Melanie Finch

Structural geologist | Metamorphic petrologist

Background

My research history and current interests.

Publications

My publication list and links to papers.

Women in geology

Information about my initiatives to build a stronger community of women geoscientists in Australia.

Movies from my numerical modelling work

Recent instagram posts

Thailand holiday during the monsoon season 🙌 A road paved with eclogites and migmatites… only in Norway 😍 This is an ultramylonitic peridotite (deformed mantle rock) with porphyroclasts of pyroxene in a super fine grained matrix. We’re in Southern Spain this week working on these fabulous rocks on the shore of the Mediterranean Sea 🤩 Me and @alanis_the_earthbender killing it in the field. Alanis is mapping this awesome shear zone next to the Mary Kathleen mineral deposit, that is thought to be the source of the ore fluid. Boudinage of a strong layer in a matrix of weak calc-silicate in rocks nearby Elaine Dorothy skarn, Mt Isa 3D outcrop exposures near Elaine Dorothy, Mount Isa, Queensland. Fabulous day with @alanis.ob @jamescookuniversity I go where the outcrop goes 🤿 I spent today looking at field sites for our undergraduate outback field geology course EA2900. The students start by mapping some beautiful limestone (pictured) and some other rock types and then things get a little tricky… 🤩 Fabulous day at Undara lava tubes 🙌 in Northern Queensland.

About Me

I’m a lecturer at James Cook University in Australia, working on shear zones in subduction zones and as fluid conduits that transport critical minerals in the crust.

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Get In Touch

  • melanie.finch@jcu.edu.au

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