Dr Andy Beard

Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences
Birkbeck College
University of London
Malet St
London WC1E 7HX

Tel 020 7679 2387
Fax 020 7679 2867

email: a.beard@ucl.ac.uk

Teaching

Selected lectures for MRes

Research Interests

My current research interests include:

· Devonian alkalineultramafic and carbonatite minor intrusions, and their ultramafic xenoliths from the northern Baltic Shield

· The composition of inclusions and microinclusions in coated diamonds (in collaboration with Dr. J. Milledge, UCL)

External Work and Consultancy

The microprobe suite consists of a Jeol8100 Superprobe with an Oxford Instrument INCA microanalytical system (EDS). Use of the microprobe suite is available for external consultants and institutions at competitive prices.

Publications

L.G.Gwalani., K.A.Roger., A.Demény., D.I.Groves.,  R.Ramsay.,  A.Beard,  P.J.Downes and A.Eves. 2010.  The Yungul carbonatite dykes associated with the epithermal fluorite deposit at Speewah, Kimberley, Australia: carbon and oxygen isotope constraints on their origin. Mineral. Petrol. Online: DOI10.1007/s00710-009-0102-1.

S.M. Drake, D. J. Brown, A. D. Beard, H. Downes. 2009 Widespread transport of pyroclastic density currents from a Skye volcano: correlation of ignimbrite lithofacies and the evolution of the Palaeogene Skye Central Complex, NW Scotland. VMSG10 conference abstracts, Glasgow.

Downes, H., Beard, AD., Howard, K. 2009. Petrology of a granitic clast in polymict ureilite EET87720. 72nd Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical-Society, Vol 44, A63-A63.

Beard, AD., Downes, H., Howard, K. 2009. Hydrated silica (opal) in a polymict ureilite, EET 83309. 72nd Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical-Society, Vol 44, A31-A31.

Facer, J., Downes, H., Beard, A. 2009.  In situ Serpentinization and Hydrous Fluid Metasomatism in Spinel Dunite Xenoliths from the Bearpaw Mountains, Montana, USA. J. Pet. 50, 1443-1475.

Smith, C.B., Pearson, G.P., Bulanova, G.P., Beard, A.D.  Carlson, R.W., Wittig, N., Sims, K. Chimuka, L.,  Muchemwa, E.  2009. Extremely depleted lithospheric mantle and diamonds beneath the southern Zimbabwe Craton. Lithos, 112, 1120-1132. 

A.D.Beard, K. Howard, and A.P.Jones. 2009. Melanophlogite: A new occurrence from a recent eruption of Oldoinyo Lengai, Tanzania. VMSG09 conference abstracts, Bournemouth.

Drake, S.M., Brown, D.J., Beard, A.D and Downes, H. 2009. Silicic pyroclastic activity in the Skye Central Complex, NW Scotland: volcanic stratigraphy, eruption history and the assembly of coarse ignimbrite lithofacies. VMSG09 conference abstracts, Bournemouth.

Kelly, J., Downes, H., Beard, A.D. and S. Day. 2009. Ultramafic cumulate xenoliths, Santo Antao, Cape Verde; crystal textures in a silica-undersaturated magma chamber. VMSG09 conference abstracts, Bournemouth.

B Chatterjee, S. E. Haggerty, A. D. Beard, C. B. Smith, R. 2008. Townend Kimberlite-carbonatite relationships revisited: evidence from Khaderpet pipe, Andhra Pradesh, India 9th International Kimberlite Conference Extended Abstract No. 9IKC-A-00070.

C. B. Smith, D.G. Pearson, G. P. Bulanova, A.D. Beard, R. W. Carlson, K. Sims, L. Chimuka, E. Muchemwa. 2008. Extremely depleted lithospheric mantle and diamonds beneath the southern Zimbabwe Craton. 9th International Kimberlite Conference Extended Abstract No. 9IKC-A-00195, 2008

A. P. Jones, D. Dobson, I. Wood, A. D. Beard, A. Verchovsky, H. J. Milledge. 2008. Iron carbide and metallic inclusions in diamonds from Jagersfontein. 9th International Kimberlite Conference Extended Abstract No. 9IKC-A-00360, 2008

Jones, A.P., Kearsley, A.T., Friend, C.R.L., Robin, E., Beard, A., Tamura, A.,Trickett, S., and Claeys, P. 2005. Are there signs of a large Paleocene impact, preserved around Disko Bay, West Greenland. Nuussuaq spherule beds origin by impact instead of volcanic eruption? GSA Special paper; Large meteorite impacts III (Edited by: Thomas Kenkmann, Friedrich Hörz, and Alex Deutsch), 218  298.

Matthews, S.J., Jones, A.P. and Beard, A.D. 1994. Buffering of oxygen fugacity by sulphur redox reactions in calcalkaline magmas. Journal of the Geological Society of London, 151, 815823.

Kempton, P.D., Downes, H., Sharkov, E.V., Vetrin, V.R., Ionov, D.A., Carswell, D.A. and Beard, A. 1995. Petrology and geochemistry of xenoliths from the northern Baltic Shield: evidence for partial melting and metasomatism in the lower crust beneath an Archaean terrane. Lithos, 36 (34), 157184.

Beard, A.D., Downes, H., Vetrin, V., Kempton, P.D. and Maluski, H. 1996. Pretogenesis of Devonian lamprophyre and carbonatite minor intrusions, Kandalaksha Gulf (Kola Peninsula, Russia). Lithos, 39, 93119.

Beard, A.D., Downes, H., Hegner, E. and Sablukov, S.M. 1997. Geochemistry and mineralogy of kimberlites and carbonatites from the Arkhangelsk region, NW Russia. Abstracts SVEKALAPKO workshop (Europrobe), Report No21, University of Oulu, Finland, p21.

Williamson, B.J., Downes, H., Thirwall, M.F. and Beard, A.D. 1997. Geochemical constraints on restite composition and unmixing in the Velay anatectic granite, French Massif Central. Lithos, 40, 295319.

Beard, A.D., Downes, H., Hegner, E., Sablukov, S.M., Vetrin, V.R. and Balogh, K. 1998. Mineralogy and geochemistry of Devonian ultramafic minor intrusions of the southern Kola Peninsula, Russia:implications for the petrogenesis of kimberlites and melilitites. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 130, 288303.

Beard, A.D., Downes, H. and Mason, P.R.D. 1998. The lithospheric mantle beneath the Kola Peninsula and Arkhangelsk area: evidence from a laser ICPMS study of ultramafic xenoliths. SVEKALAPKO workshop (Europrobe), Report No. 22, Repino, Russia, pp. 1113.

Beard, A.D., Mason, P.R.D. and Downes, H. 1998. Depletion and enrichment processes in lithospheric mantle beneath the Baltic Shield (Kola Peninsula and Arkangelsk)  evidence from laser ICPMS analyses of mantle minerals. Seventh International Kimberlite Conference Abstracts, Cape Town South Africa, pp 5860.

Beard, A.D. and Milledge, H.J. 1998. Infrared and Microprobe Studies of intrusions and microinclusions in diamond. Seventh International Kimberlite Conference Abstracts, Cape Town South Africa, pp 61 63.

Milledge, H.J., Woods, P.A., Beard, A.D., Shelkov, D. and Willis, B. 1998. Cathodoluminescence of polished carbonada. Seventh International Kimberlite Conference Abstracts, Cape Town South Africa. pp 589590.

Balaganskaya, E., Downes, H., Subbotin, V., Liferovich R. and Beard, A.D. 1999. Mantle sources of Kola carbonatites: new Sr, Nd and geochemical evidence from the Vuorijarvi massif. Abstracts SVEKALAPKO workshop (Europrobe), Report 22, University Of Oulu, Finland. p7.

Beard, A.D., Downes, H., Mason, P.R.D. and Ntaflos, T. 1999. Depletion and enrichment processes in the lithospheric mantle beneath the Kola Peninsula: evidence of kimberlitic metsomatism from the spinel lherzolite and wehrlite xenoliths. Abstracts SVEKALAPKO workshop (Europrobe), Report 22, University Of Oulu, Finland, p11.

Kostoula, T., Jones, A., Downes, H., Beard, A.D. 1999. Geochemistry and isotopic composition of mantle xenoliths from Mt. Vulture volcano, southern Italy. Ofioliti 24 (1A), 120

Beard, A.D., Downes, H., Hegner, E. and Sablukov, S.M. 2000. Geochemistry and mineralogy of kimberlites from the Arkhangelsk Region, NW Russia: evidence for transitional kimberlite magma types. Lithos, 51, 4751.

Downes, H., Beard, A.D.,.Javis, K and Vetrin, V. Mantle xenoliths from the Kola Peninsula: evidence for mantle processes beneath the Baltic Shield. Abstracts SVEKALAPKO workshop (Europrobe), Report No23, University of Oulu, Finland p15, 2000.

Beard, A.D., Downes, H., Jarvis, K. and Vetrin, V. Ultramafic xenoliths from minor intrusions, Kandalaksha: Evidence of a layered ultramaficcarbonatite intrusion at depth beneath the Gulf of Kandalaksha, Kola Peninsula. Abstracts SVEKALAPKO workshop (Europrobe), Report No23, University of Oulu, Finland p2425, 2000.

Balaganskaya, E., Downes, H., Subbotin, V., Liferovich R. and Beard, A.D. 2000. Kola carbonatites: new insights into their origin as shown by a Sr, Nd and geochemical study of the Vuorijarvi Massif, northeastern Baltic Shield, Russia. Abstracts carbonatite workshop 2000, Saint Etienne, France.

Beard, A.D., Downes, H., Mason, P.R.D. and Vetrin, V.R. Ultramafic xenoliths from minor intrusions, Kandalaksha: Olivinefree ultramafic xenoliths from Devonian minor intrusions, Kola Peninsula, Russia: Evidence for unexposed layered ultramaficcarbonatite intrusions. Abstracts SVEKALAPKO workshop (Europrobe), Report No24, University of Oulu, Finland p36, 2001

Litvin Yu, A., Jones A.P., Beard, A.D., Divaev F, K. and Zharikov V, A. 2001 Crystallization of diamond and syngenetic minerals in melts of diamondiferous carbonatites of the Chagatai Massif, Uzbekistan; experiment at 7.0 GPa. Doklady Earth Sciences, 381A; 9, 10661069.

Downes, H., Kostoula, T., Jones,A.P., Beard, A.D., Thirwall, M.F., Bodinier, JP. 2002. Geochemistry and SrNd isotopic compositions of mantle xenoliths from the Monte Vulture carbonatitemelilitite volcano, central southern Italy. Contrib. Mineral Petrol. 144, 7892.

H. Downes, M. K. Reichow, P. R. D. Mason, A. D. Beard and M. F. Thirlwall. 2003. Mantle domains in the lithosphere beneath the French Massif Central: trace element and isotopic evidence from mantle clinopyroxenes. Chem. Geol. 200. 7187.

Mahotkin, I., Downes H., Hegner, E. and Beard. A. D. 2003. Devonian dike swarms of alkaline, carbonatitic and primitive magmatype rocks the south Kola Peninsula: geochemical and isotopic constraints on plumelithospheric interaction. Eighth International Kimberlite Conference Abstracts. Victoria, Canada. FLA_0346.

Jones, A.P., Beard. A.D., Milledge, J., Cressey, G., Kirk, C., and DeCarli, P. 2003. New nitride minerals in carbonado diamond. Eighth International Kimberlite Conference Abstracts. Victoria, Canada. FLA_0167.

Tomlinson, E.L., Jones, A.P., Milledge, J. and Beard. A.D. 2003. Multiple fluids in diamond coat and their role in diamond growth. Eighth International Kimberlite Conference Abstracts. Victoria, Canada. FLA_0151.

Smith, C.B., Sims, K.M., Chimuka, L., Beard, A.D. and Townend, R. 2003. Kimberlite metasomatism at Murowa and Sese pipes, Zimbabwe. Eighth International Kimberlite Conference Abstracts. Victoria, Canada. FLA_0121.

Downes, H., Beard, A and Hinton, R. 2004. Natural experimental charges: an ionmicroprobe study of trace element distribution coefficients in glassrich hornblendite and clinopyroxenite xenoliths. Lithos, 75, 117.

Miledge, J., A. Beard., Jones, A.P. and Mendelssohn, M. 2004. Evidence from cathodoluminescence of complex processes involved in the formation of natural diamonds. Abstracts 32rd IGC, Florence, Italy. P630, 14216.

A. D. Beard. 2004. Black Diamonds. Rough Diamond Review. 7, 13  16. 

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