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Professor Quentin G Crowley
Professor In, Geology

Publications and Further Research Outputs

Peer-Reviewed Publications

da Costa, T.; Aranda Lopez, L.I.; Perussello, C.; Quinn, F.; Crowley, Q.G.; McMahon, H.; Holden, N.M., Addressing the Demand for Green Skills: Bridging the Gap Between University Outcomes and Industry Requirements, Sustainability, (17), 2025, p2732- Journal Article, 2025 DOI TARA - Full Text

Krueger ET, Mouchi V, Monteys X, McCarron S, Lim A, Crowley QG, Development and physical characteristics of the Irish shelf-edge Macnas Mounds, Porcupine Seabight, NE Atlantic, International Journal of Earth Sciences (Geologische Rundschau), 113, 2024, p861 - 874 Journal Article, 2024 TARA - Full Text DOI

M. Mousavi Aghdam, Q. Crowley, Application of GIS and spatiotemporal analyses in viral infection modelling using multiple datasets - A case study on the SARS-CoV-2 epidemic, Medicina de Familia, 50, (4), 2024, p102159- Journal Article, 2024 DOI

DaPelo, S., Aghdam, M., Dentoni, V., Loi, A., Randaccio, P., Crowley, Q., Assessment of natural radioactivity and radon release potential of Silurian black shales, Radiation Physics and Chemistry, 215, 2024, p111347- Journal Article, 2024 DOI TARA - Full Text

Vucinic L., O'Connell D., Dubber, Behan P., Crowley Q., Coxon C., Gill L., Understanding the impacts of human wastewater effluent pollution on karst springs using chemical contamination fingerprinting techniques, EGU General Assembly 2024, Vienna, Austria, 14th-19th April, 2024 Conference Paper, 2024 DOI

Aghdam Mirsina M. , Kavanagh Mark , Crowley Quentin, Utilization of radiometric data for mapping primary and secondary sources of gamma radiation and radon/thoron release potentials in Ireland, Frontiers in Public Health, 12, 2024 Journal Article, 2024 Handle DOI TARA - Full Text

Tray, E., Brophy, D., de Eyto, E., Ó'Maoileidigh, N., Sheehan, T., Bradbury, I, Crowley, Q.G., Examining fish scale biomineral from Atlantic salmon populations, Journal of Fish Biology, 2024 Journal Article, 2024 DOI TARA - Full Text

Aghdam, Mirsina M; Rocha, Carlos; Crowley, Quentin;, A Detailed Investigation and Modeling of Natural Radioactivity Levels and Radon/Thoron Release Potentials in Southeastern Ireland, EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, EGU General Assembly, 2023, pp2821- Conference Paper, 2023 DOI

Mirela Dardac, Javier Elío, Mirsina M Aghdam, Méabh Banríon, Quentin Crowley, Application of airborne geophysical survey data in a logistic regression model to improve the predictive power of geogenic radon maps. A case study in Castleisland, county Kerry, Ireland, Science of the Total Environment, 894, 2023, p164965- Journal Article, 2023 DOI TARA - Full Text

Krueger ET, Büscher JV, Hoey DA Taylor D, O'Reilly PJ, Crowley QG, Wanted Dead or Alive: Skeletal Structure Alteration of Cold-Water Coral Desmophyllum pertusum (Lophelia pertusa) from Anthropogenic Stressors, Oceans, 4, (1), 2023, p68 - 79 Journal Article, 2023 TARA - Full Text DOI

Vucinic L., O"Connell D., Dubber D., Crowley Q., Coxon C., L. Gill L., Microplastics in lowland Irish karst aquifers, 66th Irish Geological Research Meeting 2023, Belfast, UK, 3 - 5 March, 2023 Conference Paper, 2023

Banríon, M., Cobelli, M., Crowley, Q.G, Applying machine learning to model radon using topsoil geochemistry, Applied Geochemistry, 158, 2023, p105790- Journal Article, 2023 DOI TARA - Full Text

Pointon, M.A.; Smyth, H.; Omma, J.E.; Morton, A.C.; Schneider, S.; Hülse, P.; Rippington, S.J.; Lopez-Mir, B.; Crowley, Q.G.; Millar, I.; Whitehouse, M.J.; Frei, D.; Scott, R.A.; Flowerdew, M.J., A Multi-proxy Provenance Study of Late Carboniferous to Middle Jurassic Sandstones in the Eastern Sverdrup Basin and Its Bearing on Arctic Palaeogeographic Reconstructions, Geosciences, 13, (1), 2023, p10- Journal Article, 2023 URL DOI TARA - Full Text

Tray E., Brophy D., Maoileidigh N.O., Finlay R., de Eyto E., Poole R., Crowley Q.G., Investigating post-depositional alteration of trace elements in fish scales using tagged and recaptured wild salmon, Fisheries Research, 248, 2022 Journal Article, 2022 DOI

Hughes, M.B., Elio, J., Crowley, Q.G., A users guide to radon priority areas: examples from Ireland. , Journal of the European Radon Association, 3, 2022 Journal Article, 2022 DOI TARA - Full Text

Banríon, M.H., Elío, J., Crowley, Q.G., Using geogenic radon potential to assess radon priority area designation, a case study around Castleisland, Co. Kerry, Ireland, Journal of Environmental Radioactivity, 251, 2022, p106956- Journal Article, 2022 TARA - Full Text URL DOI

Aghdam, M.M.; Dentoni, V.; Da Pelo, S.; Crowley, Q., Detailed Geogenic Radon Potential Mapping Using Geospatial Analysis of Multiple Geo-Variables: A Case Study from a High-Risk Area in SE Ireland, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, (19), 2022, p15910- Journal Article, 2022 TARA - Full Text URL DOI

Vucinic L., O'Connell D., Crowley Q., Coxon C., Gill, L.W., Origin of microplastic particles in karst aquifer systems, 49th International Association of Hydrogeologists (IAH) International Congress, Wuhan, China, 18th - 23rd Sept, 2022 Conference Paper, 2022

Mousavi Aghdam, M.; Crowley, Q.; Rocha, C.; Dentoni, V.; Da Pelo, S.; Long, S.; Savatier, M. A. , Study of Natural Radioactivity Levels and Radon/Thoron Release Potential of Bedrock and Soil in Southeastern Ireland, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, 2021 Journal Article, 2021 TARA - Full Text DOI

Aghdam M.M., Crowley Q., Rocha C., Dentoni V., Pelo S.D., Long S., Savatier M., A study of natural radioactivity levels and radon/thoron release potential of bedrock and soil in southeastern ireland', International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 18, (5), 2021, p2709- Journal Article, 2021 DOI URL TARA - Full Text

Mukhopadhyay, J., Crowley, Q., Ghosh, B., Ghosh, G., Heron, K. , Detrital Zircon U-Pb LA-ICPMS ages from the Kolhan Group, Singhbhum Craton, eastern India: implications for terminal Mesoproterozoic Paleogeography between Columbia and Rodinia along the Central Indian Tectonic Zone, Geological Journal, 56, (1), 2021, p60-78 Journal Article, 2021 DOI

Vucinic L., O'Connell D., Dubber D., Behan P., Crowley Q., Coxon C., Gill L., Source apportionment of human wastewater contamination impacts on karst springs in Ireland, Karst: from top to bottom, Centre for Karst Hydrogeology, Belgrade, 6th June , 2021 Conference Paper, 2021

Vucinic L., O'Connell D., Dubber D., Behan P., Crowley Q., Coxon C., Gill, L.W., A comparison of emerging contaminant fingerprinting techniques to assess the impact of human wastewater on karst groundwater quality, EGU General Assembly 2021, online, 19th-13th April 2021, EGU21-7645, 2021 Conference Paper, 2021 DOI

Kaile, N., Lindivat, M., Elio, J., Thuestad, G., Crowley, Q.G., Hoell, I.A., Preliminary results from detection of microplastics in liquid samples using flow cytometry , Frontiers in Marine Science, section Marine Pollution, 2020 Journal Article, 2020 DOI

Luka Vucinic, David O'Connell, Donata Dubber, Patrice Behan, Quentin Crowley, Catherine Coxon, Laurence Gill, The impact of on-site wastewater effluent on rural karstified aquifers, EGU2020: Sharing Geoscience Online, EGU General Assembly 2020, Online, (5113), EGU, 2020 Conference Paper, 2020 URL DOI TARA - Full Text

E.P. Corbett, A. Simonetti, P. Shaw, Corcoran, L., Crowley, Q.G., Hoare, B.C., Shallow sampling by multi-shot laser ablation and its application within U-Pb zircon geochronology, Chemical Geology, 2020 Journal Article, 2020 TARA - Full Text DOI

Elío J., Crowley Q., Scanlon R., Hodgson J., Long S., Cooper M., Gallagher V., Application of airborne radiometric surveys for large-scale geogenic radon potential classification, Journal of the European Radon Association, 2020 Journal Article, 2020 TARA - Full Text DOI

Gama, C., Pereira, M., Crowley, Q., Dias da Silva, Í, & Silva, J., Detrital zircon provenance of Triassic sandstone of the Algarve Basin (SW Iberia): Evidence of Gondwanan- and Laurussian-type sources of sediment, Geological Magazine, 2020 Journal Article, 2020 DOI

Mousavi, M., Crowley, Q., Geogenic radon potential mapping using geospatial analysis of multiple radon-related variables: a case study from Southeastern Ireland, EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, EGU, 2020, pp4884 Conference Paper, 2020 DOI

Ryan, Saskia E; Crowley, Quentin G; Snoeck, Christophe; Reynard, Linda; Bouchaud, Charlène; Zazzo, Antoine; Douville, Éric; Tuross, Noreen;, Research update: the varied application of strontium isotopes to archaeological questions, from an early medieval Irish population to pre-Islamic cotton in Arabia, Irish Isotope Research Group Meeting, 2020 Conference Paper, 2020

Hughes, M., Crowley, Q., Using geogenic radon potential to assess designation of radon priority areas in Ireland, EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, EGU, 2020, pp4672 Conference Paper, 2020 DOI

Bossew, P., Cinelli, G., Ciotoli, G., Crowley, Q.G., De Cort, M., Elío Medina, J., Gruber, V., Petermann, E., Tollefsen, T. , Development of a Geogenic Radon Hazard Index-Concept, History, Experiences. , International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health, 17, (11), 2020 Journal Article, 2020 TARA - Full Text DOI

Corbett, Eoghan; Simonetti, Antonio; Shaw, Phil; Corcoran, Loretta; Crowley, Quentin; Hoare, Brendan;, Eliminating Laser Induced Elemental U-Pb Fractionation using low sample volume multi-shot ablation protocols, EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts, EGU General Assembly, 2020, pp4623- Conference Paper, 2020 URL DOI

Corbett, E.P., Simonetti, A., Shaw, P., Crowley, Q.G., Eliminating U-Pb 'downhole' elemental fractionation and achieving nanometer (nm) depth resolution by low volume single-shot LA-ICP-MS., Goldschmidt, Barcelona, Spain, August 18-23 2019, 2019 Meeting Abstract, 2019 TARA - Full Text

Elío J., Crowley Q., Scanlon R., Hodgson J., Long S., Rapid radon potential classification using soil-gas radon measurements in the Cooley Peninsula, County Louth, Ireland, Environmental Earth Science, 78:359, 2019 Journal Article, 2019 DOI TARA - Full Text

Corbett, E., A. Simonetti, P. Shaw, Q.G. Crowley, L. Corcoran, Eliminating U-Pb 'Downhole' Elemental Fractionation and Achieving Nanometer (nm) depth resolution in zircon by low volume single-shot LA-ICP-MS., North American Workshop on Laser Ablation, Austin, Texas, USA, May 28, 29-31, 2019, 2019, pp38 Meeting Abstract, 2019

Crowley, Q., Elío, J., Hughes, M., Dardac, M., Vucinic, L., O'Toole, R., McGuire, P., Wolfe, S., Radon Potential as a diagnostic tool for indoor radon hazard mapping, Irish Geological Research Meeting, Dublin, Ireland, 1-3 March 2019, 2019, pp51-52 Meeting Abstract, 2019 TARA - Full Text

Gawęda, A., Szopa, K., Włodyka, R., Burda, J., Crowley, Q., Sikorska, M., Continuous magma mixing and cumulate separation in the High Tatra Mountains open system granitoid intrusion, Western Carpathians (Poland/Slovakia): a textural and geochemical study, Acta Geologica Polonica, 2019 Journal Article, 2019 DOI TARA - Full Text

Hodgson, J., Bossew, P., Elío, J, Crowley, Q. , Airborne gamma spectrometry as predictor of indoor radon concentration and radon priority areas, Geophysical Research Abstracts, EGU, Vienna, April 8-13, 2018, ppEGU2018-15710 Meeting Abstract, 2018

Green, D.S. Kregting, L., Boots, b., Blockley, D.J., Brickle, P., da Costa, M., Crowley, Q., A comparison of sampling methods for seawater microplastics and a first report of the microplastic litter in coastal waters of Ascension and Falkland Islands, Marine Pollution Bulletin, 137, 2018, p695-701 Journal Article, 2018 TARA - Full Text DOI

Ryan, S., Snoeck, C., Crowley, Q.G., Babechuk, M., 87Sr/86Sr and trace element mapping of geosphere-hydrosphere-biosphere interactions: A case study in Ireland, Applied Geochemistry, 2018, p209-224 Journal Article, 2018 DOI URL TARA - Full Text

Barkat, Q., Ali, A., Hayat, U., Rehman, K., Crowley, Q.G., Siddique, N., Haidar, T., Iqbal, T., Time series analysis of soil radon in Northern Pakistan: implications for earthquake forecasting, Applied Geochemistry, 97, 2018, p197-208 Journal Article, 2018 DOI

Crowley, Q., Elío, J., Scanlon, R., Hodgson, J., Long, S., Zgaga, L., Mapping and modelling radon for radiation protection and improved health, 71st Geological Congress of Turkey, METU, Ankara, 2018, pp927 - 927 Conference Paper, 2018

Ryan, S.E., Reynard, L.M., Crowley, Q.G., Snoeck, C., Tuross, N., Early medieval reliance on the land and the local: An integrated multiisotope study (87Sr/86Sr, delta18O, delta13C, delta15N) of diet and migration in Co. Meath, Ireland, Journal of Archaeological Science, 98, 2018, p59-71 Journal Article, 2018 DOI

Crowley, Q., Elio, J., Scanlon, R., Hodgson, J., Long, S., Zaga, L., Advances in radon mapping and radiological protection in Ireland, Irish Geological Research Meeting, UCC, 23-25/02/2018, 2018 Conference Paper, 2018 TARA - Full Text

Crowley, Q.G., Elío, J., Lehné, R., Militzer, A., Ciotoli, G., McKinley, J., Cinelli, G., Bossew, P., Tectonically enhanced geogenic radon, Journal of Geophysical Abstracts, EGU, Vienna, April 8-13, 2018, ppEGU2018-9348 Meeting Abstract, 2018

Elío J., Crowley Q., Scanlon R., Hodgson J., Long S., Zgaga L., Bossew, P. , Utilizing multiple approaches for the definition of radon priority areas, Geophysical Research Abstracts, EGU, Vienna, April 8-13, 2018, ppEGU2018-9002 Meeting Abstract, 2018

Riggs, N., Crowley, Q., McConnell, B., U-Pb zircon dating of the South Connemara Group, Ireland, and implications for late stages of the Iapetus Ocean basin, GSA Annual Meeting, Indianapolis, Indiana, USA, 50, (6), 2018 Conference Paper, 2018 TARA - Full Text DOI

Elío J., Crowley Q., Scanlon R., Hodgson J., Zgaga L., Estimation of residential radon exposure and definition of Radon Priority Areas based on expected lung cancer incidence, Environment International, 114, 2018, p69 - 76 Journal Article, 2018 DOI

Mouchi, V., Volanthen, P., Verrecchia, E.P., Crowley, Q.G., Multi-scale crystallographic ordering in the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa, Scientific Reports, 7, 2017 Journal Article, 2017 DOI URL TARA - Full Text

Elio, J., Crowley, Q., Scanlon, R., Hodgson, J., Long, S., Cooper, M., Mapping naturally occurring radioactive materials (U, Th and K) in Ireland: implications for radon mapping, JRC Conference and Workshop Reports, 2nd International Workshop on the European Atlas of Natural Radiation, Verbania, Italy, 6-9 November 2017, edited by Torre Tollefsen, Giorgia Cinelli and Marc De Cort , 2017, pp49 Meeting Abstract, 2017 DOI

McConnell, B., Crowley, Q., Parks, M., Reply to Comment on 'No Exploits back-arc basin in the Iapetus suture zone of Ireland', Journal of the Geological Society, 2017, p971-972 Journal Article, 2017 DOI TARA - Full Text

Elío J., Crowley Q., Scanlon R., Hodgson J., Long S., Logistic regression model for detecting radon prone areas in Ireland, Science of The Total Environment, 2017, p1317-1329 Journal Article, 2017 URL DOI TARA - Full Text

Elio, J., Crowley, Q., Scanlon, R., Hodgson, J., Long, S., Detection of radon priority areas by in-situ radon soil-gas measurements: a case study in the Cooley Peninsula (County Louth, Ireland), JRC Conference and Workshop Reports, 2nd International Workshop on the European Atlas of Natural Radiation, Verbania, Italy, 6-9 November 2017, edited by Torre Tollefsen, Giorgia Cinelli and Marc De Cort , European Atomic Agency Community, 2017, pp42 Meeting Abstract, 2017 DOI

Mouchi, V., Crowley, Q.G., Ubide, T., AERYN: a simple standalone application for visualizing and enhancing elemental maps, Applied Geochemistry, 75, 2016, p44-53 Journal Article, 2016 DOI TARA - Full Text

McConnell, B., Rogers, R., Crowley, Q., Sediment provenance and tectonics on the Laurentian margin, Scottish Journal of Geology, 52, 2016, p11-17 Journal Article, 2016 DOI

Heron, K., Jessell, M., Harris, E., Benn, K., Crowley, Q., The Tasiast Deposit, Mauritania, Ore Geology Reviews, 78, 2016, p564-572 Journal Article, 2016 URL DOI

Intrusion history of the Late Caledonian, Newry Igneous Complex, Northern Ireland revealed by high resolution Tellus geophysics and U-Pb age constraints in, , Unearthed: impacts of the Tellus surveys of the north of Ireland, Royal Irish Academy, 2016, pp145-155 , [Cooper, M., Anderson, P., Condon, D., Ellam, R., Meighan, I., Crowley, Q.G.] Book Chapter, 2016 DOI URL TARA - Full Text

MacDonald, J.M., Goodenough, K.M., Wheeler, J., Crowley, Q., Harley, S.L., Mariani, E., Tatham, D. , Temperature-time evolution of the Assynt Terrane of the Lewisian Gneiss Complex of Northwest Scotland from zircon U-Pb dating and Ti thermometry, Precambrian Research, 260, 2015, p55-75 Journal Article, 2015 TARA - Full Text URL DOI

Heron K., Crowley Q., Benn K., Babechuk M., Origin and Evolution of the Mesoarchean Aouéouat Greenstone Belt and Associated Magamatism, Goldschmidt, Prague, 16-21 August, 2015, pp1249 Meeting Abstract, 2015

Chan, Gavin Heung Ngai Aitchison, Jonathan C. Crowley, Quentin G. Horstwood, Matthew S. A. Searle, Michael P. Parrish, Randall R. Chan, Jacky Sik-Lap, U-Pb zircon ages for Yarlung Tsangpo suture zone ophiolites, southwestern Tibet and their tectonic implications, Gondwana Research, 27, (2), 2015, p719-732 Journal Article, 2015 TARA - Full Text

Crowley, Q.G., Strachan, R.A., U-Pb zircon constraints on tectonic development of the Unst Ophiolite: an oceanic core complex in the Scottish Caledonides?, Journal of the Geological Society, 172, 2015, p279-282 Journal Article, 2015 URL DOI TARA - Full Text

Crowley, Q.G., Key, R., Noble, S.R., High-precision U-Pb dating of complex zircon from the Lewisian Gneiss Complex of Scotland using an incremental CA-ID-TIMS approach, Gondwana Research, 27, 2015, p1381-1391 Journal Article, 2015 TARA - Full Text DOI URL

Crowley, Q.G., Mukhopadhyay, J., Ghosh, S., Ghosh, G., Chakrabarti, K., Misra, B., Heron, K., Bose, S., Forum Reply: Oxygenation of the Archean Atmosphere: New Paleosol Constraints from Eastern India, Geology, Geology, 2015, pe367 Journal Article, 2015 TARA - Full Text URL DOI

Ryan, S., Crowley, Q., High Spatial Resolution Geochemical Mapping of Surface Processes: A Case Study in Ireland , Goldschmidt, Prague, 16-21 August, 2015, pp2719 Meeting Abstract, 2015

McConnell, B., Parks, M., Crowley, Q.G., Rushton, A., No Exploits back-arc basin in the Iapetus suture zone of Ireland, Journal of the Geological Society, 172, 2015, p740-747 Journal Article, 2015 DOI URL

Mouchi, V., Crowley, Q., Ubide, T., Deconvolution and Visualisation of High Spatial Resolution Biomineral Geochemistry, Goldschmidt, Prague, August 16-21, 2015, pp2200 Meeting Abstract, 2015

R. Kryza, C. Pin, T. Oberc-Dziedzic, Q.G. Crowley, A. Larionov, Deciphering the geochronology of a large granitoid pluton (Karkonosze Granite, SW Poland): an assessment of U-Pb zircon SIMS and Rb-Sr whole-rock dates relative to U-Pb zircon CA-ID-TIMS, International Geology Review, 56, (6), 2014, p756-782 Journal Article, 2014 DOI TARA - Full Text

Crowley, QG, Heron, KY, Riggs, N, Kamber, B, Chew, D, McConnell, B, Benn, K, Chemical Abrasion Applied to LA-ICP-MS U-Pb Zircon Geochronology, Minerals, (4), 2014, p503-518 Journal Article, 2014 DOI TARA - Full Text URL

Mukhopadhyay, J., Crowley, Q.G., Ghosh, S., Ghosh, G., Chakrabarti, K., Misra, B., Heron, K., Bose, S., Oxygenation of the Archean Atmosphere: New Paleosol Constraints from Eastern India, Geology, 2014, p923-926 Journal Article, 2014 TARA - Full Text DOI

Waldron, J., Schofield, D., S. DuFrane, A., Floyd, J., Crowley, Q. Simonetti, A., Dokken, R., Pothier, H., Ganderia-Laurentia collision in the Caledonides of Great Britain and Ireland, Journal of the Geological Society, (171), 2014, p555 - 569 Journal Article, 2014 TARA - Full Text DOI

Mouchi, V., Crowley, Q.G., Jackson, A.L., McDermott, F., Monteys, X., de Rafélis, M., Luis Rueda, J. Lartaud, F., Potential seasonal calibration for palaeoenvironmental reconstruction using skeletal microstructures and strontium measurements from the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa, Journal of Quaternary Science, 29, (8), 2014, p803-814 Journal Article, 2014 TARA - Full Text DOI

Anderson, P., Stevenson, C., Cooper, M., Ellam, R., Meighan, I., Hurley, C., Reavey, J., Inman, J., Condon, D., Crowley, Q., Magnetic Fabrics and petrology of the Newry Igneous Complex, Northern Ireland reveals a new emplacement model, Geophysical Research Abstracts, EGU General Assembly, 15, ((EGU2013-11600)), 2013 Meeting Abstract, 2013

Goodenough, K., Crowley, Q.G., Krabbendam, M., Parry, S.F., New U-Pb age constraints for the Laxford Shear Zone, NW Scotland: Evidence for tectono-magmatic processes associated with the formation of a Paleoproterozoic supercontinent, Precambrian Research, (231), 2013, p1-18 Journal Article, 2013 DOI URL TARA - Full Text

MacDonald, J.M., Wheeler, J., Harley, S.L., Mariani, E., Goodenough, K.M., Crowley, Q., Tatham, D., Lattice distortion in a zircon population and its effects on trace element mobility and U-Th-Pb isotope systematics: examples from the Lewisian Gneiss Complex, northwest Scotland, Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 166, 2013, p21-41 Journal Article, 2013 DOI URL TARA - Full Text

WALDRON, John W.F., SCHOFIELD, David I., DUFRANE, S. Andrew, FLOYD, James D., CROWLEY, Quentin C., SIMONETTI, Antonio, DOKKEN, Robert, and POTHIER, Hayley, Rifting, Drifting, and Accretion of Microcontinental Terranes: A Recipe for Accretionary Orogens, GSA Abstracts with Programs, The Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, Colarado, USA, 27-30 Oct 2013, 45, (7), 2013 Meeting Abstract, 2013

Parry, S.F., Noble, S.R., Crowley, Q.G., Wellman, C.H., Reply to Discussion on 'A high-precision U-Pb age constraint on the Rhynie Chert Konservat-Lagerstätte: timescale and other implications', Journal of the Geological Society, 170, (4), 2013, p703-706 Journal Article, 2013 TARA - Full Text DOI

Chan, G.H., Crowley, Q.G., Horstwood, M.S.A., Searle, M.P., Aitchison, J., Parrish, R.R., Chan, J.S-L, U-Pb zircon ages for Yarlung Tsangpo suture zone ophiolites, southwestern Tibet and their tectonic implications, Gondwana Research, 2013 Journal Article, 2013 URL TARA - Full Text DOI

Lawley, C.J.M., Selby, D., Condon, D.J., Horstwood, M., Millar, I., Crowley, Q., Imber, J., Lithogeochemistry, geochronology and geodynamic setting of the Lupa Terrane, Tanzania: Implications for the extent of the Archean Tanzanian Craton, Precambrian Research, 231, 2013, p174-193 Journal Article, 2013 DOI URL

Bozkurt, E., Winchester, J.A., Satır, M., Crowley, Q.G., Ottley, C.J., The Almacık mafic-ultramafic complex: exhumed Sakarya subcrustal mantle adjacent to the İstanbul Zone, NW Turkey, Geological Magazine, 150, (2), 2013, p254-282 Journal Article, 2013 TARA - Full Text URL DOI

Goodenough, K.M., Krabbendam, M., Crowley, Q., Overview of the Proterozoic evolution of the Lewisian Gneiss Complex, Scotland - constraints from a corner of Laurentia, Geophysical Research Abstracts, EGU General Assembly, 15, (EGU2013-11600), 2013 Meeting Abstract, 2013

Riggs, N., McConnell, B., Crowley, Q., Chew, D., USE OF TH/U RATIOS TO ELUCIDATE TERRANE AFFINITY AND TIMING OF ORDOVICIAN UNROOFING OF SEDIMENT SOURCES TO THE SOUTH OF THE SOUTH MAYO TROUGH, WESTERN IRELAND, GSA Abstracts with Programs, The Geological Society of America Annual Meeting, Denver, Colarado, USA, 27-30 Oct 2013, 45, (7), 2013 Meeting Abstract, 2013

Cooper, M.R., Crowley, Q.G., Hollis, S.P., Noble, S.R., Henny, P.J., A U-Pb age for the Late Caledonian Sperrin Mountains minor intrusions suite in the north of Ireland: timing of slab break-off in the Grampian terrane and the significance of deep-seated, crustal lineaments, Journal of the Geological Society, 170, (4), 2013, p603-614 Journal Article, 2013 TARA - Full Text DOI

Architecture of the Oman-UAE Ophiolite: Evidence for a Multi-Phase Magmatic History in, Khalid Al Hosani, Francois Roure, Richard Ellison, Stephen Lokier , Lithosphere Dynamics and Sedimentary Basins: The Arabian Plate and Analogues, 2013, pp23-42 , [Goodenough, K.M., Styles, M.T., Schofield, D., Thomas, R.J., Crowley, Q.G., Lilly, R.M., McKervey, J., Stephenson, D., Carney, J.N.] Book Chapter, 2013 TARA - Full Text DOI

Pointon, M.A. , Chew, D.M., Ovtcharova, M., Sevastopulo, G.D. , Crowley, Q.G., New high-precision U-Pb dates from Western European Carboniferous tuffs; implications for timescale calibration, the periodicity of late Carboniferous cycles and stratigraphical correlation, Journal of the Geological Society, 169, (6), 2012, p713-721 Journal Article, 2012 DOI TARA - Full Text

Ryszard Kryza, Quentin G. Crowley, Alexander Larionov, Christian Pin, Teresa Oberc-Dziedzic, Ksenia Mochnacka, Chemical abrasion applied to SHRIMP zircon geochronology: An example from the Variscan Karkonosze Granite (Sudetes, SW Poland), Gondwana Research, 21, 2012, p757-767 Journal Article, 2012 TARA - Full Text

Zimmermann, U., Tait, J., Crowley, Q.G., Pashley, V., Straathof, G., Diamicitites in southern Namibia and their associated rocks - constraints for a global glaciation?, International Journal of Earth Sciences, 100, 2011, p511-526 Journal Article, 2011 DOI URL

Parry, S., Noble, S., Crowley, Q., Wellman, C., A high-precision U-Pb age constraint on the Rhynie Chert Konservat-Lagerstätte: timescale and other implications, Journal of the Geological Society, 168, 2011, p863-872 Journal Article, 2011 DOI TARA - Full Text URL

MacDonald, J., Wheeler, J., Goodenough, K., Harley, S., Crowley, Q., Mariani, E., Combined SIMS U-Pb ages and Ti-in zircon geothermometry fingerprints long deep crustal residence in the Archaean, Mineralogical Magazine, Goldschmidt, Prague, Czech Republic, August 14-19, 75, (3), 2011, pp1377 Meeting Abstract, 2011 URL

Cooper, M.R., Crowley, Q.G., Hollis, S.P., Noble, S.R., Roberts, S., Chew, D., Merriman, R.J., Earls, G., Herrington, R., Age Constraints and Geochemistry of the Ordovician Tyrone Igneous Complex, Northern Ireland, Journal of the Geological Society, 168, 2011, p837-850 Journal Article, 2011 DOI URL TARA - Full Text

Smyth, H.R., Crowley, Q.G., Hall, R., Kinny, P.D. Hamilton, J., Schmidt, D.N., A Toba-scale eruption in the Early Miocene: the Semilir eruption, East Java, Indonesia, Lithos, 126, (3-4), 2011, p198-211 Journal Article, 2011 TARA - Full Text

Goodenough, K.M., Styles, M.T., Thomas, R.J., Schofield, D.I., Crowley, Q.G., Millar, I.L., Multiphase magmatic history of the Oman-UAE ophiolite, Mineralogical Magazine, Goldschmidt, Prague, Czech Republic, August 14-19, 75, (3), 2011, pp935 Meeting Abstract, 2011 URL

Kimbell, G.S., Young, B., Millward, D., Crowley, Q.G., The North Pennine batholith (Weardale Granite) of northern England: new data on its age and form, Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological Society, 58, (2), 2010, p107-128 Journal Article, 2010 TARA - Full Text DOI

Blight, J.H.S., Crowley, Q.G., Petterson, M.G., Cunningham, D., Granites of the Southern Mongolia Carboniferous Arc: new geochronological and geochemical constraints, Lithos, 116, (1-2), 2010, p35-52 Journal Article, 2010 DOI

McConnell, B., Riggs, N., Crowley, Q.G., Comment on "Detrital U-Pb zircon dating of lower Ordovician syn-arc-continent collision conglomerates in the Irish Caledonides" by Peter D. Clift, Andrew Carter, Amy E. Draut, Hoang Van Long, David M. Chew, Hans A. Schouten, Tectonophysics 479 (2009), 165-174, Tectonophysics, 490, 2010, p136-137 Journal Article, 2010

Laxford Shear Zone: an Archaean terrane boundary? in, editor(s)R.D. Law, R.W.H. Butler, R.E. Holdsworth, M. Krabbendam, R.A. Strachan , Geological Society, London, Special Publication 335, 2010, pp103 - 120, [Goodenough, K.M., Park, R.G., Krabbendam, M., Myers, J., Wheeler, J., Loughlin, S., Crowley, Q.G., Kinny, P., Friend C.R.L., Beach, A., Graham, R.] Book Chapter, 2010 TARA - Full Text DOI

Chew, D.M., Fallon, N., Kennelly, C., Crowley, Q., Pointon, M., Basic volcanism contemporaneous with the Sturtian glacial episode in NE Scotland, Earth and Environmental Science Transactions of the Royal Society of Edinburgh, 100, (4), 2010, p399-415 Journal Article, 2010 DOI

Blight, J.H.S., Petterson, M.G., Crowley, Q.G., Cunningham, D., The Oyut Ulaan Volcanic Group: Stratigraphy, magmatic evolution and timing in the Carboniferous arc of South East Mongolia, Journal of the Geological Society, London, 167, (3), 2010, p491-509 Journal Article, 2010 DOI

McConnell, B. Crowley, Q.G., Riggs, N., A Laurentian origin for the Ordovician Grangegeeth volcanic arc terrane, Ireland, Journal of the Geological Society, London, 167, (3), 2010, p467-473 Journal Article, 2010 DOI

Goodenough, K.M., Styles M.T., Schofield D., Thomas R.J., Crowley Q.G., Lilly R.M., McKervey, J., Stephenson, D., Carney, J., Architecture of the Oman - UAE Ophiolite: evidence for a multi-phase magmatic history, Arabian Journal of Geosciences, 3, (4), 2010, p439-458 Journal Article, 2010 DOI

McConnell, B., Riggs, N., Crowley, Q.G., Detrital zircon provenance and Ordovician terrane amalgamation, western Ireland, Journal of the Geological Society, London, 166, (3), 2009, p473-484 Journal Article, 2009 TARA - Full Text DOI

Chan, G.H., Waters, D.J., Searle, M.P., Aitchison, J., Horstwood, M.S.A., Crowley, Q.G., Lo, C.-H., Chan, J. S.-L., Probing the basement of southern Tibet: evidence from crustal xenoliths entrained in a Miocene ultrapotassic dyke, Journal of the Geological Society, London, 166, 2009, p45 - 52 Journal Article, 2009 TARA - Full Text DOI

Neilson, J., Kokelaar, P, Crowley, Q., Timing, relations and cause of plutonic and volcanic activity of the Siluro-Devonian post-collision magmatic episode in the Grampian Terrane, Scotland, Journal of the Geological Society, London, 166, (3), 2009, p545-562 Journal Article, 2009 DOI TARA - Full Text

Cooper M. R., Crowley, Q. G, Chew, D. M., Hollis S. P., Noble, S. R. , Age constraints and Grampian orogenesis of the Lower to Middle Ordovician Tyrone Igneous Complex, Northern Ireland., PROCEEDINGS OF THE 24TH IAGS, FREDERICTON, NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA, edited by DAVID R. LENTZ, KATHLEEN G. THORNE & KRISTY-LEE BEAL , 2009, pp499 - 502 Conference Paper, 2009

F McEvoy, J Naden, J McKervey, J Bouch, Q G Crowley and D Selby, Intrusion-related vein mineralisation in the English Lake District: a geochronological (U-Pb, Re-Os) and fluid inclusion study, Mineral Deposit Study Group of the Geological Society, Annual Meeting, Camborne School of Mines, University of Exeter, 5-8 January, 2009 Meeting Abstract, 2009

Zhang, Hong-Fei, Parrish, Randall, Zhang, Li, Xu, Wang-Chun, Yuan, Hong-Lin, Gao, Shan, Crowley, Quentin G., Reply to the comment by Zhang et al. on: "First finding of A-type and adakitic magmatism association in Songpan-Garze fold belt, eastern Tibetan Plateau: Implication for lithoshperic delamination", Lithos, 103, (3-4), 2008, p565-568 Journal Article, 2008 DOI

Cooper, M., Crowley, Q.G., Rushton, A., New age constraints for the Ordovician Tyrone Volcanic Group, Northern Ireland, Journal of the Geological Society, 165, 2008, p333-340 Journal Article, 2008 TARA - Full Text DOI

Two Mesoarchaean Terranes in the Reguibat shield of NW Mauritania in, editor(s)N. Ennih and J.-P. Liegeois , Geological Society of London Special Publication 297, 2008, pp33-52 , [Key, R.M., Loughlin, S.C., Horstwood, M.S.A., Gillespie, M., Pitfield, P.E.J., Henney, P.J., Crowley, Q.G., Del Rio, M.] Book Chapter, 2008 DOI TARA - Full Text

Okay, A.I., Bozkurt, E., Satýr, M., Yiðitbaþ, E., Crowley, Q.G., Shang, C.K. , Defining the southern margin of Avalonia in the Pontides: geochronological data from the Late Proterozoic and Ordovician granitoids from NW Turkey, Tectonophysics, 461, 2008, p252-264 Journal Article, 2008 DOI

Selby, D., Conliffe, J., Crowley, Q.G., Feely, M., Geochronology (Re-Os, U-Pb) and fluid inclusion studies of molybdenite mineralisation associated with the Shap, Skiddaw & Weardale Granites, UK, Applied Earth Science (Trans. Inst. Min. Metall. B), 117, 2008, p11-28 Journal Article, 2008 DOI

Chew, DM, Flowerdew, MJ, Page, LM, Crowley, QG, Daly, JS, Cooper, M, Whitehouse, MJ, The tectonothermal evolution and provenance of the Tyrone Central Inlier, Ireland: Grampian imbrication of an outboard Laurentian microcontinent?, Journal of the Geological Society, 165, (3), 2008, p675-685 Journal Article, 2008 DOI

Anczkiewicz, R., Mazur, S., Szczepanski, J., Storey. C., Crowley, Q.G., Villa, I.M., Thirlwall, M., Jeffries, T.E. , Lu-Hf geochronology and trace element distribution in garnet: Implications for uplift and exhumation of ultra-high pressure granulites in the Sudetes, SW Poland, Lithos, 95, 2007, p363-380 Journal Article, 2007 DOI

CONDON, D., SCHOENE, B., BOWRING, S., PARRISH, R., MCLEAN, N., NOBLE, S. & CROWLEY, Q., EARTHTIME; isotopic tracers and optimized solutions for high-precision U-Pb ID-TIMS geochronology, Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union, AGU, 88, 2007 Meeting Abstract, 2007

Zhang, Hong-Fei, Parrish, Randall, Zhang, Li, Xu, Wang-Chun, Yuan, Hong-Lin, Gao, Shan, Crowley, Quentin G., A-type granite and adakitic magmatism association in Songpan-Garze fold belt, eastern Tibetan Plateau: Implication for lithospheric delamination, Lithos, 97, 2007, p323-325 Journal Article, 2007 DOI

Styles, Michael; Ellison, Richard; Arkley, Sarah; Crowley, Quentin George; Farrant, Andrew; Goodenough, Kathryn Mary; McKervey, John; Pharaoh, Timothy; Phillips, Emrys; Schofield, David; Thomas, Robert James, The geology and geophysics of the United Arab Emirates : Volume 2, Geology., Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, United Arab Emirates, Ministry of Energy, Petroleum and Minerals, 2006, 1-351pp Book, 2006 Other

Parrish R.R., Noble S.R., Condon D.J., Horstwood M.S., Bowring S., Schoene B., Crowley Q., Advances in ID-TIMS and LA-MC-ICP-MS U-Pb mass spectrometry with applications to geochronology and environmental U analysis, AGU, 2006, 52pp Invited Talk, 2006

Schofield, D.I., Horstwood, M.S.A., Pitfield, P.E.J., Crowley, Q.G., Wilkinson, A.F., Sidaty, H.Ch.O. , Timing and kinematics of Eburnean tectonics in the central Reguibat Shield, Mauritania, Journal of the Geological Society, London, 163, 2006, p549-560 Journal Article, 2006 DOI

Winchester, J.A., Patocka, F., Kachlik, V., Melzer, M., Nawakowski, C., Crowley, Q.G., Floyd, P.A, Geochemical discrimination of metasedimentary sequences in the Krkonose-Jizera terrane (West Sudetes, Bohemian Massif): Paleotectonic and stratigraphic constraints, Geologica Carpathica, 54, (5), 2003, p267-280 Journal Article, 2003

Winchester, J.A., Kachlik, V., Patocka, F., Melzer, M., Nawakowski, C., Crowley, Q.G., Floyd, P.A., Geochemistry of Metasedimentary sequences in the Krkonose-Jizera Terrane, West Sudetes, Bohemian Massif: paleotectonic and stratigraphic implications, Journal of the Czech Geological Society, 48, (1-2), 2003, p135-136 Journal Article, 2003

Palaeozoic Terrane Amalgamation in Central Europe: a REE and Sm-Nd Isotopic Study of the pre-Variscan Basement, NE Bohemian Massif in, editor(s)J.A. Winchester, T.C. Pharaoh, J. Verniers , Palaeozoic Amalgamation of Central Europe, London, London, Geological Society, 2002, [157-176] Book Chapter, 2002 DOI

The Mariánské-Lázne Complex: development and destruction of an early Palaeozoic seaway in, editor(s)J.A. Winchester, T.C. Pharaoh, J. Verniers , Palaeozoic Amalgamation of Central Europe, London, Geological Society, 2002, pp177-198 , [Crowley, Q.G., Stedrá, V., Winchester, J.A.W., Floyd, P.A., S., Holland, J.G.] Book Chapter, 2002 DOI

Sleza Ophiolite geochemical features and relationship to Lower Palaeozoic rift magmatism in the Bohemian Massif in, editor(s)J.A. Winchester, T.C Pharaoh, J. Verniers , Palaeozoic Amalgamation of Central Europe, London, Geological Society, 2002, pp197-216 , [Floyd, P.A., Kryza, R., Crowley, Q.G., Winchester, J.A.W., Abdel-Wahed, M.] Book Chapter, 2002 DOI

Winchester, J.A., Floyd. P.A., Crowley, Q.G. and the PACE network team, Palaeozoic amalgamation of Central Europe: new results from recent geological and geophysical investigations, Tectonophysics, 360, 2002, p5-21 Journal Article, 2002 DOI

Seston, R., Winchester, J.A., Piasecki, M.A.J., Crowley, Q.G., Floyd, P.A., A structural model for the Western-Central Sudetes: a deformed stack of Variscan thrust-bounded slices, Journal of the Geological Society, London, 157, 2000, p1155-1167 Journal Article, 2000 DOI

Review of geochemical variation in Lower Palaeozoic metabasites from the NE Bohemian Massif: intracratonic rifting and plume-ridge interaction in, editor(s)W.Franke, V. Haak, O. Oncken, D. Tanner , Orogenic Processes: Quantification and Modelling in the Variscan Belt, London, Geological Society, 2000, pp155-176 , [Floyd, P.A., Winchester, J.A., Seston, R., Kryza, R., Crowley, Q.G. ] Book Chapter, 2000 DOI

Crowley, Q.G., Floyd, P.A., Winchester, J.A.W, Franke, W., Holland, J.G., Early Palaeozoic rift-related magmatism in Variscan Europe: fragmentation of the Armorican Terrane Assemblage, Terra Nova, 12, (4), 2000, p171-180 Journal Article, 2000 DOI

Crowley, Q.G., Feely, M, New perspectives on the order and style of granite emplacement in the Galway Batholith, western Ireland, Geological Magazine, 134, 1997, p539-548 Journal Article, 1997 DOI

All 127 peer-reviewed publications

Research Expertise

Description

My main research interest is in the field of Earth System change, with a focus on characterising processes operating in both ancient and contemporary environments. Starting with evolution of the early Earth, I research interactions between the atmosphere, biosphere, and geosphere to better understand environmental change over geological timescales. I then apply my knowledge of natural systems to the contemporary environment to research environmental processes in both terrestrial and marine environments. Additionally, I apply my knowledge of complexity in natural systems to research methodologies for education design and public engagement in a range of contemporary societal challenges, such as climate change and environmental monitoring and protection. My research on the early Earth uses naturally occurring isotopes as clocks of geological process. I study themes such as tectonic evolution, mountain building, ocean formation and changes in the solid Earth, the atmosphere and oceans. My research on fossil soils demonstrates that free oxygen formed over 3,000 million years ago, which changed our fundamental understanding of the emergence of complex life on earth. My environmental geoscience research on terrestrial environments focuses on environmental radioactivity and its impact on human health. My research shows that radon, which is a naturally occurring radioactive gas, is responsible for approximately 350 lung cancer cases in Ireland each year. I develop innovative methodologies to monitor radon and environmental radioactivity. In a world first, I integrated geology and indoor radon to produce a radon map, now the new legislative map for Ireland, and hosted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). I collaborate widely in this area, including an active collaboration with the World Health Organisation (WHO) to update the European Code Against Cancer, with global impact. My environmental geoscience research on marine environments focuses on cold-water corals. These are corals that can grow in cold and deep marine environments, including off the coast of Ireland. I use my knowledge of geochemistry and mineral growth to better understand how cold-water corals can be used as environmental proxies to reconstruct past environments and climates, thereby adding value to archives of marine core samples from around the world. My research has also demonstrates that cold-water corals are particularly vulnerable to the effects of climate change and other anthropogenic stressors, highlighting the need to protect these unique species. I apply my knowledge of natural systems to research and develop methodologies for education design and public engagement. This is where my research on natural systems meets my teaching and public communication. I lead Climate Innovation and I am TCD lead of Ireland's Knowledge Centre for Carbon, Climate and Community Action (IKC3), an initiative which fosters innovation in higher and further education to support the transition to a sustainable, low-carbon society. Through IKC3, I have developed new research-led methodologies which contribute to Ireland's Climate Action plan and which offer a new model for the transformative power of further and higher education. In summary, through my innovative research, I have transformed our view of Earth Systems, and in designing education and public engagement for climate action.

Recognition

Awards and Honours

iCRAG Industry and Entrepreneurship Award 2024

Sustainability Leadership Award, Trinity College Dublin 2024

iCRAG Education and Public Engagement Champion 2023

iCRAG Education and Public Engagement Champion 2022

Master in Arts (jure officii), Trinity College Dublin 2018

Elected Fellow of Trinity College Dublin 2019

Elected Fellow of the Geological Society of London 2006

EU Training and Mobility of Researchers Post-Doctoral Fellowship Award 1998

Irish Geological Research Meeting (IGRM) prize for best student paper, Belfast, N. Ireland 1997

National University of Ireland PhD Fellowship 1994

National University Prize for highest grade in Geology at the B.Sc. (Honours) level 1993

Forbairt Geoscience Technology Award 1993