Biography

Educated at St John's College, Cambridge (1965-1971) graduating with a BA MA and PhD in Mineralogy and Petrology. Employed as a lecturer in geology at Trinity College since 1971. Married (1974), with three children.

Publications and Further Research Outputs

  • Ian Sanders, Introducing Metamorphism, First, Edinburgh, Dunedin Academic Press, 2018, 1 - 167ppBook, 2018
  • Hevey, P.J. and Sanders, I.S., A model for planetesimal meltdown by 26Al, and its implications for meteorite parent bodies, Meteoritics and Planetary Sciences, 41, (1), 2006, p95 - 106Journal Article, 2006
  • Sanders, I.S. and Taylor, G.J., Implications of 26Al in nebular dust: formation of chondrules by disruption of molten planetesimals, Astronomical Society of the Pacific, Conference Series, Chondrites and the Protoplanetary Disk, Kauai, Hawaii, Nov 8-11, 2004, edited by A.N. Krot, E.R.D. Scott and B. Reipurth , 341, 2005, pp915 - 932Conference Paper, 2005
  • I.S. Sanders, Six common kinds of rock from Ireland, second, Dublin, Department of Geology, Trinity College Dublin, 2007, 48ppBook, 2007
  • Bridges, J., Gilmour, J, and Sanders I., New ideas on the early Solar System, Astronomy and Geophysics, 49, 2008, p1.28 - 1.30Journal Article, 2008
  • I. S. Sanders, Probing the depths - the evidence for the Earth's crust, mantle and core, Geographical Viewpoint, 33, 2005, p11 - 18Journal Article, 2005
  • Holland, C.H. and Sanders, I.S., The Geology of Ireland, Second Edition, Edinburgh, Dunedin Academic Press, 2009, 568 ppBook, 2009
  • Geophysical evidence onshore in, editor(s)Holland, C.H. and Sanders, I.S. , The Geology of Ireland, Second Edition, Edinburgh, Dunedin Academic Press, 2009, pp461 - 470, [Murphy, T., Jacob, A.W.B. and Sanders. I.S.]Book Chapter, 2009
  • Scott E.R.D. and Sanders I.S., Implications of the carbonaceous chondrite Mn-Cr isochron for the formation of early refractory planetesimals and chondrules, Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 73, (17), 2009, p5137 - 5149Journal Article, 2009
  • SCOTT, E. R. D., GREENWOOD, R. C., FRANCHI, I. A.,and SANDERS, I. S. , Oxygen isotopic constraints on the origin and parent bodies of eucrites, diogenites and howardites. , Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta , 73, 2009, p5835 - 5853Journal Article, 2009
  • Coey JMD, Venkatesan M, Fitzgerald CB, Douvalis AP, Sanders IS, Ferromagnetism of a graphite nodule from the Canyon Diablo meteorite, Nature, 420, (6912), 2002, p156 - 159Journal Article, 2002, DOI
  • I.S. Sanders and E.R.D. Scott, The origin of chondrules and chondrites: Debris from low-velocity impacts between molten planetesimals?, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 47, (12), 2012, p2170 - 2192Journal Article, 2012
  • Sanders, I.S., Six common kinds of rock from Ireland, Dublin, Dept. of Geology, TCD, 2005, 16ppBook
  • SANDERS, I. S. and SCOTT, E. R. D. , Chondrules: clues to early planetesimals , Meteoritics and Planetary Science, Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, Greenwich, UK, August 2011, 46, 2011, ppA203 - A203Meeting Abstract
  • Sanders, I. S. , Early planetesimals as reservoirs of chondrule materials., 42nd Lunar and Planetary Science Conference , Houston, TX, USA, March 2011, 2011, ppabs # 2484-Meeting Abstract
  • I. S. Sanders, Sources of recycled planetesimal debris during the era of chondrule formation. , Meteoritics and Planetary Science , Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, New York, 2010, 45, 2010, pp5369-Conference Paper
  • SANDERS, I. S. and SCOTT, E. R. D., CHONDRULES, CHONDRITES, AND CHONDRITIC ASTEROIDS: PLANETARY BUILDING BLOCKS OR DEBRIS FROM PLANETARY ACCRETION?, Formation of the First Solids in the Solar System (2011), Kauai, HI, USA, November 2011, 2011, pp9126.pdf-Meeting Abstract
  • Sanders, I. S., The Meltdown Era: a time for making ancient iron cores and younger chondrules., 41st Lunar and Planetary Science Conference, Houston, TX, USA, March 2010, 2010, ppabs # 2376-Meeting Abstract
  • Sanders, I. S., Early planetesimal splashing: reconciling chondrule formation with disk evolution., Meteoritics and Planetary Science, Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, Nancy, France, July 2009, 44, 2009, ppabs # 5247-Meeting Abstract
  • I.S. Sanders and E.R.D. Scott, Origin of chondrules, chondrites and cores, Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 75th Annual Meeting of the Meteoritical Society, Cairns, NSW, Australia, 12-17 August, 2012, pp5177.pdf-Meeting Abstract

Recognition

  • Member of the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, Member of the Meteoritical Society, Honorary Member of the Irish Geological Association