Published, peer-refereed journal articles
Finch, M. A., Bons, P. D., Weinberg, R. F., Llorens, M.-G., Griera, A., and Gomez-Rivas, E. (2022). A dynamic atlas of interference patterns in superimposed, opposite sense ductile shear zones. Journal of Structural Geology, 165, 104709. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2022.104739.
Yu, P.-P., Weinberg, R.F., Zheng, Y., Finch, M.A., (2022). Multiple crustal melting pulses and Hf systematics in zircons. Lithos 410-411, 106583. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2021.106583
Ribeiro, B., Finch, M.A., Cawood, P.A., Faleiros, F., Murphy, T., Simpson, A., Glorie, S., Tedeschi, M., Armit, R., Barrote, V. (2021). From microanalysis to supercontinents: Insights from the Rio Apa Terrane into the Mesoproterozoic SW Amazonian Craton evolution during Rodinia assembly. Journal of Metamorphic Geology. https://doi.org/10.1111/jmg.12641.
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, 117215. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2021.117215
Finch, M. A., Bons, P. D., Steinbach, F., Griera, A., Llorens, M.-G., Gomez-Rivas, E., Ran, H., and de Riese, T. (2020). The ephemeral development of C’ shear bands: a numerical modelling approach. Journal of Structural Geology, 139, 104091. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2020.104091. Supplementary movies are available on my YouTube channel.
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, art. no. 116421. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.epsl.2020.116421 IF: 4.581
Tomkins, A., Alkemade, S. L., Nutku, S. E., Stephen, N. R., Finch, M. A., Jeon, H. (2020). A small S-MIF signal in Martian regolith pyrite: Implications for the atmosphere. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta. 290, 59-75. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gca.2020.07.022 IF: 4.69
Handley, H. K., Hillman, J., Finch, M. A., Ubide, T., Kachovich, S., McLaren, S., Petts, A., Purandare, J., Foote, A., Tiddy, C. (2020). In Australasia, gender is still on the agenda in geosciences. Advances in Geoscience, 53, 205-226 https://doi.org/10.5194/adgeo-53-205-2020
Ribeiro, B. V., Cawood, P. A., Faleiros, F. M., Mulder, J. A., Martin, E., Finch, M. A., Raveggi, M., Teizeira, W., Pavan, M. et al. (2020). Long-lived active margin of the Rio Apa Terrane (Brazil): Paleoproterozoic evolution of the Amazonian Craton. Precambrian Research, 350, 105919. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.precamres.2020.105919 IF: 4.427
Ribeiro, 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. 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, 105817. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lithos.2020.105817 IF: 3.913
Ran, H., de Riese, T., Llorens, M-G., Finch, M.A., Evans, L. A., Gomez-Rivas, E., Griera, A., Jessell, M. W., Lebensohn, R. A., Piazolo, S., and Bons, P. D. (2019). Time for anisotropy: The significance of mechanical anisotropy for the development of deformation structures. Journal of Structural Geology, 125, 41-47. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2018.04.019 IF: 2.884
Ran, H., Bons, P., Wang, G., Steinbach, F., Finch, M. A., Griera, A., Gomez-Rivas, E., Llorens, M-G., Ran, S., Liang, X., and Zhou, J. (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. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2018.06.018.
Finch, M. A., Weinberg, R. F., Hasalová, P., Becchio, R., Fuentes, M. G., and Kennedy, A., 2017, Tectono-metamorphic evolution of a convergent back-arc: the Famatinian orogen, Sierra de Quilmes, Sierras Pampeanas, NW Argentina: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 129 (11-12), p.1602-1621. Impact factor: 4.332.
Finch, M. A., Weinberg, R. F., and Hunter, N. J. R., 2016, Water loss and the origin of thick ultramylonites: Geology, v. 44, no. 8, p. 599-602. Impact factor: 4.518.
Finch, M. A., Weinberg, R. F., Fuentes, M. G., Hasalová, P. and Becchio, R., 2015, One kilometre-thick ultramylonite, Sierra de Quilmes, Sierras Pampeanas, NW Argentina: Journal of Structural Geology, v. 72, p. 33-54. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jsg.2015.01.002
Finch, M. A., Hasalová, P., Weinberg, R., and Fanning, M., 2014, Switch from thrusting to normal shearing in the Zanskar Shear Zone, NW Himalaya: implications for channel flow: Geological Society of America Bulletin, v. 126, no. 7-8, p. 892-924. Impact factor: 4.332.
Boles., W. E., Finch, M.A., Hofheins, R. H., Vickers-Rich, P., Walters, M., and Rich, T. H., 2013, A fossil stone-curlew (Aves: Burhinidae) from the late Oligocene/early Miocene of South Australia: Gohlich, U.B., and Kroh, A., (eds.), Proceedings of the 8th International Meeting of the Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution Society of Avian Paleontology and Evolution, Natural History Museum, Vienna, p. 43-61.
Finch, M. A., Phillips, J. G., and Meehan, J. W., 2008, Effects of compatibility and turning biases on arrowhead cursor placement in graphical user interfaces: Computers in Human Behavior, v. 24, p. 372-387.
Finch, M. A., Phillips, J. G., and Meehan, J. W., 2007, Cursor type and response conflict in graphical user interfaces: Interacting with Computers, v. 19, p. 113-120.
Melanie Finch | Geologist 