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2012

  • S.M. Drake and A. D Beard. 2012.  K-bentonite with unusual welded eutaxitic fabric revealing the nature of base Paleocene silicic eruptions together with later spatially associated  ignimbrites, Strathaird  Peninsula, Isle of Skye. Submitted to the Scotish Journal of  Geology.
  • Bulanova GP., Wiggers de Vries DF., Beard A., Mikhail S., Pearson DG., Davies GR. 2012. Two-stage origin of eclogitic diamonds recorded by a single crystal from the Mir pipe (Yakutia). 10th International Kimberlite Conference Extended Abstract.

2011

  • A.D. Beard, H.Downes and K.T.Howard. 2011. Significance of opal in Urelites-Delivery of H2O to the Inner Solar System? 74th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical-Society, Vol 46, A15-A15.
  • H. Downes, C.L. Smith, A.D. Beard, et al. 2011. Early Solar System processes revealed by an integrated study of Ureilite meteorites. 74th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical-Society, Vol 46, A60-A60.
  • G.P.Bulanova, D.F. Wiggers de Vries, A.D. Beard, S. Mikhail, D.G. Pearson, G.R. Davies. 2011. Two-stage origin of eclogitic diamonds recorded by a single crystal from the Mir Pipe (Yakutia). 10th IKC Quarterly Abstracts.
  • S.M. Drake, D. J. Brown, A. D. Beard. 2011. Eruption chemistry and ignimbrite deposition recorded by accretionary lapilli within pyroclastic Density Current Deposits, Isle of Syke, NW Scotland. VMSG11 conference abstracts, Cambridge.

2010

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2008

  • Drake, S.M., Brown, D.J., Beard, A.D and Downes, H. 2008. A re-interpretation of the pyroclastic rocks marginal to the Eastern Red Hills around Kilchrist, Isle of Skye, N.W Scotland. VMSG conference abstract, 2008, Dublin.
  • Beard, A.D., Downes, H and. 2008. Mineralogy and petrology of haüyne-bearing ultramafic cumulate xenoliths, from Mt. Vulture, Southern Italy. VMSG conference abstract, 2008, Dublin.
  • Kelly, J., Downes, H. and Beard, A.D. 2008. Ultramafic cumulate xenoliths, Santo Antão, Cape Verde: windows into a silica-undersaturated magma chamber.  VMSG conference abstract,  2008, Dublin.
  • H. Downes, B.G.J. Upton, J. Connolly, A.D. Beard and J.-L. Bodinier. 2007. Petrology and geochemistry of a cumulate xenolith suite from Bute: evidence for late Palaeozoic crustal underplating beneath SW Scotland. J. Geol Soc. 164, 1217-1231.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Snape, J.F., Joy, K.H., Crawford, I.A. and Beard, A.D. 2008. A petrographic study of lunar meteorite Northeast Africa 001. A1316, LPSC 2008.

2007

  • Downes, H., Mahotkin, I.L., Beard, A.D. and Hegner. E. 2007. Petrogenesis of alkali silicate, carbonatite and kimberlitic magmas of the Kola Alkaline Carbonatite Province. In: Alkaline magmatism, its sources and plumes. (Proceedings of the VII International Workshop, edited by Nikolai Vladykin, published by the RAS, Russia), 45 - 56.
  • Beard, A.D., Downes, H, Mason, P.R.D. and Vetrin, V. R. 2007. Depletion and enrichment processes in the lithospheric mantle beneath the Kola Peninsula (Russia): evidence from spinel lherzolite and wehrlite xenoliths. Lithos, 94, 1 - 24.
  • Beard, A.D. and Drake, S.M. 2007 A melilite-bearing high-temperature calcic skarn, Camasunary Bay, Isle of Skye, Scotland. Scot. J. Geology, 43 (1), 57 - 67.
  • Tomlinson, E., Beard, A.D. and Harris, J.W. 2007. A snapshot of mantle metsomatism. Geochem. et Cosmo Acta, 71, A1029.
  • Beard, A.D., Jones A.P. and Milledge, H.J. 2007. Confirmation of metal carbides as inclusions in diamond from Jagersfontein. Diamond conference abstract, P24.

2005

  • 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.

2004

2003

  • 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.

2002

  • 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.

2001

  • 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.

2000

  • 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 and Milledge, H.J. 2000. Further studies microinclusions in coated stones. Diamond Conference abstracts, P15.

1999

  • 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 and Milledge, H.J. 1999. Further studies of inclusions, microinclusions and intrusions in diamond. Diamond Conference abstracts, P26.

1998

  • 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.

1997

  • 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.

1996

  • 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.

1995

  • 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.

1994

  • 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.
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