UCD School of Geological Sciences

'Fold Interference'. Image by Dr Martin Schöpfer.

UCD School of Geological Sciences - Research Publications 2008/09

Below is the list of research publications for the UCD School of Geological Sciences in the academic year 2008/09

Book Chapters

Books Edited

Peer Reviewed Journals

Other Journals

Conference Publications

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Book Chapters

Professor Christopher Bean
Vassalli, M., Longo, A., Montagna, C.P., O'Brien, G.S., Bean, C.J., Bisconti, L., Papale, P. and Saccorotti, G. (2009) 'An integrated method to model volcanic processes and associated geophysical signals' In: Bean, C.J., Braiden, A.K., Lokmer, I., Martini, F. and O'Brien, G.S (eds). VOLUME: VOLcanoes, Understanding subsurface mass moveMEnt. Dublin: VOLUME Consortium/Jaycee Printing.
Lokmer, I. and Bean, C.J. (2009) 'Characteristics of the near-field seismic observations in volcanic environments' In: Bean, C.J., Braiden, A.K., Lokmer, I., Martini, F. and O'Brien, G.S (eds). VOLUME: VOLcanoes, Understanding subsurface mass moveMEnt. Dublin: VOLUME Consortium/Jaycee Printing.
O'Brien, G.S. and Bean, C.J. (2009) 'Gas slug ascent in irregular volcanic conduits: Implications for recorded seismicity' In: Bean, C.J., Braiden, A.K., Lokmer, I., Martini, F. and O'Brien, G.S (eds). VOLUME: VOLcanoes, Understanding subsurface mass moveMEnt. Dublin: VOLUME Consortium/Jaycee Printing.
Bean, C.J., Lokmer, I. and O'Brien, G.S. (2009) 'Moment tensor inversion of Long Period signals: The effect of near surface velocity structure' In: Bean, C.J., Braiden, A.K., Lokmer, I., Martini, F. and O'Brien, G.S (eds). VOLUME: VOLcanoes, Understanding subsurface mass moveMEnt. Dublin: VOLUME Consortium/Jaycee Printing.
O'Brien, G.S., Lokmer, I., Stich, D. and Bean, C.J. (2009) 'Time reverse location and source radiation determination of synthetic volcanic tremor' In: Bean, C.J., Braiden, A.K., Lokmer, I., Martini, F. and O'Brien, G.S (eds). VOLUME: VOLcanoes, Understanding subsurface mass moveMEnt. Dublin: VOLUME Consortium/Jaycee Printing.
Martini, F., Bean, C.J. and Pandolfi, D. (2009) 'Using coda wave interferometry to detect velocity changes in volcanic environments: Application to Mt Vesuvius, Mt Etna, Fogo and Deception Island' In: Bean, C.J., Braiden, A.K., Lokmer, I., Martini, F. and O'Brien, G.S (eds). VOLUME: VOLcanoes, Understanding subsurface mass moveMEnt. Dublin: VOLUME Consortium/Jaycee Printing.
Dr Conrad Childs
Schöpfer, M.P.J., Childs, C. and Walsh, J.J. (2009) 'Two-dimensional Distinct Element Method (DEM) modeling of tectonic fault growth in mechanically layered sequences' In: Kolymbas, D. and Viggiani, G (eds). Mechanics of Natural Solids. Heidelberg: Springer, 127 - 146.
Professor Stephen Daly
Daly, J.S. (2009) 'Precambrian' In: Holland, C.H. and Sanders, I.S (eds). The Geology of Ireland. Edinburgh: Dunedin Academic Press Ltd. 7-42.
Mr Eoghan Holohan
Holohan E.P., Troll V.R., and Emeleus, C.H. (2009) 'Days 7,8,9 - The Southern Mountains Zone' In: Emeleus, C.H. and Troll V.R (eds). A Field Guide to the Palaeogene Igneous Rocks of the Isle of Rum, Scotland. Edinburgh: Royal Society of Edinburgh, 97 - 140.
Dr Ivan Lokmer
Lokmer, I. and Bean, C.J. (2009) 'Characteristics of the near-field seismic observations in volcanic environments' In: Bean, C.J., Braiden, A.K., Lokmer, I., Martini, F. and O'Brien, G.S (eds). VOLUME: VOLcanoes, Understanding subsurface mass moveMEnt. Dublin: VOLUME Consortium/Jaycee Printing.
Monteiller, V., Métaxian, J-P., Macedo, O., O'Brien, G.S., Lokmer, I. and Taipe, E. (2009) 'Moment-tensor inversion of Very Long Period explosion events recorded on the Ubinas volcano, Peru' In: Bean, C.J., Braiden, A.K., Lokmer, I., Martini, F. and O'Brien, G.S (eds). VOLUME: VOLcanoes, Understanding subsurface mass moveMEnt. Dublin: VOLUME Consortium/Jaycee Printing.
Bean, C.J., Lokmer, I. and O'Brien, G.S. (2009) 'Moment tensor inversion of Long Period signals: The effect of near surface velocity structure' In: Bean, C.J., Braiden, A.K., Lokmer, I., Martini, F. and O'Brien, G.S (eds). VOLUME: VOLcanoes, Understanding subsurface mass moveMEnt. Dublin: VOLUME Consortium/Jaycee Printing.
O'Brien, G.S., Lokmer, I., Stich, D. and Bean, C.J. (2009) 'Time reverse location and source radiation determination of synthetic volcanic tremor' In: Bean, C.J., Braiden, A.K., Lokmer, I., Martini, F., O'Brien, G.S (eds). VOLUME: VOLcanoes, Understanding subsurface mass moveMEnt. Dublin: VOLUME Consortium/Jaycee Printing.
Dr Francesca Martini
Martini, F., Bean, C.J. and Pandolfi, D. (2009) 'Using coda wave interferometry to detect velocity changes in volcanic environments: Application to Mt Vesuvius, Mt Etna, Fogo and Deception Island' In: Bean, C.J., Braiden, A.K., Lokmer, I., Martini, F. and O'Brien, G.S (eds). VOLUME: VOLcanoes, Understanding subsurface mass moveMEnt. Dublin: VOLUME Consortium/Jaycee Printing.
Dr Gareth Shane O'Brien
Vassalli, M., Longo, A., Montagna, C.P., O'Brien, G.S., Bean, C.J., Bisconti, L., Papale, P. and Saccorotti, G. (2009) 'An integrated method to model volcanic processes and associated geophysical signals' In: Bean, C.J., Braiden, A.K., Lokmer, I., Martini, F. and O'Brien, G.S (eds). VOLUME: VOLcanoes, Understanding subsurface mass moveMEnt. Dublin: VOLUME Consortium/Jaycee Printing.
O'Brien, G.S., Lokmer, I., Stich, D. and Bean, C.J. (2009) 'Time reverse location and source radiation determination of synthetic volcanic tremor' In: Bean, C.J., Braiden, A.K., Lokmer, I., Martini, F. and O'Brien, G.S (eds). VOLUME: VOLcanoes, Understanding subsurface mass moveMEnt. Dublin: VOLUME Project Consortium/Jaycee Printing.
Monteiller, V., Métaxian, J-P., Macedo, O., O'Brien, G.S., Lokmer, I. and Taipe, E. (2009) 'Moment-tensor inversion of Very Long Period explosion events recorded on the Ubinas volcano, Peru' In: Bean, C.J., Braiden, A.K., Lokmer, I., Martini, F. and O'Brien, G.S (eds). VOLUME: VOLcanoes, Understanding subsurface mass moveMEnt. Dublin: VOLUME Consortium/Jaycee Printing.
Bean, C., Lokmer, I. and O'Brien, G.S. (2009) 'Moment tensor inversion of Long period signals: The effect of near surface velocity structure' In: Bean, C.J., Braiden, A.K., Lokmer, I., Martini, F. and O'Brien, G.S (eds). VOLUME: VOLcanoes, Understanding subsurface mass moveMEnt. Dublin: VOLUME Consortium/Jaycee Printing.
O'Brien, G.S. and Bean, C.J. (2009) 'Gas slug ascent in irregular volcanic conduits: Implications for recorded seismicity' In: Bean, C.J., Braiden, A.K., Lokmer, I., Martini, F. and O'Brien, G.S (eds). VOLUME: VOLcanoes, Understanding subsurface mass moveMEnt. Dublin: VOLUME Consortium/Jaycee Printing.
Dr Martin Schöpfer
Schöpfer, M.P.J., Childs, C. and Walsh, J.J. (2009) 'Two-dimensional Distinct Element Method (DEM) modeling of tectonic fault growth in mechanically layered sequences' In: Kolymbas, D. and Viggiani, G (eds). Mechanics of Natural Solids. Heidelberg: Springer, 127 - 146.
Professor Patrick M Shannon
Naylor, D. and Shannon, P.M. (2009) 'Geology of Offshore Ireland' In: Holland, C.H. and Sanders, I.S (eds). The Geology of Ireland. Edinburgh: Dunedin Academic Press Ltd. 405-460.
Dr Melissa Vassalli
Vassalli, M., Longo, A., Montagna, C.P., O'Brien, G.S., Bean, C.J., Bisconti, L., Papale, P. and Saccorotti, G. (2009) 'An integrated method to model volcanic processes and associated geophysical signals' In: Bean, C.J., Braiden, A.K., Lokmer, I., Martini, F. and O'Brien, G.S (eds). VOLUME: VOLcanoes, Understanding subsurface mass moveMEnt. Dublin: VOLUME Consortium/Jaycee Printing.
Professor John Walsh
Schöpfer, M.P.J., Childs, C. and Walsh, J.J. (2009) 'Two-dimensional Distinct Element Method (DEM) modeling of tectonic fault growth in mechanically layered sequences' In: Kolymbas, D. and Viggiani, G (eds). Mechanics of Natural Solids. Heidelberg: Springer, 127 - 146.

Professor Christopher Bean
Bean, C.J., Braiden, A.K., Lokmer, I., Martini, F. and O'Brien, G.S (Ed.). (2009) VOLUME: VOLcanoes, Understanding subsurface mass moveMEnt. Dublin: VOLUME Consortium/Jaycee Printing.
Dr Aoife Braiden
Bean, C.J., Braiden, A.K., Lokmer, I., Martini, F. and O'Brien, G.S (Ed.). (2009) VOLUME: VOLcanoes, Understanding subsurface mass moveMEnt. Dublin: VOLUME Consortium/Jaycee Printing.
Dr Ivan Lokmer
Bean, C.J., Braiden, A.K., Lokmer, I., Martini, F. and O'Brien, G.S (Ed.). (2009) VOLUME: VOLcanoes, Understanding subsurface mass moveMEnt. Dublin: VOLUME Consortium/Jaycee Printing.
Dr Francesca Martini
Bean, C.J., Braiden, A.K., Lokmer, I., Martini, F. and O'Brien, G.S (Ed.). (2009) VOLUME: VOLcanoes, Understanding subsurface mass moveMEnt. Dublin: VOLUME Consortium/Jaycee Printing.
Dr Gareth Shane O'Brien
Bean, C.J., Braiden, A.K., Lokmer, I., Martini, F. and O'Brien, G.S (Ed.). (2009) VOLUME: VOLcanoes, Understanding subsurface mass moveMEnt. Dublin: VOLUME Consortium/Jaycee Printing.
Dr Patrick Orr
Powell, W.G. and Orr, P.J (Ed.). (2009) Paleoenvironments and taphonomy of Cambrian Lagerstatten. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology (June 2009), vol 277, issues 1-2: Elsevier.

Professor Christopher Bean
O'Brien, G.S., Bean, C.J. and Tapamo, H. (2009) 'Dispersion analysis and computational efficiency of Elastic Lattice methods for seismic wave propagation'. Computers & Geosciences, 35 :1768-1775.
Lokmer, I., O'Brien, G.S., Stich, D. and Bean, C.J. (2009) 'Time reverse imaging of synthetic volcanic tremor sources'. Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L12308 .
Zaccarelli L., Pandolfi D., Bianco F., Saccorotti G., Bean C.J. and Del Pezzo E. (2009) 'Temporal changes in seismic wave propagation towards the end of the 2002 Mt Etna eruption'. Geophysical Journal International, 178 (3):1779-1788.
Möllhoff, M. and Bean, C.J. (2009) 'Validation of elastic wave measurements of rock fracture compliance using numerical discrete particle simulations'. Geophysical Prospecting, 57 (5):883-895.
O'Brien, G.S. and Bean, C.J. (2009) 'Volcano topography, structure and intrinsic attenuation: their relative influences on a simulated 3D visco-elastic wavefield'. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 183 :123-137.
Martini, F., Bean, C.J., Saccorotti, G., Viveiros, F. and Wallenstein, N. (2009) 'Seasonal cycles of seismic velocity variations detected using coda wave interferometry at Fogo volcano, São Miguel, Azores, during 2003-2004'. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 181 (3-4):231-246.
Mr Cédric Bulois
Lericolais, G., Bulois, C., Gillet, H. and Guichard, F. (2009) 'High frequency sea level fluctuations recorded in the Black Sea since the LGM'. Global and Planetary Change, 66 (1-2):65-75.
Dr Conrad Childs
Walsh, J.J., Childs, C. and Manzocchi, T. (2009) 'The structure, content and growth of fault zones within sedimentary sequences'. Bulletin for Applied Geology, 13 (2):59-62.
Childs, C., Sylta, Ø., Moriya, S., Morewood, N., Manzocchi, T., Walsh, J.J. and Hermanssen, D. (2009) 'Calibrating fault seal using a hydrocarbon migration model of the Oseberg Syd area, Viking Graben'. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 26 :764-774.
Childs, C., Manzocchi, T., Walsh, J.J., Bonson, C.G., Nicol, A. and Schöpfer, M.P.J. (2009) 'A geometric model of fault zone and fault rock thickness variations'. Journal of Structural Geology, 31 :117-127.
Schöpfer, M.P.J., Abe, S., Childs, C. and Walsh, J.J. (2009) 'The impact of porosity and crack density on the elasticity, strength and friction of cohesive granular materials: Insights from DEM modelling'. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 46 :250-261.
Professor Stephen Daly
O'Driscoll, B., Day, J.M.D., Daly, J.S., Walker, R.J. and McDonough, W.F. (2009) 'Rhenium-osmium isotopes and platinum-group elements in the Rum Layered Suite, Scotland:Implications for Cr-spinel seam formation and the composition of the Iceland mantle anomaly'. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 286 :41-51.
Slagstad, T., Culshaw, N.G., Daly, J. S. and Jamieson, R.A. (2009) 'Western Grenville Province holds key to midcontinental Granite-Rhyolite Province enigma'. Terra Nova, 21 :181-187.
O'Driscoll, B., Donaldson, C.H., Daly, J.S. and Emeleus, C.H. (2009) 'The roles of melt infiltration and cumulate assimilation in the formation of anorthosite and a Cr-spinel seam in the Rum Eastern Layered Intrusion, NW Scotland'. Lithos, 111 :6-20.
Hauser, F., O'Reilly, B.M., Readman, P.W., Daly, J. S. and Van den Berg, R. (2008) 'Constraints on crustal structure and composition within a continental suture zone in the Irish Caledonides from shear-wave wide-angle reflection data and lower crustal xenoliths'. Geophysical Journal International, 175 :1254-1272.
Kirkland, C.L., Daly, J.S., Chew, D.M. and Page, L.M. (2008) 'The Finnmarkian Orogeny revisited: An isotopic investigation in eastern Finnmark, Arctic Norway'. Tectonophysics, 460 :158-177.
Gagnevin, D., Daly, J.S. and Poli, G. (2008) 'Insights into granite petrogenesis from quantitative assessment of the field distribution of enclaves, xenoliths and K-feldspar megacrysts in the Monte Capanne Pluton, Italy'. Mineralogical Magazine, 72 :925-940.
Dr Damien Gagnevin
Gagnevin D., Daly J.S. and Poli G. (2008) 'Insights into granite petrogenesis from quantitative assessment of the field distribution of enclaves, xenoliths and K-feldspar megacrysts in the Monte Capanne pluton, Italy'. Mineralogical Magazine, 72 (4):925-940.
Dr Aggeliki Georgiopoulou
Frenz, M., Wynn, R.B., Georgiopoulou, A., Bender, V.B., Hough, G., Masson, D.G., Talling, P.J. and Cronin, B.T. (2009) 'Provenance and pathways of late Quaternary turbidites in the deep-water Agadir Basin, northwest African margin'. International Journal of Earth Sciences, 98 (4):721-733.
Dr Franz Hauser
Readman, P.W., Hauser, F., O'Reilly, B.M. and Do, V.C. (2009) 'Crustal anisotropy in southwest Ireland from analysis of controlled source shear-wave data'. Tectonophysics, 474 (3-4):571-583.
Hauser, F., O'Reilly, B.M., Readman, P.W., Daly, J.S., and Van den Berg, R. (2008) 'Constraints on crustal structure and composition within a continental suture zone in the Irish Caledonides from shear wave wide-angle reflection data and lower crustal xenoliths'. Geophysical Journal International, 175 :1254-1272.
Mr Eoghan Holohan
Holohan E.P., Troll V.R., Errington M., Donaldson C.H., Nicoll G.R. and Emeleus, C.H. (2009) 'The Southern Mountains Zone, Isle of Rum, Scotland: volcano-sedimentary processes upon an uplifted and subsided magma chamber roof'. Geological Magazine, 146 (3):400-418.
Nicoll, G., Holness, M., Troll, V., Donaldson, C., Holohan, E., Emeleus H., and Chew D. (2009) 'Early mafic magmatism and crustal anatexis on the Isle of Rum: evidence from the Am Màm intrusion breccia'. Geological Magazine, 146 (3):368-381.
Brown, D.J., Holohan E.P., and Bell, B.R. (2009) 'Sedimentary and volcano-tectonic processes in the British Palaeogene Igneous Province: A review'. Geological Magazine, 146 (3):326-352.
Ms Vanessa Johnston
Johnston, V.E. and McDermott, F. (2008) 'The distribution of meteoric Cl-36 in precipitation across Europe in spring 2007'. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 275 :154-164.
Dr Kristin Jonsdottir
Jónsdóttir, K., Roberts, R., Pohjola, V., Lund, B., Shomali, Z.H., Tryggvason, A. and Böðvarsson, R. (2009) 'Glacial long period seismic events at Katla volcano, Iceland'. Geophysical Research Letters, 36, (11) L11402 .
Dr Ivan Lokmer
Lokmer, I., O'Brien, G.S., Stich, D. and Bean, C.J. (2009) 'Time reverse imaging of synthetic volcanic tremor sources'. Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L12308 .
Dr Tom Manzocchi
Walsh, J.J., Childs, C. and Manzocchi, T. (2009) 'The structure, content and growth of fault zones within sedimentary sequences'. Bulletin for Applied Geology, 13 (2):59-62.
Childs, C., Manzocchi, T., Walsh, J. J., Bonson, C., Nicol, A. and Schopfer, M. P. J. (2009) 'A geometric model of fault zone and fault rock thickness variations'. Journal of Structural Geology, 31 :117-127.
Childs, C., Sylta, Ø., Moriya, S., Morewood, N., Manzocchi, T., Walsh, J.J. and Hermanssen, D. (2009) 'Calibrating fault seal using a hydrocarbon migration model of the Oseberg Syd area, Viking Graben'. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 26 :764-774.
Dr Francesca Martini
Martini, F., Bean C.J., Saccorotti G., Viveiros F. and Wallenstein, N. (2009) 'Seasonal cycles of seismic velocity variations detected using coda wave interferometry at Fogo volcano, São Miguel, Azores, during 2003-2004'. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 181 (3-4):231-246.
Professor Frank McDermott
Johnston, V.E. and McDermott, F. (2008) 'The distribution of meteoric Cl-36 in precipitation across Europe in spring 2007'. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 275 :154-164.
Dr Maria McNamara
McNamara, M.E., Orr, P.J., Kearns, S.L., Alcalá, L., Anadón, P. and Peñalver Mollá, E. (2009) 'Soft-tissue preservation in Miocene frogs from Libros, Spain: Insights into the genesis of decay microenvironments'. Palaios, 24 :104-117.
Mr Martin Möllhoff
Möllhoff, M. and Bean, C.J. (2009) 'Validation of elastic wave measurements of rock fracture compliance using numerical discrete particle simulations'. Geophysical Prospecting, 57 (5):883-895.
Dr Gareth Shane O'Brien
O'Brien, G.S., Bean, C.J. and Tapamo, H. (2009) 'Dispersion analysis and computational efficiency of Elastic Lattice methods for seismic wave propagation'. Computers & Geosciences, 35 :1768-1775.
Lokmer, I., O'Brien, G.S., Stich, D. and Bean, C.J. (2009) 'Time reverse imaging of synthetic volcanic tremor sources'. Geophysical Research Letters, 36, L12308 .
O'Brien, G.S. and Bean, C.J. (2009) 'Volcano topography, structure and intrinsic attenuation: their relative influences on a simulated 3D visco-elastic wavefield'. Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, 183 :123-137.
Drakakis, K., Rickard, S., Beard, J., Caballero, R., Lorio, F., O'Brien, G.S. and Walsh, J. (2008) 'Results of the enumeration of Costas arrays of order 27'. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 54 (10):4684-4687.
Dr Patrick Orr
Kearns, S.L. and Orr, P.J. (2009) 'Charge contrast imaging of exceptionally-preserved fossils'. Palaeontology, 52 :673-680.
Wang Yue, Jih-Pai Lin, Zhao Yuanlong, and Patrick J. Orr (2009) 'Palaeoecology of the trace fossil Gordia and its interaction with nonmineralizing taxa from the early Middle Cambrian Kaili biota, Guizhou Province, south China'. Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology, 277 :141-148.
Orr, P.J., Kearns, S.L. and Briggs, D.E.G. (2009) 'Elemental mapping of exceptionally preserved carbonaceous compression fossils'. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 277 :1-8.
McNamara, M.E., Orr, P.J., Kearns, S.L., Alcalá, L., Anadón, P. and Peñalver Mollá, E. (2009) 'Soft-tissue preservation in Miocene frogs from Libros, Spain: Insights into the genesis of decay microenvironments'. Palaios, 24 :104-117.
Michael J. Benton, Zhou Zhonghe, Patrick J. Orr, Zhang Fucheng, and Stuart L. Kearns (2008) 'The remarkable fossils from the Early Cretaceous Jehol biota of China and how they have changed our knowledge of Mesozoic life'. Proceedings of the Geologists Association, 119 :209-228.
Dr Martin Schöpfer
Childs, C., Manzocchi, T., Walsh, J.J., Bonson, C.G., Nicol, A. and Schöpfer, M.P.J. (2009) 'A geometric model of fault zone and fault rock thickness variations'. Journal of Structural Geology, 31 :117-127.
Schöpfer, M.P.J., Abe, S., Childs, C. and Walsh, J.J. (2009) 'The impact of porosity and crack density on the elasticity, strength and friction of cohesive granular materials: Insights from DEM modelling'. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 46 :250-261.
Professor Ian Somerville
Johnson, A.W., Shelton, K.L., Gregg, J.M., Somerville, I.D., Nagy, Z.R., Becker, S.P. and Wright, W.R. (2009) 'Regional studies of dolomites and their included fluids: recognizing multiple chemically distinct fluids during the complex diagenetic history of the Lower Carboniferous (Mississippian) rocks of the Irish Zn-Pb ore field'. Mineralogy & Petrology, 96 (1):1-18.
Cozar, P., Vachard, D., Somerville, I.D., Berkhli, M., Medina-Varea, P., Rodriguez, S. and Said, I. (2008) 'Late Visean-Serpukovian foraminiferans and calcareous algae from the Adarouch region (central Morocco), North Africa'. Geological Journal, 43 (4):463-485.
Ms Katerina Stolfova
Martínek K., Stolfová K. (2009) 'Provenance study of Permian non-marine sandstones and conglomerates of the Krkonose Piedmont Basin (Czech Republic): exotic marine limestone pebbles, heavy minerals and garnet composition'. Bulletin of Geosciences, 84 (3):555-568.
Professor John Walsh
Walsh, J.J., Childs, C. and Manzocchi, T. (2009) 'The structure, content and growth of fault zones within sedimentary sequences'. Bulletin for Applied Geology, 13 (2):59-62.
Childs, C., Sylta, Ø., Moriya, S., Morewood, N., Manzocchi, T., Walsh, J.J. and Hermanssen, D. (2009) 'Calibrating fault seal using a hydrocarbon migration model of the Oseberg Syd area, Viking Graben'. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 26 :764-774.
Mouslopoulou, V., Walsh, J. J. & Nicol, A. (2009) 'Fault displacement rates on a range of timescales'. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 278 :186-197.
Childs, C., Manzocchi, T., Walsh, J.J., Bonson, C.G., Nicol, A. and Schöpfer, M.P.J. (2009) 'A geometric model of fault zone and fault rock thickness variations'. Journal of Structural Geology, 31 :117-127.
Schöpfer, M.P.J., Abe, S., Childs, C. and Walsh, J.J. (2009) 'The impact of porosity and crack density on the elasticity, strength and friction of cohesive granular materials: Insights from DEM modelling'. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 46 :250-261.
Schöpfer, M.P.J., Abe, S., Childs, C. & Walsh, J.J. (2009) 'The impact of porosity and crack density on the elasticity, strength and friction of cohesive granular materials: Insights from DEM modelling'. International Journal of Rock Mechanics and Mining Sciences, 46 :250-261.
Drakakis, K., Rickard, S., Beard, J., Caballero, R., Lorio, F., O'Brien, G.S. and Walsh, J. (2008) 'Results of the enumeration of Costas arrays of order 27'. IEEE Transactions on Information Theory, 54 (10):4684-4687.
Dr Yongtai Yang
Yang, Y., and Miall, A. (2009) 'Evolution of the northern Cordilleran foreland basin during the mid-Cretaceous'. Bulletin of the Geological Society of America, 121 :483-501.
Yang, Y., and Miall, A. (2008) 'Marine transgressions in the mid-Cretaceous of the Cordilleran foreland basin re-interpreted as orogenic unloading deposits'. Bulletin of Canadian Petroleum Geology, 56 :179-198.

Ms Arzu Arslan
Schöpfer M.P.J., Childs C., Walsh J.J., Abe S., Arslan A., and Holohan E.P. (2008) Distinct Element Method (DEM) Modelling of Laboratory to Outcrop-Scale Fracturing of Natural Rocks. [Paper No. 129-4] Joint Meeting of The Geological Society of America, Houston, USA, 105 - 106
Ms Eszter Badenszki
Badenszki, E., Daly, J.S. and Horstwood M.S.A. (2009) Deep crustal xenoliths from the Scottish Midland Valley Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 19th Annual VM Goldschmidt Conference, Davos, Switzerland, A68
Ms Lucie Baudouy

Patacci, M., McCaffrey, W.D., Haughton, P.D.W.H. and Baudouy, L. (2009) Lateral variability of turbidite beds close to confining slopes AAPG Annual Convention, Denver, Colorado, USA, Abstracts
Professor Christopher Bean
Bean, C.J. (2009) Volcano source processes: Lessons from combined high resolution field data and computational seismology. (invited) Seminar Series, Ludwig-Maximilians-University, Munich, Germany
Bean, C.J., O'Brien, G.S., De Barros, L., Murphy, S., Lokmer, I., Saccorotti, G., Patanè, D. and Métaxian, J-P. (2009) Constraining Volcano Source Rheology and Mechanisms: 3D Full Wavefield Simulations and Very High Resolution Observations From Mt Etna. (invited) AGU 2009 Joint Assembly, Eos Transactions, 90(22), V32B-08.
Bean, C.J. and O'Brien, G.S. (2009) Numerical tools for modelling the origins of seismic signals on volcanoes EGU General Assembly 2009, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 11, EGU2009-13809
Bean, C.J. and O'Brien, G.S. (2009) Seismic signatures of sub-surface fluid motion: Numerical simulations and field observations. (invited) EGU General Assembly 2009, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 11, EGU2009-13185-1
Montagna, C.P., Longo, A., Vassalli, M., Papale, P., Saccorotti, G., O'Brien, G.S. and Bean, C.J. (2009) Influence of dyke geometry on the dynamics of magma flow and associated ground displacement and seismic signals EGU General Assembly 2009, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 11, EGU2009-12805
Murphy, S. and Bean C. J. (2008) Generating low frequency radiation from stick slip rupture AGU Fall Meeting, Eos Transactions, 89(53), S41A-1830
Murphy, S. and Bean, C.J. (2008) The effects that local media and stress play in earthquake rupture ESF-FWF Conference: New challenges in Earthquake Dynamics: Observing and Modelling a multiscale system, Innsbruck, Austria, Abstracts
Bean, C.J., Cociani, L. and Lyon-Caen, H. (2008) Seismic velocity changes associated with the Agios Ioanis M= 4.3 event in the Gulf of Corinth, Greece: Possible evidence for static stress change induced fault unclamping ESF-FWF Conference: New challenges in Earthquake Dynamics: Observing and Modelling a multiscale system, Innsbruck, Austria, Abstracts
Dr Conrad Childs
Schöpfer M.P.J., Childs C., Walsh J.J., Abe S., Arslan A., and Holohan E.P. (2008) Distinct Element Method (DEM) Modelling of Laboratory to Outcrop-Scale Fracturing of Natural Rocks. [Paper No. 129-4] Joint Meeting of The Geological Society of America, Houston, USA, 105 - 106
Childs, C., Manzocchi, T., Walsh, J.J., Bonson, C., Nicol, A. and Schöpfer, M.P.J. (2008) A geometric model for the development of fault zone and fault rock thickness variations Fault Zones Structure, Mechanics and Fluid Flow, Geological Society of London, UK, 64
Mr Lorenzo Cociani
Bean, C.J., Cociani, L. and Lyon-Caen, H. (2008) Seismic velocity changes associated with the Agios Ioanis M= 4.3 event in the Gulf of Corinth, Greece: Possible evidence for static stress change induced fault unclamping ESF-FWF Conference: New challenges in Earthquake Dynamics: Observing and Modelling a multiscale system, Innsbruck, Austria, Abstracts
Professor Stephen Daly
Badenszki, E., Daly, J.S. and Horstwood M.S.A. (2009) Deep crustal xenoliths from the Scottish Midland Valley Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 19th Annual VM Goldschmidt Conference, Davos, Switzerland, A68
Tyrrell, S., Haughton, P.D.W., Daly, J.S. and Shannon, P.M. (2009) Constraining palaeodrainage and reservoir sandstone distribution using the Pb isotopic composition of detrital K-feldspar sand grains: Examples from NW European margin basins 7th Petroleum Geology Conference: From Mature Basins to New Frontiers, London, 89
Dr Louis De Barros
De Barros, L. and Dietrich, M. (2009) Estimation of poroelastic parameters from seismograms using Biot theory The Fourth Biot Conference on Poromechanics, Columbia University, New York, 540 - 546
Bean, C.J., O'Brien, G.S., de Barros, L., Murphy, S., Lokmer, I., Saccorotti, G., Patanè, D. and Métaxian, J-P. (2009) Constraining Volcano Source Rheology and Mechanisms: 3D Full Wavefield Simulations and Very High Resolution Observations From Mt Etna. (invited) AGU 2009 Joint Assembly, Eos Transactions, 90(22), V32B-08.
Mr Marc Oliver Giba
Giba, M., Walsh, J.J. and Nicol, A. (2009) Relationship between normal faulting and volcanic activity in the Taranaki backarc basin, New Zealand EGU General Assembly 2009, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 11, EGU2009-1071
Dr Peter D W Haughton
Patacci, M., McCaffrey, W.D., Haughton, P.D.W.H. and Baudouy, L. (2009) Lateral variability of turbidite beds close to confining slopes AAPG Annual Convention, Denver, Colorado, USA, Abstracts
Patacci, M., McCaffrey, W.D. and Haughton, P.D.W. (2009) Ponding of Experimental Turbidity Currents: Flow Behaviour and Deposit Implications AAPG Annual Convention, Denver, Colorado, USA, Abstracts
Tyrrell, S., Haughton, P.D.W., Daly, J.S. and Shannon, P.M. (2009) Constraining palaeodrainage and reservoir sandstone distribution using the Pb isotopic composition of detrital K-feldspar sand grains: Examples from NW European margin basins 7th Petroleum Geology Conference: From Mature Basins to New Frontiers, London, 89
Redfern, J., Williams, B., Shannon, P., Leleu, S., Fabuel-Perez, I., Tyrrell, S., Haughton, P., Van Lanen, X., Stolfova, K., Hodgetts, D., Baudon, C. and Speksnijder, A. (2009) An integrated study of Permo-Triassic basins along the North Atlantic passive margin: Implications for future exploration 7th Petroleum Geology Conference: From Mature Basins to New Frontiers, London, 54
Dr Franz Hauser
O'Reilly, B.M., Hauser, F. and Readman, P.W. (2009) A seismic study of the fine scale structure of the upper lithosphere within the Irish Caledonides: the VARNET-96 project re-visited EGU General Assembly 2009, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 11, EGU2009-4345
Readman, P.W., Hauser, F., O'Reilly, B.M. and Do, V.C. (2009) How anisotropic is the Irish crust? Results from wide-angle shear-wave data EGU General Assembly 2009, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 11, EGU2009-9733-1
Mr Eoghan Holohan
Schöpfer M.P.J., Childs C., Walsh J.J., Abe S., Arslan A., and Holohan E.P. (2008) Distinct Element Method (DEM) Modelling of Laboratory to Outcrop-Scale Fracturing of Natural Rocks [Paper No. 129-4] Joint Meeting of The Geological Society of America, Houston, U.S.A, 105 - 106
Holohan E.P., Van Wyk de Vries B., Troll V.R., Walter T.R., and Walsh J.J. (2008) Influences of Magma Chamber Ellipticity on Ring Fracturing and Eruption at Collapse Calderas Collapse Calderas Workshop 2008, Querétaro, Mexico. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 3, 012018
Dr Ivan Lokmer
Bean, C.J., O'Brien, G.S., De Barros, L., Murphy, S., Lokmer, I., Saccorotti, G., Patanè, D. and Métaxian, J-P. (2009) Constraining Volcano Source Rheology and Mechanisms: 3D Full Wavefield Simulations and Very High Resolution Observations From Mt Etna. (invited) AGU 2009 Joint Assembly, Eos Transactions, 90(22), V32B-08.
Dr Tom Manzocchi
Childs, C., Manzocchi, T., Walsh, J.J., Bonson, C., Nicol, A. and Schöpfer, M.P.J. (2008) A geometric model for the development of fault zone and fault rock thickness variations Fault Zones Structure, Mechanics and Fluid Flow, Geological Society of London, UK, 64
Dr Francesca Martini
Martini, F. and the OVSICORI-UNA Volcano Monitoring Group (2009) Analysis and multidisciplinary interpretation of seismic observations: understanding the unrest at Turrialba volcano (Costa Rica) EGU General Assembly 2009, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 11, EGU2009-12399
Martini F., and OVSICORI-UNA Volcano Monitoring Group (2008) Unrest of Turrialba volcano (Costa Rica): analysis and multidisciplinary interpretation of seismic observations ESC working group, IASPEI/IAVCEI Inter-Association Commission on Volcano Seismology, Managua and Leon, Nicaragua, Abstracts
Professor Frank McDermott
Rudzka, D. and McDermott, F. (2009) The response of recalcitrant soil organic matter to climate change; insights from speleothems EGU General Assembly 2009, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 11, EGU2009-5449
Rooney, D., Hutchens, E., Clipson, N. and McDermott, F. (2009) Microbial community diversity associated with moonmilk deposits in a karstic cave system in Ireland EGU General Assembly 2009, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 11, EGU2009-2901
McDermott, F. (2009) Spatio-temporal gradients in d18O among Northern hemisphere Holocene speleothems; decpihering temperature, aridity and moisture transport effects EGU General Assembly 2009, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 11, EGU2009-10651-2
Dr Maria McNamara
McNamara, M. and Orr, P.J. (2008) Experimental degradation of vertebrates: taphonomy of keratinous tissues and implications for the fossil record Palaeontological Association 52nd Annual Meeting, Abstracts Volume Palaeontological Association Newsletter 66, supplement, 29
Dr Shane Murphy
Murphy, S. and Bean C. J. (2008) Generating low frequency radiation from stick slip rupture AGU Fall Meeting, Eos Transactions, 89(53), S41A-1830
Murphy, S. and Bean C. J. (2008) The effects that local media and stress play in earthquake rupture ESF-FWF Conference: New Challenges in Earthquake Dynamics: Observing and Modelling a Multi-scale System, Innsbruck, Austria, Abstracts
Dr Gareth Shane O'Brien
Bean, C.J., O'Brien, G.S., De Barros, L., Murphy, S., Lokmer, I., Saccorotti, G., Patanè, D. and Métaxian, J-P. (2009) Constraining Volcano Source Rheology and Mechanisms: 3D Full Wavefield Simulations and Very High Resolution Observations From Mt Etna. (invited) AGU 2009 Joint Assembly, Eos Transactions, 90(22), V32B-08.
Montagna, C.P., Longo, A., Vassalli, M., Papale, P., Saccorotti, G., O'Brien, G.S. and Bean, C.J. (2009) Influence of dyke geometry on the dynamics of magma flow and associated ground displacement and seismic signals EGU General Assembly 2009, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 11, EGU2009-12805
Bean, C.J. and O'Brien, G.S. (2009) Numerical tools for modelling the origins of seismic signals on volcanoes EGU General Assembly 2009, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 11, EGU2009-13809
Bean, C.J. and O'Brien, G.S. (2009) Seismic signatures of sub-surface fluid motion: Numerical simulations and field observations. (invited) EGU General Assembly 2009, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 11, EGU2009-13185-1
Dr Patrick Orr
Orr, P.J., Kearns, S.L., Briggs, D.E.G., Fraser, N.C., Johnson, D., Kilburn, M. and Wade, J. (2008) Soft tissue preservation in Late Triassic lacustrine deposits from Solite Quarry, Virginia, USA Palaeontological Association 52nd Annual Meeting, Abstracts Volume Palaeontological Association Newsletter 66, supplement, 30
McNamara, M. and Orr, P.J. (2008) Experimental degradation of vertebrates: taphonomy of keratinous tissues and implications for the fossil record Palaeontological Association 52nd Annual Meeting, Abstracts Volume Palaeontological Association Newsletter 66, supplement, 29
Mr Marco Patacci
Patacci, M., McCaffrey, W.D. and Haughton, P.D.W. (2009) Ponding of Experimental Turbidity Currents: Flow Behaviour and Deposit Implications AAPG Annual Convention, Denver, Colorado, USA, Abstracts
Patacci, M., McCaffrey, W.D., Haughton, P.D.W.H. and Baudouy, L. (2009) Lateral variability of turbidite beds close to confining slopes AAPG Annual Convention, Denver, Colorado, USA, Abstracts
Ms Dominika Rudzka
Rudzka, D. and McDermott, F. (2009) The response of recalcitrant soil organic matter to climate change; insights from speleothems EGU General Assembly 2009, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 11, EGU2009-5449
Dr Martin Schöpfer
Schöpfer M.P.J., Childs C., Walsh J.J., Abe S., Arslan A., and Holohan E.P. (2008) Distinct Element Method (DEM) Modelling of Laboratory to Outcrop-Scale Fracturing of Natural Rocks [Paper No. 129-4] Joint Meeting of The Geological Society of America, Houston, USA, 105 - 106
Childs, C., Manzocchi, T., Walsh, J.J., Bonson, C., Nicol, A. and Schöpfer, M.P.J. (2008) A geometric model for the development of fault zone and fault rock thickness variations Fault Zones Structure, Mechanics and Fluid Flow, Geological Society of London, UK, Abstracts Volume, 64,
Professor Patrick M Shannon
Tyrrell, S., Haughton, P.D.W., Daly, J.S. and Shannon, P.M. (2009) Constraining palaeodrainage and reservoir sandstone distribution using the Pb isotopic composition of detrital K-feldspar sand grains: Examples from NW European margin basins 7th Petroleum Geology Conference: From Mature Basins to New Frontiers, London, 89
Redfern, J., Williams, B., Shannon, P., Leleu, S., Fabuel-Perez, I., Tyrrell, S., Haughton, P., Van Lanen, X., Stolfova, K., Hodgetts, D., Baudon, C. and Speksnijder, A. (2009) An integrated study of Permo-Triassic basins along the North Atlantic passive margin: Implications for future exploration 7th Petroleum Geology Conference: From Mature Basins to New Frontiers, London, 54
Ms Katerina Stolfova
Redfern, J., Williams, B., Shannon, P., Leleu, S., Fabuel-Perez, I., Tyrrell, S., Haughton, P., Van Lanen, X., Stolfova, K., Hodgetts, D., Baudon, C. and Speksnijder, A. (2009) An integrated study of Permo-Triassic basins along the North Atlantic passive margin: Implications for future exploration 7th Petroleum Geology Conference: From Mature Basins to New Frontiers, London, 54
Dr Shane Tyrrell
Redfern, J., Williams, B., Shannon, P., Leleu, S., Fabuel-Perez, I., Tyrrell, S., Haughton, P., Van Lanen, X., Stolfova, K., Hodgetts, D., Baudon, C. and Speksnijder, A. (2009) An integrated study of Permo-Triassic basins along the North Atlantic passive margin: Implications for future exploration 7th Petroleum Geology Conference: From Mature Basins to New Frontiers, London, 54
Tyrrell, S., Haughton, P.D.W., Daly, J.S. and Shannon, P.M. (2009) Constraining palaeodrainage and reservoir sandstone distribution using the Pb isotopic composition of detrital K-feldspar sand grains: Examples from NW European margin basins 7th Petroleum Geology Conference: From Mature Basins to New Frontiers, London, 89
Dr Peter Van Roy
Van Roy, P. (2008) The Oldest Horseshoe Crabs (Early Ordovician, Morocco) and the Origins of the Xiphosurid Thoracetron 2008 Joint Annual Meeting GSA-SSSA-ASA-CSSA-GCAGS-HGS, Houston, USA, 340-11
Van Roy, P. (2008) Xiphosurans from the Lower Ordovician of Morocco 5. Bonner Palaeoentomologen Treffen, Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universitaet Bonn, Bonn, Germany, Abstracts
Dr Melissa Vassalli
Montagna, C.P., Longo, A., Vassalli, M., Papale, P., Saccorotti, G., O'Brien, G.S. and Bean, C.J. (2009) Influence of dyke geometry on the dynamics of magma flow and associated ground displacement and seismic signals EGU General Assembly 2009, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 11, EGU2009-12805
Saccorotti, G., Vassalli, M., Papale, P., Longo, A. (2008) Geophysical signature of shallow magma chamber replenishment GNGTS Congress 2008, Trieste, Italy, 79 - 80
Professor John Walsh
Giba, M., Walsh, J.J. and Nicol, A. (2009) Relationship between normal faulting and volcanic activity in the Taranaki backarc basin, New Zealand EGU General Assembly 2009, Geophysical Research Abstracts, Vol. 11, EGU2009-1071
Holohan E.P., Van Wyk de Vries B., Troll V.R., Walter T.R., and Walsh J.J. (2008) Influences of Magma Chamber Ellipticity on Ring Fracturing and Eruption at Collapse Calderas Collapse Calderas Workshop 2008, Querétaro, Mexico. IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science 3, 012018
Schöpfer M.P.J., Childs C., Walsh J.J., Abe S., Arslan A., and Holohan E.P. (2008) Distinct Element Method (DEM) Modelling of Laboratory to Outcrop-Scale Fracturing of Natural Rocks [Paper No. 129-4] Joint Meeting of The Geological Society of America, Houston, USA, 105 - 106
Childs, C., Manzocchi, T., Walsh, J.J., Bonson, C., Nicol, A. and Schöpfer, M.P.J. (2008) A geometric model for the development of fault zone and fault rock thickness variations Fault Zones Structure, Mechanics and Fluid Flow, Geological Society of London, UK, 64