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Dr. John R Graham
Fellow Emeritus, Geology

Publications and Further Research Outputs

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Badley, M.E., Graham, J.R. and Leake, B.E., Linkage between tectonic events in Connemara and the evolution of the South Mayo Trough, Irish Journal of Earth Sciences, 42, 2024, p61 - 96 Journal Article, 2024

Michael E. Badley, John R Graham and Bernard E Leake, . Structural control of the deposition and subsequent deformation of the Killary Habour-Joyce Country Silurian succession., Irish Journal of Earth Sciences, 41, 2023, p1 - 26 Journal Article, 2023

The central Ox Mountains in, editor(s)Paul D Ryan , A field guide to the geology of western Ireland, Switzerland, Springer, 2022, pp107 - 130, [John R Graham] Book Chapter, 2022

Anders B., Tyrrell S., Chew D., O'sullivan G., Mark C., Graham J., Badenszki E., Murray J., Wildfires and Monsoons: Cryptic Drivers for Highly Variable Provenance Signals within a Carboniferous Fluvial System, Geosciences (Switzerland), 12, (1), 2022 Journal Article, 2022 DOI

Devonian and Carboniferous in, editor(s)Paul D Ryan , A field guide to the geology of western Ireland, Switzerland, Springer, 2022, pp363 - 404, [John R Graham] Book Chapter, 2022

The Silurian of north Galway and South Mayo in, editor(s)Paul D Ryan , A field guide to the geology of western Ireland, Switzerland, Springer, 2022, pp245 - 302, [John R Graham, John F Dewey and Paul D Ryan] Book Chapter, 2022

The Ordovician fore-arc and arc complex in, editor(s)Paul D. Ryan , A field guide to the geology of western Ireland, Switzerland, Springer, 2022, pp179 - 227, [Ryan, P.D., Dewey, J.F. and Graham, J.R.] Book Chapter, 2022

The Geology of Western Ireland: A Record of the `Birth' and `Death' of the Iapetus Ocean in, editor(s)Ryan, P.D. , A Field Guide to the Geology of Western Ireland, Springer Geology, 2022, pp405-421 , [Ryan, P.D., Chew, D.M., Cliff, R.A., Costanzo, A., Daly, J.S., Dewey, J.F., Feely, M., Fitzgerald, R., Flowerdew, M.J., Graham, J.R., Leake, B.E., Long, B., McAteer, C.A., McCaffrey, K., McCarthy, W., Menuge, J.F., Sanders, I.S., Scanlon, R., Yardley, B.W.D.] Book Chapter, 2022 DOI

John R Graham and Nancy R Riggs, A Lower Devonian age for the Corvock Granite and its significance for the structural history of South Mayo and the Laurentian margin of western Ireland, Canadian Journal of earth sciences, 59, (1), 2022, p1 - 11 Journal Article, 2022 URL

Sedimentary provenance of Silurian basins in western Ireland during Iapetus closure in, editor(s)Kuiper, Y. D., Murphy, J. B., Nance, R. D., Strachan, R. A. and Thompson, M. D. , New Developments in the Appalachian-Caledonian-Variscan Orogen:, 2022, pp17 , [Nancy R Riggs, Brian J. McConnell and John R Graham] Book Chapter, 2022

John R Graham and Michael E Badley, The geology of the Kilbride Peninsula and adjacent areas , County Mayo , and its significance for regional geological models. I, Irish journal of earth sciences, 39, 2021, p47 - 70 Journal Article, 2021

Anders, B., Tyrrell, S., Chew, D., Mark, C., O'Sullivan, G., Murray, J., Graham, J., Badenszki, E., Spatial variation in provenance signal: identifying complex sand sourcing within a Carboniferous basin using multiproxy provenance analysis, Journal of the Geological Society, 179, (1), 2021, pjgs2021-045 Journal Article, 2021 DOI

John R Graham, Geology of South Mayo, 1, Dublin, Geological Survey of Ireland, 2021, 1 - 158pp Book, 2021

Graham, J.R., Riggs, N.R. & McConnell, B., A reliable age for the Louisburgh Clare Island succession and its significance in the stabilisation of the Laurentian margin in Ireland., Irish Journal of Earth Sciences, 38, 2020, p5 - 14 Journal Article, 2020 URL

Graham, J.R. & Sevastopulko, G.D., The stratigraphy of latest Devonian and earliest Carboniferous rocks in Ireland, Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, 2020 Journal Article, 2020 URL

Graham, J.R., The structure and stratigraphical relations of the Lough Nafooey Group, South Mayo, Irish Journal of Earth Sciences, 37, 2019, p1 - 18 Journal Article, 2019 URL

Graham, J.R., The Mullaghmore Sandstone Formation of north-west Ireland: a regional Mississippian lowstand deposit., Irish Journal of Earth Sciences, 35, (:), 2017, p19 - 38 Journal Article, 2017 URL

Lacchia, A., Sevastopulo, G.D. & Graham, J.R., Mid-Carboniferous ammonoids from the Shannon Basin: identification of crushed material., Swiss Journal of Palaeontology, 135, (1), 2016, p75 - 85 Journal Article, 2016 URL

The Shannon Basin; structural setting and evolution in, editor(s)Best, J.L. and Wignall, P.B. , A field guide to the Carboniferous sediments of the Shannon Basin, western Ireland, Chichester, Wiley Blackwell, 2016, pp16 - 34, [Graham, J.R.] Book Chapter, 2016

John R Graham, The Carboniferous geology of north Mayo, Irish Journal of Earth Sciences, 28, 2010, p25 - 46 Journal Article, 2010

Ordovician of the North in, editor(s)C.H. Holland and I.S. Sanders , The Geology of Ireland 2nd edn, Edinburgh, Dunedin, 2009, pp43 - 68, [John R Graham] Book Chapter, 2009

Ordovician of the South in, editor(s)C.H. Holland and I.S. Sanders , The Geology of Ireland 2nd edn, Edinburgh, Dunedin, 2009, pp103 - 118, [John R Graham and Christopher J Stillman] Book Chapter, 2009

Variscan deformation and metamorphism in, editor(s)C.H. Holland and I.S. Sanders , The Geology of Ireland 2nd edn, Edinburgh, Dunedin, 2009, pp295 - 310, [John R Graham] Book Chapter, 2009

Devonian in, editor(s)C.H. Holland and I.S. Sanders , The Geology of Ireland 2nd edn, Edinburgh, Dundedin, 2009, pp175 - 214, [John R Graham] Book Chapter, 2009

John R Graham and George D Sevastopulo, Mississippian platform and basin successions from the Todrha Valley (northeastern Anti-Atlas), southern Morocco, Geological Journal, 43, 2008, p361 - 382 Journal Article, 2008 DOI

The regional bedrock geology in, editor(s)Coxon, P. , The Quaternary of central-western Ireland: Field Guide, London, Quaternary Research Association, 2005, pp2 - 6, [Graham, J.R.] Book Chapter, 2005

Chapman, M., Graham, J.R., Goodhue, R. & Coxon, P., Prehistoric drainage diversion in the Monavullagh Mountains, Co. Waterford, Decies, 61, 2005, p1 - 12 Journal Article, 2005

The Carboniferous rocks of Clare Island in, editor(s)Royal Irish Academy , New Survey of Clare Island: Volume II: Geology, Royal Irish Academy, 2001, pp75 - 86, [Graham, J.R.] Book Chapter, 2001

The Silurian rocks of southern Clare Island in, editor(s)Graham, J.R. , New Survey of Clare Island: Volume II: Geology, Royal Irish Academy, 2001, pp35 - 48, [Graham, J.R. ] Book Chapter, 2001

Ordovician in, editor(s)Holland, C.H. , The geology of Ireland, Dunedin Academic Press, 2001, pp80 - 116, [Graham, J.R.] Book Chapter, 2001

Peltoclados clarus Gen. and Sp. Nov., an enigmatic fossil with a possible Charophyte relationship, from Clare Island, County Mayo, Ireland in, editor(s)Graham, J.R. , New Survey of Clare Island: Volume II: Geology, Royal Irish Academy, 2001, pp49 - 62, [Evans, D.H. & Graham, J.R.] Book Chapter, 2001

The geology of Clare Island, perspective and problems in, editor(s)Graham, J.R. , New Survey of Clare Island: Volume II: Geology, Royal Irish Academy, 2001, pp1 - 18, [Graham, J.R.] Book Chapter, 2001

Devonian in, editor(s)Holland, C.H. , The geology of Ireland, Dunedin Academic Press, 2001, pp201 - 239, [Graham, J.R.] Book Chapter, 2001

Variscan Structures in, editor(s)Holland, C.H. , The geology of Ireland, Dunedin Academic Press, 2001, pp313 - 330, [Graham, J.R.] Book Chapter, 2001

Graham, J.R., Dinantian river systems and coastal zone sedimentation in North-west Ireland, Geological Society London Special Publication, 107, 1996, p183 - 206 Journal Article, 1996

Maguire, C.K. & Graham, J.R., Sedimentation and palaeogeographical significance of the Silurian rocks of the Louisburgh - Clare Island succession, western Ireland, Transactions Royal Society Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, 86, 1996, p123 - 136 Journal Article, 1996

Graham, J.R., Russell, K.J. & Stillman, C.J., Late Devonian magmatism in west Kerry and its relationship to the development of the Munster Basin, Irish Journal Earth Sciences, 15, 1995, p7 - 24 Journal Article, 1995

James, A. & Graham, J.R., Stratigraphy and structure of Devonian fluvial sediments, western Beara Peninsula, south-west Ireland, Geological Journal, 30, 1995, p165 - 182 Journal Article, 1995

Pre-Pleistocene geology of Clare Island in, editor(s)Coxon, P. & O'Connell, M. , Clare Island and Inishbofin, Irish Association for Quaternary Studies (IQUA), 1994, pp8 - 10, [Graham, J.R.] Book Chapter, 1994

Graham, J.R. & Clayton, G., Late Tournaisian conglomerates from County Donegal, NW Ireland; fault controlled sedimentation and overstep during basin extension, Irish Journal Earth Sciences, 13, 1994, p95 - 105 Journal Article, 1994

Naylor, D., Haughey, N., Clayton, G. & Graham, J.R., The Kish Bank Basin, , Petroleum Geology of Northwest Europe: Proceedings of 4th Conference, edited by Parker, J.R. , The Geological Society, London, 1993, pp845 - 855 Conference Paper, 1993

Graham, J.R., James, A. & Russell, K.J., Basin history deduced from subtle changes in fluvial style: a study of distal alluvium from the Devonian of southwest Ireland, Transactions Royal Society Edinburgh: Earth Sciences, 83, 1992, p655 - 667 Journal Article, 1992

A local source for the Ordovician Derryveeny Formation, Ireland: implications for the Connemara Dalradian in, editor(s)Morton, A.C., Todd, S.P. & Haughton, P.D.W. , Developments in Provenance Studies, Geological Society London Special Publication 57, 1991, pp199 - 213, [Graham, J.R., Wrafter, J.P., Daly, J.S. & Menuge, J.F.] Book Chapter, 1991

Murphy, F.C., Anderson, T.B., Daly, J.S., Gallagher, V., Graham, J.R., Harper, D.A.T., Johnston, J.D., Kennan, P.S., Kennedy, M.J., Long, C.B., Morris, J.H., O'Keeffe, W.G., Parkes, M., Ryan, P.D., Sloan, R.J., Stillman, C.J., Tietzsch-Tyler, D., Todd, S.P. & Wrafter, J.P., An appraisal of Caledonian suspect terranes in Ireland, Irish Journal Earth Sciences, 11, 1991, p11 - 41 Journal Article, 1991

Cotter, E. & Graham, J.R., Coastal plain sedimentation in the late Devonian of southern Ireland; hummocky cross stratification in fluvial deposits?, Sedimentary Geology, 72, 1991, p201 - 224 Journal Article, 1991

Graham, J.R., Leake, B.E. & Ryan, P.D., The geology of South Mayo, Scottish Academic Press, 1989, 75pp Book, 1989

Wrafter, J.P. & Graham, J.R., Ophiolitic detritus in the Ordovician sediments of South Mayo, western Ireland, Journal Geological Society London, 146, 1989, p213 - 215 Journal Article, 1989

Harper, D.A.T., Graham, J.R., Donovan, S.K. & Owen, A., An Ordovician fauna from the Lough Shee mudrocks, Partry Mountains, Co. Mayo, Ireland, Geological Journal, 23, 1988, p293 - 310 Journal Article, 1988

Devonian rocks in Ireland and their relation to adjacent regions in, editor(s)McMillan, N.J., Embry, A.F. & Glass, D.G. , Devonian of the world vol. 1, Canadian Society Petroleum Geologists, 1988, pp325 - 340, [Graham, J.R. & Clayton, G.] Book Chapter, 1988

Field based techniques in, editor(s)Tucker, M.E. , Techniques in Sedimentology, Blackwells, 1988, pp5 - 62, [Graham, J.R.] Book Chapter, 1988

Graham, J.R., The nature and field relations of the Ordovician Maumtrasna Formation, County Mayo, Ireland, Geological Journal, 22, 1987, p1 - 23 Journal Article, 1987

Clayton, G., Graham, J.R., Higgs, K., Sevastopulo, G.D. & Welsh, A., Late Devonian and early Carboniferous palaeogeography of southern Ireland and southwest Britain, Annales de la Societe geologique de Belgique, 109, 1986, p103 - 111 Journal Article, 1986

Graham, J.R., The Devonian of the Ox Mountains, Geological Survey of Ireland Guide Series, 4, 1984, p55 - 58 Journal Article, 1984

Analysis of the Upper Devonian Munster Basin, an example of a fluvial distributary system in, editor(s)Collinson, J.D. & Lewin, J. , Modern and ancient fluvial systems. Special Publication International Association Sedimentologists, 1983, pp473 - 483, [Graham, J.R.] Book Chapter, 1983

Graham, J.R., Clayton, G. & Richardson, J.B., The age of the Old Red Sandstone around Clew Bay, north-west Ireland, Transactions Royal Society Edinburgh, Earth Sciences, 73, 1983, p245 - 249 Journal Article, 1983

Graham, J.R., Transition from Basin plain to shelf in the Carboniferous flysch , Sedimentary Geology, 33, 1982, p173 - 194 Journal Article, 1982

Graham, J.R. & Pollard, J.E., Occurrence of the trace fossil Beaconites antarcticus in the Lower Carboniferous fluviatile rocks of County Mayo, Ireland, Palaeoecology, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeogeography, 38, 1982, p257 - 268 Journal Article, 1982

Graham, J.R., The 'Old Red Sandstone' of County Mayo, northwest Ireland, Geological Journal, 16, 1981, p157 - 173 Journal Article, 1981

Graham, J.R. & Smith, D.G., The age and significance of a small Lower Palaeozoic inlier in County Mayo, Journal Earth Sciences Royal Dublin Society, 3, 1981, p1 - 16 Journal Article, 1981

Graham, J.R., Fluvial sedimentation in the Lower Carboniferous of Clew Bay, County Mayo, Ireland, Sedimentary Geology, 30, 1981, p195 - 211 Journal Article, 1981

Clayton, G., Graham, J.R., Higgs, K., Holland, C.H. & Naylor, D., Devonian rocks in Ireland, a review, Journal Earth Sciences, Royal Dublin Society, 2, 1980, p161 - 183 Journal Article, 1980

Graham, J.R., Hancock, P.L. & Hobson, D.M., Anomalous bedding-cleavage relationships in Silurian rocks at Marloes Sands, Proceedings Geologists Association, S.W. Dyfed (Pembrokeshire), Wales, 88, 1977, pp179 - 181 Conference Paper, 1977

Reilly, T.A. & Graham, J.R., The stratigraphy of the Roaringwater Bay area of southwest County Cork, Bulletin Geological Survey Ireland, 2, 1976, p1 - 13 Journal Article, 1976

Graham, J.R. & Reilly, T.A., The stratigraphy of the area around Clonakilty Bay, south County Cork, Proceedings Royal Irish Academy, 76B, 1976, p379 - 391 Journal Article, 1976

Graham, J.R., Deposits of a near-coastal fluvial plain - the Toe Head Formation (Upper Devonian) of southwest County Cork, Eire, Sedimentary Geology, 14, 1975, p45 - 61 Journal Article, 1975

Graham, J.R., Analysis of an Upper Palaeozoic transgressive sequence in southwest County Cork, Eire, Sedimentary Geology, 13, 1975, p267 - 290 Journal Article, 1975

Clayton, G. & Graham, J.R., Miospore assemblages from the Devonian Sherkin Formation of southwest County Cork, Republic of Ireland, Pollen et Spores, 16, 1974, p565 - 588 Journal Article, 1974

Graham, J.R. & Reilly, T.A., The Sherkin Formation (Devonian) of southwest County Cork, Bulletin Geological Survey Ireland, 1, 1972, p281 - 300 Journal Article, 1972

Reilly, T.A. & Graham, J.R., The historical and geological setting of the Glandore Mines, southwest County Cork, Bulletin Geological Survey Ireland, 1, 1972, p253 - 265 Journal Article, 1972

Non-Peer-Reviewed Publications

Pre-Pleistocene geology of Clare Island in, editor(s)Pete Coxon and Mark Hennessy , The Quaternary of Clare Island, Dublin, IQUA, 2019, pp4 - 9, [Graham, J.R.] Book Chapter, 2019

Graham, J.R. & Ryan, A., Field trip guidebook, Dublin, International Association of Sedimentologists, 2000, 152pp Book, 2000

Research Expertise

Description

Clastic sediments. Geology of Ireland particularly Carboniferous, Devonian and Ordovician. Provenance studies. Variscan fold belt.

Recognition

Awards and Honours

Fellow of Trinity College Dublin 1985

Memberships

International Association of Sedimentologists

Society of Economic Palaeontologists and Mineralogists

Irish Geological Association