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Anthony R. Prave is affiliated with the University of St Andrews in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a strong focus on subfields such as Paleontology, Geophysics, Atmospheric Science, Geochemistry and Petrology, and Mechanics of Materials.

The scientist's work covers multiple main topics, including Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils, Geological and Geochemical Analysis, Geology and Paleoclimatology Research, Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis, Hydrocarbon exploration and reservoir analysis, Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena, and earthquake and tectonic studies.

Anthony R. Prave has authored and co-authored numerous papers published in a variety of scientific venues. Notable recent papers include:

  • The Great Oxidation Event preceded a Paleoproterozoic "snowball Earth" (2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences)
  • The grandest of them all: the Lomagundi-Jatuli Event and Earth's oxygenation (2021, Journal of the Geological Society)
  • A new stratigraphic framework for the early Neoproterozoic successions of Scotland (2021, Journal of the Geological Society)
  • The Paleoproterozoic Francevillian succession of Gabon and the Lomagundi-Jatuli event (2020, Geology)
  • The pyrite multiple sulfur isotope record of the 1.98 Ga Zaonega Formation: Evidence for biogeochemical sulfur cycling in a semi-restricted basin (2020, Earth and Planetary Science Letters)

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Anthony R. Prave include Aivo Lepland, Kalle Kirsimäe, Mathieu Moussavou, Karen Bakakas Mayika, and Päärn Paiste. These collaborations have contributed to the diversity and depth of research outputs.

The key publication venues where Anthony R. Prave's work frequently appears are:

  • Abstracts with programs - Geological Society of America
  • Journal of the Geological Society
  • Geology
  • Earth and Planetary Science Letters
  • Chemical Geology

Best Publications

  • Two or four Neoproterozoic glaciations

    Martin J. Kennedy;Martin J. Kennedy;Bruce Runnegar;Anthony R. Prave;K.-H. Hoffmann

  • Two diamictites, two cap carbonates, two δ13C excursions, two rifts: The Neoproterozoic Kingston Peak Formation, Death Valley, California

    A. R. Prave

  • Middle and Late Proterozoic stratified rocks of the western U.S. Cordillera, Colorado Plateau, and Basin and Range province

    Paul Karl Link;Nicholas Christie-Blick;William J. Devlin;Donald P. Elston

  • Life on land in the Proterozoic: Evidence from the Torridonian rocks of northwest Scotland

    A.R. Prave

  • Boron and calcium isotope composition in Neoproterozoic carbonate rocks from Namibia: evidence for extreme environmental change

    Simone A. Kasemann;Chris J. Hawkesworth;Anthony R. Prave;Anthony E. Fallick

  • Dynamic redox conditions control late Ediacaran metazoan ecosystems in the Nama Group, Namibia

    R A Wood;Simon W Poulton;Anthony R Prave;Karl-Heinz Hoffmann

  • Tale of three cratons: Tectonostratigraphic anatomy of the Damara orogen in northwestern Namibia and the assembly of Gondwana

    Anthony R. Prave

  • Duration and nature of the end-Cryogenian (Marinoan) glaciation

    Anthony Robert Prave;Daniel J. Condon;Karl Heinz Hoffmann;Simon Tapster

  • Carbon isotopic composition of Neoproterozoic glacial carbonates as a test of paleoceanographic models for snowball Earth phenomena

    Martin J. Kennedy;Nicholas Christie-Blick;Anthony R. Prave

  • Neoproterozoic glacial-rainout intervals: Observations and implications

    D.J. Condon;A.R. Prave;D.I. Benn

  • Generation and preservation of continental crust in the Grenville Orogeny

    Christopher J. Spencer;Peter A. Cawood;Chris J. Hawkesworth;Anthony R. Prave

  • Two-billion-year-old evaporites capture Earth's great oxidation.

    Clara Blättler;Mark Claire;Anthony Robert Prave;K. Kirsimäe

  • The Great Oxidation Event preceded a Paleoproterozoic “snowball Earth”

    Matthew R Warke;Tommaso Di Rocco;Tommaso Di Rocco;Aubrey L Zerkle;Aivo Lepland

  • Proterozoic onset of crustal reworking and collisional tectonics: Reappraisal of the zircon oxygen isotope record

    Christopher J. Spencer;Peter A. Cawood;Chris J. Hawkesworth;Timothy D. Raub

  • Small-scale hummocky cross-stratification in turbidites: a form of antidune stratification?

    A. R. Prave;W. L. Duke

  • A composite C-isotope profile for the Neoproterozoic Dalradian Supergroup of Scotland and Ireland

    A.R. Prave;A.E. Fallick;Christopher Thomas;C.M. Graham

  • Emergence of an aerobic biosphere during the Archean-Proterozoic transition: Challenges of future research

    Victor A. Melezhik;Anthony E. Fallick;Eero J. Hanski;Lee R. Kump

  • A preliminary note on a revised subdivision and regional correlation of the Otavi Group based on glaciogenic diamictites and associated cap dolostones

    K.-H. Hoffmann;A.R. Prave

  • A review of temporal constraints for the Palaeoproterozoic large, positive carbonate carbon isotope excursion (the Lomagundi–Jatuli Event)

    Adam P. Martin;Daniel J. Condon;Anthony R. Prave;Aivo Lepland

  • The first animals: ca. 760-million-year-old sponge-like fossils from Namibia

    C.K. 'Bob' Brain;Anthony R. Prave;Karl-Heinz Hoffmann;Anthony E. Fallick

  • Two diamictites, two cap carbonates, two δ13C excursions, two rifts: The Neoproterozoic Kingston Peak Formation, Death Valley, California: Comment and Reply: REPLY

    Anthony R. Prave

Frequent Co-Authors

Anthony E. Fallick
Anthony E. Fallick University of Glasgow
Simone A. Kasemann
Simone A. Kasemann University of Bremen
Daniel J. Condon
Daniel J. Condon British Geological Survey
Eero Hanski
Eero Hanski University of Oulu
Aivo Lepland
Aivo Lepland Tallinn University of Technology
Chris J. Hawkesworth
Chris J. Hawkesworth University of Bristol
Kalle Kirsimäe
Kalle Kirsimäe University of Tartu
Rob Strachan
Rob Strachan University of Portsmouth
Christopher J. Spencer
Christopher J. Spencer Queen's University
Harald Strauss
Harald Strauss University of Münster

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