School of Geographical and Earth Sciences

Dr Fiona Meade

Fiona Meade
  • University Teacher (School of Geographical and Earth Sciences)

telephone: 01413305477
email: Fiona.Meade@glasgow.ac.uk


My main research interests are magmatic processes, including magma-crust interaction and magma mixing phenomena, especially within composite intrusions. Other interests include geochemical modelling and micro-scale isotopic analysis.

Carlingford Igneous Centre, Ireland

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Carlingford Igneous Centre, Ireland

I employ whole-rock and micro-scale (crystal-zone) radiogenic isotope data and major and trace element data to trace igneous processes in the British and Irish Palaeogene Igneous Province. This research aims to elucidate the structure of the crust beneath the British Isles and the influence it has had on the magmas that have passed through it. Other work has focused on the formation of intermediate magmas and the processes of magma mixing and crustal contamination.

Currently I am using high temperature, low pressure (200 MPa) piston cylinder experiments to generate partial melts in gneisses. These melts are chemically characterised using in-situ micro-analysis, allowing better estimation of the exact composition of the contaminant material during magma-crust interaction.



Biography/Qualifications

2008-Present: University Teacher, University of Glasgow

 2009-2011: Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice, University of Glasgow

2004 - 2008: Ph.D. University of Dublin, Trinity College

2000 - 2004: B.A. (mod) Natural Sciences (Geology) University of Dublin, Trinity College

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2012

Emeleus, C.H., Troll, V.R., Chew, D.M., and Meade, F.C. (2012) Lateral versus vertical emplacement in shallow-level intrusions? The Slieve Gullion ring-complex revisited. Journal of the Geological Society, 169 (2). pp. 157-171. ISSN 0016-7649

Troll, V.R. et al. (2012) Floating stones off El Hierro, Canary Islands: xenoliths of pre-island sedimentary origin in the early products of the October 2011 eruption. Solid Earth, 3 (2). pp. 975-999. ISSN 1869-9537 (doi:10.5194/sed-3-975-2011)

2011

Ganerød, M., Chew, D.M., Smethurst, M.A., Troll, V.R., Corfu, F., Meade, F. , and Prestvik, T. (2011) Geochronology of the Tardree Rhyolite Complex, Northern Ireland: implications for zircon fission track studies, the North Atlantic Igneous Province and the age of the Fish Canyon sanidine standard. Chemical Geology, 286 (3-4). pp. 222-228. ISSN 0009-2541 (doi:10.1016/j.chemgeo.2011.05.007)

2010

Meade, F., Troll, V., Chew, D., Meighan, I. , Cooper, M., and Emeleus, H. (2010) Caldera controversy at the Ring of Gullion, County Down. Earth Science Ireland (8). pp. 12-15. ISSN 1753-5271

2009

Meade, F.C., Chew, D.M., Troll, V.R., Ellam, R.M. , and Page, L.M. (2009) Magma ascent along a major terrane boundary: crustal contamination and magma mixing at the Drumadoon Intrusive Complex, Isle of Arran, Scotland. Journal of Petrology, 50 (12). pp. 2345-2374. ISSN 0022-3530 (doi:10.1093/petrology/egp081)

2008

Chew, D., Ganerød, M., Troll, V., Corfu, F., and Meade, F. (2008) U-Pb TIMS zircon age constraints on the Tardree Rhyolite zircon fission track standard. On Track Forum, 16 (1).

Troll, V., Meade, F.C. , Chew, D.M., and Emeleus, C.H. (2008) A new exposure of a caldera fault segment at the Slieve Gullion Igneous Centre: implications for the emplacement of the early ring-complex. Irish Journal of Earth Sciences, 26 . pp. 1-16. ISSN 0790-1763

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Meade, F.C., 2011 School of Geographical and Earth Sciences Conference Support Fund , £400

Meade, F.C., 2010 School of Geographical and Earth Sciences Conference Support Fund £200

Troll, V.R. (Uppsala University, Sweden) and Meade , F.C., 2010-2012. Unravelling the compositional architecture of the continental crust beneath the Faroe Islands: in-situ isotope approaches on feldspar phenocrysts from basaltic lavas , ~£150,000 (SINDRI). Co-investigators: Freda, C. (Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Rome, Italy), Barker, A.K. (Uppsala University, Sweden), Passey, S.R. (Faroese Earth and Energy Directorate) and Ellam, R.M. (SUERC).

Meade, F., 2007, European Science Foundation ESF-LESC Travel Grant , €460

Meade, F., 2007, Volcanic and Magmatic Studies Group student travel grant, £250

Meade, F., 2004, Irish Research Council for Science, Engineering and Technology (IRCSET) scholarship for postgraduate study, €75,961

Undergraduate research projects:

2011/12: Joanne Murray and Marie Turnbull

2010/11: Nicola Stephen

2009/10: Andrew Pearson

  • Level 1 Course Co-ordinator
  • Level 1: 1X and 1Y Practical Labs
  • Edinburgh Field Class
  • Level 3: Ardnamurchan Field Class, Igneous Petrology
  • Level 4: Honours lab projects

 

For further information visit: http://glasgow.academia.edu/FionaMeade