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Bernard Elgey Leake

Bernard Elgey Leake

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Earth Science

D-Index
38
Citations
13763
World Ranking
6324
National Ranking
663

Overview

Bernard Elgey Leake is affiliated with Cardiff University in the United Kingdom and is active in the field of Earth and Planetary Sciences. Their research focuses extensively on geological and geochemical analysis, earthquake and tectonic studies, and geochemistry and geologic mapping.

Their work spans several subfields, including geophysics, artificial intelligence applications in geology, atmospheric science, earth-surface processes, and the mechanics of materials. The concentration of publications is especially strong in geophysics.

Leake's published works appear predominantly in the Irish Journal of Earth Sciences, where they have contributed to eight papers. Another venue of publication is Geoscientist. Recent notable papers by Leake include:

  • The geology of the Clifden district, Connemara Co. Galway, Ireland and present understanding of Connemara geology (2021, Irish Journal of Earth Sciences)
  • New Data on the Ben Levy Anticline, With Reverse Reactivation on the Coolin Fault Giving Up-Side-Down Silurian Rocks in Joyces Country, Connemara (2023, Irish Journal of Earth Sciences)
  • New Light on the Oughterard Granite: Connemara's S-Type Granite, Ireland (2023, Irish Journal of Earth Sciences)

Other recent papers relevant to the geological understanding of specific regions, although not authored by Leake, are connected through research themes in the same journal.

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Leake include John R. Graham, Michael E. Badley, Martin Feely, William McCarthy, and Alessandra Costanzo. These collaborations appear across multiple publications, reinforcing connections within Leake's research network.

The main topics covered in Leake's research are:

  • Geological and Geochemical Analysis
  • Earthquake and Tectonic Studies
  • Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
  • Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
  • Geological Formations and Processes
  • Geological and Geophysical Studies Worldwide
  • High-Pressure Geophysics and Materials

This comprehensive body of work illustrates Leake's focus on understanding complex geological structures and processes, particularly in the context of Ireland's geology, and reflects a specialization in integrating field data with geophysical and geochemical analytical methods.

Best Publications

  • Nomenclature of amphiboles; report of the subcommittee on amphiboles of the International Mineralogical Association, Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names

    Bernard E. Leake

  • Nomenclature of amphiboles

    Bernard Elgey Leake

  • Nomenclature of amphiboles Report of the Subcommittee on Amphiboles of the International Mineralogical Association Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names;Nomenclature of amphiboles Report of the Subcommittee on Amphiboles of the International Mineralogical Association Commission on New Minerals and Mineral Names

    Bernard E. Leake;Alan R. Woolley;C. E. S. Arps;W. D. Birch

  • Nomenclature of amphiboles: additions and revisions to the International Mineralogical Association’s amphibole nomenclature

    Bernard E. Leake;Alan R. Woolley;William D. Birch;Ernst A.J. Burke

  • The chemical distinction between ortho- and para-amphibolites

    Bernard Elgey Leake

  • Petrography and geochemistry of feldspathic and mafic sediments of the northeastern Pacific margin

    Peter C. van de Kamp;Bernard Elgey Leake

  • The chemical analysis of rock powders by automatic X-ray fluorescence

    Bernard Elgey Leake;Graham Lancaster Hendry;A. Kemp;A.G. Plant

  • Crustal evolution in northwestern Britain and adjacent regions

    R. D. Bowles;Bernard Elgey Leake

  • NOMENCLATURE OF AMPHIBOLES: ADDITIONS AND REVISIONS TO THE INTERNATIONAL MINERALOGICAL ASSOCIATION’S 1997 RECOMMENDATIONS

    Bernard E. Leake;Alan R. Woolley;William D. Birch;Ernst A.J. Burke

  • A Catalog of Analyzed Calciferous and Subcalciferous Amphiboles Together with Their Nomenclature and Associated Minerals

    Bernard Elgey Leake

  • Nomenclature of amphiboles: Additions and revisions to the International Mineralogical Associations amphibole nomenclature

    Bernard E. Leake;Alan R. Woolley;William D. Birch;Ernst A.J. Burke

  • On Aluminous and Edenitic Hornblendes

    Bernard Elgey Leake

  • The Composition and Origin of the Striped Amphibolites of Connemara, Ireland

    Bernard W. Evans;Bernard E. Leake

  • The geochronology of the Connemara granites and its bearing on the antiquity of the Dalradian Series

    Peter James Leggo;William Compston;Bernard Elgey Leake

  • The relationship between tetrahedral aluminium and the maximum possible octahedral aluminium in natural calciferous and subcalciferous amphiboles

    Bernard Elgey Leake

  • Granite emplacement: the granites of Ireland and their origin

    Bernard Elgey Leake

  • Granite magmas: their sources, initiation and consequences of emplacement

    Bernard Elgey Leake

  • Geodynamic significance of early orogenic high-K crustal and mantle melts: example of the Corsica batholith

    Eric C. Ferré;Bernard Elgey Leake

  • The International Mineralogical Association amphibole nomenclature scheme: computerization and its consequences

    N. M. S. Rock;B. E. Leake

  • The Petrography and Geochemistry of Some Californian Arkoses with Application to Identifying Gneisses of Metasedimentary Origin

    Peter C. Van De Kamp;Bernard E. Leake;Anthony Senior

Frequent Co-Authors

Anthony E. Fallick
Anthony E. Fallick University of Glasgow
Alex N. Halliday
Alex N. Halliday Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory
Frank C. Hawthorne
Frank C. Hawthorne University of Manitoba
Giovanni Ferraris
Giovanni Ferraris University of Turin
Gawen R.T. Jenkin
Gawen R.T. Jenkin University of Leicester
Paul Bishop
Paul Bishop University of Glasgow
Adrian J. Boyce
Adrian J. Boyce Scottish Universities Environmental Research Centre
Douglas S. Coombs
Douglas S. Coombs University of Otago
Eric C. Ferré
Eric C. Ferré New Mexico State University
Brian F. Windley
Brian F. Windley University of Leicester

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