch
- melanie.finch@jcu.edu.au
- Adjunct Senior Lecturer
- Earth & Environmental Sciences
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Biography
Dr Melanie Finch is a structural and metamorphic geologist at James Cook University, Australia. She completed her PhD at Monash University in 2016 on the tectono-metamorphic evolution of a hot back arc and its thick shear zones. She was then awarded an Alexander von Humboldt Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowship at the University of Tuebingen, Germany. Melanie returned to Australia in 2018 in a teaching-research position at Monash University and then moved to JCU in 2022.
Melanie's research focuses on understanding how viscous shear zones accommodate strain and fluid flow. She works on fluid transport from subduction slabs, into the subduction channel shear zone and through the mantle wedge. She is also interested in the role of shear zones in forming critical mineral ore deposits.
Melanie is a 2021-2022 STA ‘Superstar of STEM’ and the President of Women in Earth and Environmental Sciences Australasia (WOMEESA).
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McLaren, Sandra; Green, Eleanor; Anderson, Marion; Finch, Melanie (2024) 'The importance of active-learning, student support, and peer teaching networks: A case study from the world’s longest COVID-19 lockdown in Melbourne, Australia'. Journal of Geoscience Education, 72 (4):303-317. [DOI]
Ribeiro, Bruno V.; Kirkland, Christopher L.; Finch, Melanie A.; Faleiros, Frederico M.; Reddy, Steven M.; Rickard, William D.A.; Hartnady, Michael I.H. (2023) 'Microstructures, geochemistry, and geochronology of mica fish: Review and advances'. Journal of Structural Geology, 175 . [DOI]
Farias, Pablo; Weinberg, Roberto F.; Sola, Alfonso; Finch, Melanie (2023) 'Protracted Thermal Evolution of a Migmatitic Terrane as Revealed by Multiple Geochronometers From the Retro-Arc of the Early Paleozoic Famatinian Orogen in NW Argentina'. Tectonics, 42 (3). [DOI]
Yu, Peng-Peng; Weinberg, Roberto F.; Zheng, Yi; Finch, Melanie A. (2022) 'Multiple crustal melting pulses and Hf systematics in zircons'. Lithos, 410-411 . [DOI]
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Finch, M.A.; Bons, P.D.; Weinberg, R.F.; Llorens, M.G.; Griera, A.; Gomez-Rivas, E. (2022) 'A dynamic atlas of interference patterns in superimposed, opposite sense ductile shear zones'. Journal of Structural Geology, 165 . [DOI]
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Ribeiro, Bruno V.; Finch, Melanie A.; Cawood, Peter A.; Faleiros, Frederico M.; Murphy, Timothy D.; Simpson, Alexander; Glorie, Stijn; Tedeschi, Mahyra; Armit, Robin; Barrote, Vitor R. (2022) 'From microanalysis to supercontinents: insights from the Rio Apa Terrane into the Mesoproterozoic SW Amazonian Craton evolution during Rodinia assembly'. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 40 (4):631-663. [DOI]
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Finch, M.A.; Weinberg, R.F.; Barrote, V.R.; Cawood, P.A. (2021) 'Hf isotopic ratios in zircon reveal processes of anatexis and pluton construction'. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 576 . [DOI]
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Finch, M.A.; Bons, P.D.; Steinbach, F.; Griera, A.; Llorens, M.-G.; Gomez-Rivas, E.; Ran, H.; de Riese, T. (2020) 'The ephemeral development of C′ shear bands: A numerical modelling approach'. Journal of Structural Geology, 139 . [DOI]
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Riberio, B.V.; Cawood, P.A.; Faleiros, F.M.; Mulder, J.A.; Martin, E.; Finch, M.A.; Raveggi, M.; Teixeira, W.; Cordani, U.G.; Pavan, M. (2020) 'A long-lived active margin revealed by zircon U–Pb–Hf data from the Rio Apa Terrane (Brazil): New insights into the Paleoproterozoic evolution of the Amazonian Craton'. Precambrian Research, 350 . [DOI]
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Riberio, B.V.; Mulder, J.A.; Faleiros, F.M.; Kirkland, C.L.; Cawood, P.A.; O’Sullivan, G.; Campanha, G.A.C.; Finch, M.A.; Weinberg, R.F.; Nebel, O. (2020) 'Using apatite to resolve the age and protoliths of mid-crustal shear zones: A case study from the Taxaquara Shear Zone, SE Brazil'. Lithos, 378-379 . [DOI]
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Ribeiro, B.V.; Lagoeiro, L.; Faleiros, F.M.; Hunter, N.J.R.; Queiroga, G.; Raveggi, M.; Cawood, P.A.; Finch, M.; Campanha, G.A.C. (2020) 'Strain localization and fluid-assisted deformation in apatite and its influence on trace elements and U–Pb systematics'. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 545 . [DOI]
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Tomkins, Andrew G.; Alkemade, Sarah L.; Nutku, Sophie E.; Stephen, Natasha R.; Finch, Melanie A.; Jeon, Heejin (2020) 'A small S-MIF signal in Martian regolith pyrite: Implications for the atmosphere'. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 290 :59-75. [DOI]
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Handley, Heather K.; Hillman, Jess; Finch, Melanie; Ubide, Teresa; Kachovich, Sarah; McLaren, Sandra; Petts, Anna; Purandare, Jemma; Foote, April; Tiddy, Caroline (2020) 'In Australasia, gender is still on the agenda in geosciences'. Advances in Geosciences, 53 :205-226. [DOI]
Ran, Hao; de Riese, Tamara; Llorens, Maria-Gema; Finch, Melanie; Evans, Lynn A.; Gomez-Rivas, Enrique; Griera, Albert; Jessell, Mark W.; Lebensohn, Ricardo A.; Piazolo, Sandra; Bons, Paul D. (2019) 'Time for anisotropy: The significance of mechanical anisotropy for the development of deformation structures'. Journal of Structural Geology, 125 :41-47. [DOI]
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Ran, Hao; Bons, Paul D.; Wang, Genhou; Steinbach, Florian; Finch, Melanie A.; Griera, Albert; Gomez-Rivas, Enrique; Llorens, Maria-Gema; Ran, Shuming; Liang, Xiao; Zhou, Jie (2018) 'High-strain deformation of conglomerates: Numerical modelling, strain analysis, and an example from the Wutai Mountains, North China Craton'. Journal of Structural Geology, 114 :222-234. [DOI]
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