Dr. Quentin G Crowley
Associate Professor, Geology
Publications and Further Research Outputs
Peer-Reviewed Publications
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
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-
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-
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
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
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
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-
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-
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
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
Banríon, M., Cobelli, M., Crowley, Q.G, Applying machine learning to model radon using topsoil geochemistry, Applied Geochemistry, 158, 2023, p105790-
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-
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
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
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-
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-
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
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
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-
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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-
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
Mouchi, V., Crowley, Q.G., Ubide, T., AERYN: a simple standalone application for visualizing and enhancing elemental maps, Applied Geochemistry, 75, 2016, p44-53
McConnell, B., Rogers, R., Crowley, Q., Sediment provenance and tectonics on the Laurentian margin, Scottish Journal of Geology, 52, 2016, p11-17
Heron, K., Jessell, M., Harris, E., Benn, K., Crowley, Q., The Tasiast Deposit, Mauritania, Ore Geology Reviews, 78, 2016, p564-572
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.]
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
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
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
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
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
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
Ryan, S., Crowley, Q., High Spatial Resolution Geochemical Mapping of Surface Processes: A Case Study in Ireland , Goldschmidt, Prague, 16-21 August, 2015, pp2719
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
Mouchi, V., Crowley, Q., Ubide, T., Deconvolution and Visualisation of High Spatial Resolution Biomineral Geochemistry, Goldschmidt, Prague, August 16-21, 2015, pp2200
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.]
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.]
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.]
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.]
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]
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.]
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
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
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. ]
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
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
Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications
Crowley, Q., Climate Innovation for SDG 13: Climate Action, 27/01/21, 2021
Elizabeth Tray, Quentin G. Crowley, Niall McEvoy, Vincent Mouchi, Xavier Monteys, Geochemical and Temporal Characterization of Holocene Cold-water Corals, Irish Geological Research Meeting, TCD, 4-5 March 2017, 2017, pp69
Burke, S.M., Wheeler, A.J., Crowley, Q.G., Reavy, R.J., Formation of Littoral and Offshore Irish Placer Resources (FLIPeR), Irish Geological Research Meeting, TCD, March 5-6 2017, 2017, pp57
Mouchi, V., Crowley, Q.G., Monteys, X., McDermott, F., McCarron, S., NE Atlantic climatic and oceanographic variations in the Holocene using the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa, 35th International Geological Congress, Cape Town, South Africa, 2016
Mouchi, V., Crowley, Q.G., Monteys, X., McDermott, F.D., McCarron, S., L'apport du corail d'eaux froides Lophelia pertusa aux reconstitutions climatiques et paléocéanographiques de l'Holocène du NE Atlantique. , 25ème Réunion des Sciences de la Terre, 24-28th of October 2016, Caen, France., 2016, pp231
Wheeler, A.J., Kevin Power, K., Crowley, Q., Georgopoulou, A., Bean, B., Croot, P., McCarthy, T., Calahane, C., Nicholas, S., Toth, Z., Walsh, D., Generating long-term records of seabed environmental conditions in support of drill-operation EIAs and other iCRAG Marine Spoke projects, Atlantic Ireland 2016, 2016
Tray, E., Crowley, Q., Mouchi, V., Monteys, X., Geochemical and temporal characterisation of Holocene cold-water corals from offshore Ireland, Challenger Society 2016 Conference - Oceans and Climate, Liverpool, 5-8 September 2016, 2016
Anderson, P., Stevenson, C., Cooper, M., Ellam, R., Meighan, I., Hurley, C., Reavey, J., Inman, J., Condon, D., Crowley, Q., A new model of granitic emplacement: the Newry Igneous Comples, Northern Ireland, Volcanic and Magmatic Studies Group, University of Bristol, 7-9 January, 2013
Mouchi, V., Crowley, Q.G., Jackson, A.L., McDermott, F., Sevastopulo, G.D., Microstructures in the cold water coral Lophelia pertusa in relation to growth rate, Irish Geological Research Meeting, University of Ulster, 1-3 March 2013, 2013
Goodenough, Kathryn M., Krabbendam, Maarten, Shaw, Richard A., Crowley, Quentin G., Making and breaking Columbia (Nuna): formation of a critical metal province? A North Atlantic view. , Building Strong Continents,, Portsmouth, UK, , 2-4 Sept 2013., 2013
P. Anderson, J. Inman, D. Condon, Q. Crowley, Colm Hurley, I. Meighan, R. Ellam, J. Reavy, C. Stevenson and M. Cooper, The structure and emplacement of the Newry Igneous complex from Tellus geophysical data and AMS, Irish Geological Research Meeting, Cork, 17-19 Feb, 2012
W. McCarthy, R. J. Reavy, C. T. Stevenson, M. S. Petronis, M. Feely and Q. Crowley, Micro-magnets measuring macro movements - The intrusion and subsequent deformation of the Carna Granite, Irish Geological Research Meeting, Cork, 17-19 Feb, 2012
B. McConnell, C. J. Bean, P. O'Connor, A.K. Braiden, Crowley, Q., The European Plate Observing System; a research infrastructure project for the geosciences community, Irish Geological Research Meeting, Cork, 17-19 Feb 2012, 2012
J. Inman, P. Anderson, M. Cooper, D. Condon, Q. Crowley, I. Meighan and C. Stevenson, New insights into the emplacement of the Seeconnell Complex within the Newry Igneous Complex, Northern Ireland, Irish Geological Research Meeting, Cork, 17-19 Feb, 2012
B. McConnell, Q. Crowleyand M. Parkes, A new U-Pb zircon age for the Bellewstown Terrane, eastern Ireland, constrains faunal correlations, Irish Geological Research Meeting, Cork, 17-19 Feb, 2012
Anderson, P., Stevenson, C., Cooper, M., Ellam, R., Condon, D., Crowley, Q., Meighan, I., Hurley, C., Reavy, J., New insights into the timing and emplacement of the Newry Igneous Complex, N. Ireland, Irish Geological Research Meeting, Galway, Ireland, 18-20 February, 2011, pp45
McConnell, B., Crowley, Q., Menuge, J., Terrane affinities of Caledonian rocks in southeast Ireland, Irish Geological Research Meeting, Galway, Ireland, 18-20 February, 2011, pp59
Hollis, S., Roberts, S., Earls, G., Cooper, M.R., Herrington, R., Crowley, Q.G., Chew, D., Ordovician arc-continent collision within Northern Ireland: new constraints from the Tyrone Igneous Complex, Irish Geological Research Meeting, Belfast, 2010
Bozkurt, E., Ruffet, G., Crowley, Q.G., Synorogenic Eocene extension and extrusion wedge formation in the southern Menderes Massif, southwest Turkey: inslights from U-Pb and 39Ar-40Ar geochronology, 7th International Symposium on Eastern Mediterranean Geology, Adana, Turkey, 18-22 October, 2010
McConnell, B., Crowley, Q.G. Riggs, N. , Laurentian origin for the Ordovician Grangegeeth volcanic arc terrane; a detrital zircon provenance study, Irish Geological Research Meeting, TCD, March 2009, 2009
McConnell, B., Crowley, Q.G. Riggs, N., A detrital zircon provenance study of the Grangegeeth volcanic arc terrane, eastern Ireland, Highland Workshop, Belfast, Northern Ireland, 2009
McConnell, B., Riggs, N., Crowley, Q.G. , Detrital zircon provenance and Ordovician terrane amalgamation, western Ireland, Highland Workshop, 2009
Smyth, H.R., Crowley, Q.G., Hall, R., Kinny, P.K., Hamilton, H., Schmidt, D.N. , A Toba-scale eruption in the Early Miocene: The Semilir eruption, East Java, Indonesia, Southeast Asian Gateway Evolution, Royal Holloway, University of London, 2009
Cooper, M.R., Crowley, Q.G., Noble, S.R., Merriman, R.J., A U-Pb zircon age constraint for the Ordovician Tyrone Plutonic Group ophiolite, Tyrone Igneous Complex, Northern Ireland: implications for plate models and Grampian orogenic amalgamation, Irish Geological Research Meeting, TCD, 2009
Neilson, J., Kokelaar, P., Crowley, Q.G. , Timing, relations and cause of plutonic and volcanic activity of the Siluro-Devonian post-collision magmatic episode in the Grampian Terrane, Scotland, Irish Geological Research Meeting, TCD, 2009
Mark Cooper, Quentin Crowley, David Chew, Stephen Daly, Michael Flowerdew, Highland Workshop, 2009, Belfast, Northern Ireland
McConnell, B., Riggs, N., Crowley, Q.G. , Detrital zircon provenance and Ordovician terrane amalgamation, western Ireland, Irish Geological Research Meeting, TCD, 2009
Crowley, Q.G., Noble, S.R., Key, R.M. , Constraining high-grade metamorphism in Archean and Proterozoic Terranes, International Geological Congress, Oslo, Norway, 2008
Crowley, Q.G., Condon, D., Refining the mid-Triassic timescale, International Geological Congress, Oslo, Norway, 2008
Cooper, M., Noble, S.R., Crowley, Q.G., Merriman, R.J., A U-Pb zircon age constraint for the Ordovician Tyrone Plutonic Group ophiolite, Tyrone Igneous Complex, Northern Ireland: implications for plate models and Grampian orogenic amalgamation, Highland Workshop, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2008
Kokelaar, P., Neilson, J., Crowley, Q.G., New ages for Siluro-Devonian magmatism in the SW Scottish Highlands, Highland Workshop, 2008
Goodenough, K.M. Crowley, Q.G., Krabbendam, M. , Assessing the Laxford shear zone as a terrane boundary, Highland Workshop, 2008
Goodenough, K.M. Crowley, Q.G., Krabbendam, M., Assembling the basement of Scotland: the age of a terrane boundary at Loch Laxford, International Geological Congress, Oslo, Norway, 2008
Crowley, Q.G., Noble, S.R., Key, R.M. , Resolving timing of terrane amalgamation in the Lewisian, Highland Workshop, Edinburgh, Scotland, 2008
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.Projects
- Title
- IKC3
- Funding Agency
- HEA
- Date From
- 01/04/2022
- Title
- Radon Monitoring and Hazard Prediction in Ireland
- Summary
- This project utilises recently available high-resolution airborne gamma-ray spectrometry (radiometric) and soil geochemistry data from the Tellus projects of Ireland and indoor radon concentrations measured by the EPA. These datasets will be used in conjunction with other geological information (e.g. rock-type, presence of fracture systems, etc) to construct a high-resolution radon hazard map of Ireland. Selected test sites will be further studied using soil radon measurement in order to better understand factors affecting production, transport and accumulation of radon in the natural environment. Such mapping of radon-prone areas will ultimately help to inform when prevention and remediation measures are necessary. A reduction in radon exposure will result in a decreased likelihood of developing lung cancer and a corresponding lowering of the national health burden.
- Funding Agency
- Irish Research Council
- Date From
- 2016
- Date To
- 2018
- Title
- Developing a Cross-Border Radon Research Network in Ireland
- Summary
- This project aims to increase cross-border collaboration and knowledge exchange in Ireland in order to increase our understanding of the factors affecting radon distribution in both natural and built environments. Apart from the scientific objectives, this proposal will provide a forum on best practices of science communication in relation to links between geosciences, radiological protection and human health. The proposed network will involve interactions between researchers at the following: Trinity College Dublin (TCD), University College Dublin (UCD), National University of Ireland Galway (NUIG), Geological Survey of Ireland (GSI), Environmental Protection Agency (of Ireland; EPA), Health Service Executive (HSE), Geological Survey of Northern Ireland (GSNI), Queen's University Belfast (QUB), Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA), British Geological Survey (BGS) and Public Health England (PHE) Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards. Colleagues from mainland Europe will also be involved in discussions regarding EU funding.
- Funding Agency
- Irish Research Council
- Date From
- 2017
- Date To
- 2018
- Title
- Sr Isotopes and the Irish Biosphere
- Summary
- The objective of this research is to use strontium isotopes, expressed as 87Sr/86Sr, as a tracer for environmental processes, including 87Sr/86Sr variation during weathering and uptake into the biosphere through plants and animals. This is being realised by carrying out systematic and high-resolution geochemical sampling, using a variety of different media, to better understand the complexity of 87Sr/87Sr in the biosphere.
- Funding Agency
- Geological Survey of Ireland, Fulbright
- Date From
- 2013
- Date To
- 2017
- Title
- Refinement of high spatial resolution U-Pb geochronologic methodologies
- Summary
- Uranium-lead (U-Pb) geochronology is the most widely used radiometric dating tool in geologic time-scales from 800 thousand years to >4 billion years. The use of U-Pb geochronology underpins a broad range of geologic and environmental research topics and is of pivotal importance in our understanding of timescales and rates of processes operating in the natural environment. This proposed project will (1) investigate the chemical nature of mineral chronometers at the nano-scale, (2) develop the use of new mineral chronometers, (3) refine methodologies and data reduction protocols so as to improve accuracy and precision of micro-beam geochronologic measurements.
- Funding Agency
- University of Notre Dame
- Date From
- 2015
- Date To
- 2019
- Title
- Assessment of the Skeleton of the Cold-Water Coral Lophelia pertusa as a Tool for Palaeoenvironmental Reconstruction
- Summary
- This study aims to assess the fidelity of the cold-water coral Lophelia pertusa, the most common colonial species in modern waters, as a high-resolution archive for the marine environment. Numerous specimens have been studied from four locations in the NE Atlantic and Mediterranean Sea, including cores from a fossil colony of the Porcupine Seabight. This colony (located at 370 metres water depth) is the first to be described in the region at depths less than 500 metres.
- Funding Agency
- Higher Education Authority
- Date From
- 2011
- Date To
- 2016
- Title
- Irish Isotope Research Group Workshop
- Summary
- Naturally occurring isotopes may be used in many different applications in archaeological research. Such studies often employ novel strategies to investigate diet, geographic origin, mobility, provenance and antiquity. A large number of Ireland and internationally based researchers are currently applying isotopes to tackle fundamental questions in Irish archaeology. The Irish Isotope Research Group (IIRG; http://iirg.wordpress.com/) was recently established to provide a forum for researchers in this field to identify research collaborations and exchange knowledge. This application is to enhance the IIRG's ability to communicate the potential of Irish research by organising a conference and workshop with invited speakers.
- Funding Agency
- Irish Research Council
- Date From
- 2015
- Date To
- 2016
- Title
- Oxygenation of the Earth System in Deep Time
- Summary
- The Earth System has gone through several extreme changes since its formation over 4.5 billion years ago. One of the most important changes from an evolutionary perspective was atmospheric and oceanic oxygenation. This is conventionally thought to have occurred about 2.3 billion years ago, but new evidence suggests there was an earlier, transient oxygenation event 500-600 million years prior to this. The proposal deals with assembling key researchers in this field to progress our understanding of the causes, timing and effects of atmospheric oxygenation.
- Funding Agency
- Irish Research Council
- Date From
- 2014
- Date To
- 2015
- Title
- The Geological Evolution of the Haib Porphyry Cu-Mo Deposit
- Summary
- The Haib deposit was discovered in the late 1800's or early 1900's by German explorers but remained poorly understood until relatively recently. It was only recognised as a porphyry type deposit in the 1970's, and had been previously classed as a shear zone-hosted deposit. Knowledge of porphyry systems has greatly increased in the recent past, and this knowledge is now being applied to unravel the complex history of Haib. Geochemistry, petrography, U-Pb zircon and apatite age dating, as well as field relations are used in this study to define a new paragenesis of events that have affected the Haib deposit since its formation.
- Funding Agency
- TECK
- Date From
- 2013
- Date To
- 2016
- Title
- Geochronology and Gold Mineralisation in the Tasiat Terrane, Mauritania
- Summary
- This study is focussed on the Aouéouat greenstone belt and associated Tasiast gold deposit, both of which form part of the Tasiast-Tijirit Terrane, Mauritania. The Tasiast-Tijirit Terrane in turn forms part of the Reguibat Shield of the West African Craton. Neither the Tasiast gold deposit, nor the Aouéouat greenstone belt, have been studied in detail in the past. This thesis therefore represents the first comprehensive, modern geological study of the region. Original detailed petrography, geochronology and geochemistry are presented and used to elucidate the timing and formation of the Aouéouat greenstone belt, surrounding rocks, and also the Tasiast gold deposit itself. These new findings are discussed in relation to global Archean geology, in particular to that of crustal and mantle evolution, the advent of plate tectonics, and the development of a generic model for Archean orogenic gold deposits worldwide.
- Funding Agency
- Kinross
- Date From
- 2012
- Date To
- 2016
- Title
- Understanding Crustal Evolution of the Early Earth: The Singhbhum Craton, India
- Summary
- Our understanding of the Earth's early evolution in terms of crustal growth, development of habitable atmosphere-hydrosphere, development of biosphere and geodynamic processes is built upon studies of Archean-Proterozoic rock successions preserved as old cratonic nuclei and their cover sequences. The oldest among these geological terranes are Eoarchean (>3.6 billion years before present [Ga])-to-Paleoarchean (3.6-3.2 Ga) terranes. Although there has been considerable research conducted on several of these fragments of the Earth's ancient crust, one such sequence, the Singhbhum Craton of eastern India, has received relatively little attention. Radiometric age dating of key exposure of volcanic rocks and associated sediments within the Singhbhum Craton will provide new information on the mechanisms and time-scales of development of the Earth's early crust.
- Funding Agency
- Trinity College and SFI
- Date From
- 2010
- Date To
- 2010
- Title
- The Gander Zone in Ireland
- Summary
- Comparative terrane study between Newfoundland and Ireland investigating the presence or absence of a distinct peri-Gondwanan block. U-Pb age spectra of inherited ages in (meta) sediments, as well as U-Pb ages of inherited zircons and Sm-Nd isotope signatures (whole rock) from magmatic rocks will be used to characterise selected samples from SE Ireland and Newfoundland.
- Funding Agency
- Ireland Newfoundland Partnership and the Geological Survey of Ireland
- Date From
- 2009
- Date To
- 2011
- Title
- Quantifying the total gamma radiation and radon-thoron emanation rates from selected building materials in Ireland
- Funding Agency
- IRC
- Date From
- 01/09/2022
- Date To
- 31/082024
- Title
- Assessing the impacts of multiple stressors on cold-water corals and developing novel geochemical proxies for environmental change.
- Funding Agency
- SFI
Recognition
Representations
Expert Committee Member for the European Code Against Cancer, International Agency for Research on Cancer, World Health Organization
Co-Vice Chair, Governing Board, Climate-KIC (The EU's main Climate Innovation initiative)
Academic Consultant for the establishment of the Royal Dublin Society Circular Economy Awards
Steering Committee Member, Ireland's Knowledge Centre for Carbon, Climate, and Community
Reviewer of 100s of papers for international journals (e.g. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, Geodinamica Acta, Geology, Geological Journal, Geological Magazine, Geology Review, Geological Society of America Bulletin, Geoscientist, International Journal of Earth Sciences, Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, Journal of Asian Earth Sciences, Journal of the European Radon Association, Journal of Metamorphic Geology, Journal of the Geological Society, Lithos, Minerals, Periodico di Mineralogia, Polish Geological Institute (PGI), Precambrian Research, Tectonics, Tectonophysics, Terra Nova and Turkish Journal of Earth Sciences).
Reviewer of grant applications for numerous international bodies and agencies (e.g. Research Council of Norway, Research Grants Council (RGC) of Hong Kong, Czech Academy of Sciences, British Geological Survey, Agence Nationale de la Recherche, The Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences, United Arab Emirates University Research Grants).
Committee Member, Geosciences and Geographical Sciences, Royal Irish Academy
Governing Board, Douglas Hyde Gallery
Chief Editor, Journal of the Geological Society
Awards Committee, The Geological Society of London
National Representative, IGCP project 648 - Supercontinent Cycles & Global Geodynamics
Editorial Board, Irish Journal of Earth Sciences
Associate Editor, Geological Society of America Bulletin
Committee Member, European Plate Observing Systems (EPOS)
Subject Editor, Journal of the Geological Society, London
Awards and Honours
iCRAG Industry and Entrepreneurship Award
Sustainability Leadership Award, Trinity College Dublin
iCRAG Education and Public Engagement Champion
iCRAG Education and Public Engagement Champion
Master in Arts (jure officii), Trinity College Dublin
Elected Fellow of Trinity College Dublin
Elected Fellow of the Geological Society of London
EU Training and Mobility of Researchers Post-Doctoral Fellowship Award
Irish Geological Research Meeting (IGRM) prize for best student paper, Belfast, N. Ireland
National University of Ireland PhD Fellowship
National University Prize for highest grade in Geology at the B.Sc. (Honours) level
Forbairt Geoscience Technology Award
Memberships
The International 4 per 1000 Imitative
Royal Irish Academy
UArctic
Network of Arctic Researchers in Ireland (NARI)
Irish Cancer Epidemiology Research Group
European Radon Association
EIT Climate-KIC
Geochemical Society
Irish Isotopes Research Group
Geological Society, London
Mineralogical Society of America
European Union of Geosciences
Irish Geological Association