Prof. Fin Stuart

Fin Stuart

Professor of Isotope Geosciences

SUERC, Rankine Avenue, East Kilbride, G75 0QF

I am an isotope geochemist specialising in the analysis of isotopic composition of trace gases in fluids, minerals and rocks. My research interests focus on:

  1. The differentiation history of the Earth, in particular the origin and evolution of primordial volatiles in the deep mantle and the generation of the atmosphere.
  2. Tracing the source and the interaction history of natural gases, and developing techniques for monitoring how natural and anthropogenic CO2 is stored underground.
  3. Using the trace amounts of hydrothermal fluids preserved in ancient ore minerals to determine the source of heat and metals in deposits of technology-critical metals.
  4. Determining the tectonic and climatic controls on erosion and long-term landscape change using low temperature thermochronometers – apatite and zircon (U+Th)/He dating.
  5. Using cosmogenic 3He and 21Ne in Earth and Moon rocks to understand rates of surface process.