Overview
Background
Professor Trevor Ireland has research interests that span geochronology, isotope geochemistry through to cosmochemistry. The common link between these areas is the use of in situ microanalysis of geological and extraterrestrial samples by focused ion beam methodologies. He has current research topics aligned with the asteroid sample return missions to Ryugu and Bennu by the JAXA Hayabusa2 and NASA Osiris REx missions respectively; Samples of Ryugu are currently being prepared for distribution and analysis. Professor Ireland obtained his PhD at The Australian National University and following appointments at Washington University in St Louis, Max-Planck-Institut in Mainz, UCLA and Stanford, before he returned to lead the SHRIMP (Sensitive High Resolution Ion MicroProbe) Group at ANU. Professor Ireland has taken up an appointment to establish a SHRIMP analytical facility at UQ.
Availability
- Professor Trevor Ireland is:
- Available for supervision
Qualifications
- Doctor of Philosophy, Australian National University
Works
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2025
Journal Article
Triple-oxygen isotopes of stony micrometeorites by secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS): Olivine, basaltic glass and iron oxide matrix effects for sensitive high-mass resolution ion microprobe-stable isotope (SHRIMP-SI)
McKibbin, Seann J., Ávila, Janaína N., Ireland, Trevor R., Van Ginneken, Matthias, Soens, Bastien, Van Maldeghem, Flore, Huber, Matthew, Baeza, Leonardo, Patkar, Aditya, Vanhaecke, Frank, Debaille, Vinciane, Claeys, Philippe and Goderis, Steven (2025). Triple-oxygen isotopes of stony micrometeorites by secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS): Olivine, basaltic glass and iron oxide matrix effects for sensitive high-mass resolution ion microprobe-stable isotope (SHRIMP-SI). Rapid Communications in Mass Spectrometry, 39 (1) e9921. doi: 10.1002/rcm.9921
2024
Other Outputs
New Caledonia SHRIMP C-SiC Reduced
Aitchison, Jonathan and Ireland, Trevor (2024). New Caledonia SHRIMP C-SiC Reduced. The University of Queensland. (Dataset) doi: 10.48610/b03e178
2024
Journal Article
The Ni isotopic composition of Ryugu reveals a common accretion region for carbonaceous chondrites
Spitzer, Fridolin, Kleine, Thorsten, Burkhardt, Christoph, Hopp, Timo, Yokoyama, Tetsuya, Abe, Yoshinari, Aléon, Jérôme, O’D Alexander, Conel M., Amari, Sachiko, Amelin, Yuri, Bajo, Ken-ichi, Bizzarro, Martin, Bouvier, Audrey, Carlson, Richard W., Chaussidon, Marc, Choi, Byeon-Gak, Dauphas, Nicolas, Davis, Andrew M., Di Rocco, Tommaso, Fujiya, Wataru, Fukai, Ryota, Gautam, Ikshu, Haba, Makiko K., Hibiya, Yuki, Hidaka, Hiroshi, Homma, Hisashi, Hoppe, Peter, Huss, Gary R., Ichida, Kiyohiro ... Yurimoto, Hisayoshi (2024). The Ni isotopic composition of Ryugu reveals a common accretion region for carbonaceous chondrites. Science Advances, 10 (39) eadp2426, eadp2426. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adp2426
2024
Journal Article
Hydrogen in magnetite from asteroid Ryugu
Aléon, J., Mostefaoui, S., Bureau, H., Vangu, D., Khodja, H., Nagashima, K., Kawasaki, N., Abe, Y., Alexander, C. M. O'd., Amari, S., Amelin, Y., Bajo, K., Bizzarro, M., Bouvier, A., Carlson, R. W., Chaussidon, M., Choi, B. G., Dauphas, N., Davis, A. M., Di Rocco, T., Fujiya, W., Fukai, R., Gautam, I., Haba, M. K., Hibiya, Y., Hidaka, H., Homma, H., Hoppe, P., Huss, G. R. ... Yurimoto, H. (2024). Hydrogen in magnetite from asteroid Ryugu. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 59 (8), 2058-2072. doi: 10.1111/maps.14139
2024
Journal Article
Effect of chemical abrasion of zircon on SIMS U-Pb, δ<sup>18</sup>O, trace element, and LA-ICPMS trace element and Lu-Hf isotopic analyses
Kooymans, Cate, Magee Jr., Charles W., Waltenberg, Kathryn, Evans, Noreen J., Bodorkos, Simon, Amelin, Yuri, Kamo, Sandra L. and Ireland, Trevor (2024). Effect of chemical abrasion of zircon on SIMS U-Pb, δ18O, trace element, and LA-ICPMS trace element and Lu-Hf isotopic analyses. Geochronology, 6 (3), 337-363. doi: 10.5194/gchron-6-337-2024
2024
Conference Publication
Geochemical Quantification of Olivine Minerals by Atom Probe Tomography
Saxey, David W., Fougerouse, Denis, Dimitriou, Dimitris, Barnes, Jessica J., Rickard, William D. A., Timms, Nicholas E., Jourdan, Fred, Reddy, Steven M., Bland, Phillip A., Ireland, Trevor R., Nguyen, Ann, Connolly, Harold C. and Lauretta, Dante S. (2024). Geochemical Quantification of Olivine Minerals by Atom Probe Tomography. M&M 2024, Cleveland, OH United States, 28 July – 1 August 2024. Oxford, United Kingdom: Oxford University Press. doi: 10.1093/mam/ozae044.032
2024
Journal Article
Pyrrhotites in asteroid 162173 Ryugu: Records of the initial changes on their surfaces with aqueous alteration
Yui, Hiroharu, Urashima, Shu-hei, Onose, Morihiko, Morita, Mayu, Komatani, Shintaro, Nakai, Izumi, Abe, Yoshinari, Terada, Yasuko, Homma, Hisashi, Motomura, Kazuko, Ichida, Kiyohiro, Yokoyama, Tetsuya, Nagashima, Kazuhide, Aléon, Jérôme, M. O’D. Alexander, Conel, Amari, Sachiko, Amelin, Yuri, Bajo, Ken-ichi, Bizzarro, Martin, Bouvier, Audrey, Carlson, Richard W., Chaussidon, Marc, Choi, Byeon-Gak, Dauphas, Nicolas, Davis, Andrew M., Fujiya, Wataru, Fukai, Ryota, Gautam, Ikshu, Haba, Makiko K. ... Yurimoto, Hisayoshi (2024). Pyrrhotites in asteroid 162173 Ryugu: Records of the initial changes on their surfaces with aqueous alteration. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 379, 172-183. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2024.06.016
2024
Journal Article
Disequilibrium oxygen isotope distribution among aqueously altered minerals in Ryugu asteroid returned samples
Kita, Noriko T., Kitajima, Kouki, Nagashima, Kazuhide, Kawasaki, Noriyuki, Sakamoto, Naoya, Fujiya, Wataru, Abe, Yoshinari, Aleon, Jerome, Alexander, Conel M. O'D., Amari, Sachiko, Amelin, Yuri, Bajo, Ken-ichi, Bizzarro, Martin, Bouvier, Audrey, Carlson, Richard W., Chaussidon, Marc, Choi, Byeon-Gak, Dauphas, Nicolas, Davis, Andrew M., Di Rocco, Tommaso, Fukai, Ryota, Gautam, Ikshu, Haba, Makiko K., Hibiya, Yuki, Hidaka, Hiroshi, Homma, Hisashi, Hoppe, Peter, Huss, Gary R., Ichida, Kiyohiro ... Yurimoto, Hisayoshi (2024). Disequilibrium oxygen isotope distribution among aqueously altered minerals in Ryugu asteroid returned samples. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 59 (8), 2097-2116. doi: 10.1111/maps.14163
2024
Journal Article
Pervasive aqueous alteration in the early Solar System revealed by potassium isotopic variations in Ryugu samples and carbonaceous chondrites
Hu, Yan, Moynier, Frédéric, Dai, Wei, Paquet, Marine, Yokoyama, Tetsuya, Abe, Yoshinari, Aléon, Jérôme, Alexander, Conel M. O'D., Amari, Sachiko, Amelin, Yuri, Bajo, Ken-ichi, Bizzarro, Martin, Bouvier, Audrey, Carlson, Richard W., Chaussidon, Marc, Choi, Byeon-Gak, Dauphas, Nicolas, Davis, Andrew M., Di Rocco, Tommaso, Fujiya, Wataru, Fukai, Ryota, Gautam, Ikshu, Haba, Makiko K., Hibiya, Yuki, Hidaka, Hiroshi, Homma, Hisashi, Hoppe, Peter, Huss, Gary R., Ichida, Kiyohiro ... Yurimoto, Hisayoshi (2024). Pervasive aqueous alteration in the early Solar System revealed by potassium isotopic variations in Ryugu samples and carbonaceous chondrites. Icarus, 409 115884. doi: 10.1016/j.icarus.2023.115884
2024
Journal Article
Zirconium isotope composition indicates s-process depletion in samples returned from asteroid Ryugu
Schönbächler, Maria, Fehr, Manuela A., Yokoyama, Tetsuya, Gautam, Ikshu, Nakanishi, Nao, Abe, Yoshinari, Aléon, Jérôme, Alexander, Conel, Amari, Sachiko, Amelin, Yuri, Bajo, Ken-ichi, Bizzarro, Martin, Bouvier, Audrey, Carlson, Richard W., Chaussidon, Marc, Choi, Byeon-Gak, Dauphas, Nicolas, Davis, Andrew M., Di Rocco, Tommaso, Fujiya, Wataru, Fukai, Ryota, Haba, Makiko K., Hibiya, Yuki, Hidaka, Hiroshi, Homma, Hisashi, Hoppe, Peter, Huss, Gary R., Ichida, Kiyohiro, Iizuka, Tsuyoshi ... Yurimoto, Hisayoshi (2024). Zirconium isotope composition indicates s-process depletion in samples returned from asteroid Ryugu. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 60 (1), 3-16. doi: 10.1111/maps.14279
2023
Journal Article
Analysis of cation composition in dolomites on the intact particles sampled from asteroid Ryugu
Morita, Mayu, Yui, Hiroharu, Urashima, Shu-Hei, Onose, Morihiko, Komatani, Shintaro, Nakai, Izumi, Abe, Yoshinari, Terada, Yasuko, Homma, Hisashi, Motomura, Kazuko, Ichida, Kiyohiro, Yokoyama, Tetsuya, Nagashima, Kazuhide, Aléon, Jérôme, O’D. Alexander, Conel M., Amari, Sachiko, Amelin, Yuri, Bajo, Ken-Ichi, Bizzarro, Martin, Bouvier, Audrey, Carlson, Richard W., Chaussidon, Marc, Choi, Byeon-Gak, Dauphas, Nicolas, Davis, Andrew M., Fujiya, Wataru, Fukai, Ryota, Gautam, Ikshu, Haba, Makiko K. ... Yurimoto, Hisayoshi (2023). Analysis of cation composition in dolomites on the intact particles sampled from asteroid Ryugu. Analytical Chemistry, 96 (1), 170-178. doi: 10.1021/acs.analchem.3c03463
2023
Journal Article
Nucleosynthetic s-process depletion in Mo from Ryugu samples returned by Hayabusa2
Nakanishi, N., Yokoyama, T., Ishikawa, A., Walker, R. J., Abe, Y., Aléon, J., O'D Alexander, C. M., Amari, S., Amelin, Y., Bajo, K. I., Bizzarro, M., Bouvier, A., Carlson, R. W., Chaussidon, M., Choi, B. G., Dauphas, N., Davis, A. M., Di Rocco, T., Fujiya, W., Fukai, R., Gautam, I., Haba, M. K., Hibiya, Y., Hidaka, H., Homma, H., Hoppe, P., Huss, G. R., Ichida, K., Iizuka, T. ... Yurimoto, H. (2023). Nucleosynthetic s-process depletion in Mo from Ryugu samples returned by Hayabusa2. Geochemical Perspectives Letters, 28, 31-36. doi: 10.7185/geochemlet.2341
2023
Journal Article
Neodymium‐142 deficits and samarium neutron stratigraphy of C‐type asteroid (162173) Ryugu
Torrano, Zachary A., Jordan, Michelle K., Mock, Timothy D., Carlson, Richard W., Gautam, Ikshu, Haba, Makiko K., Yokoyama, Tetsuya, Abe, Yoshinari, Aléon, Jérôme, Alexander, Conel, Amari, Sachiko, Amelin, Yuri, Bajo, Ken‐ichi, Bizzarro, Martin, Bouvier, Audrey, Chaussidon, Marc, Choi, Byeon‐Gak, Dauphas, Nicolas, Davis, Andrew M., Di Rocco, Tommaso, Fujiya, Wataru, Fukai, Ryota, Hibiya, Yuki, Hidaka, Hiroshi, Homma, Hisashi, Hoppe, Peter, Huss, Gary R., Ichida, Kiyohiro, Iizuka, Tsuyoshi ... Yurimoto, Hisayoshi (2023). Neodymium‐142 deficits and samarium neutron stratigraphy of C‐type asteroid (162173) Ryugu. Meteoritics and Planetary Science, 59 (8), 1966-1982. doi: 10.1111/maps.14109
2023
Journal Article
The magnesium isotope composition of samples returned from asteroid Ryugu
Bizzarro, Martin, Schiller, Martin, Yokoyama, Tetsuya, Abe, Yoshinari, Aléon, Jérôme, Alexander, Conel M. O’D., Amari, Sachiko, Amelin, Yuri, Bajo, Ken-ichi, Bouvier, Audrey, Carlson, Richard W., Chaussidon, Marc, Choi, Byeon-Gak, Dauphas, Nicolas, Davis, Andrew M., Di Rocco, Tommaso, Fujiya, Wataru, Fukai, Ryota, Gautam, Ikshu, Haba, Makiko K., Hibiya, Yuki, Hidaka, Hiroshi, Homma, Hisashi, Hoppe, Peter, Huss, Gary R., Ichida, Kiyohiro, Iizuka, Tsuyoshi, Ireland, Trevor R., Ishikawa, Akira ... Yurimoto, Hisayoshi (2023). The magnesium isotope composition of samples returned from asteroid Ryugu. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 958 (2) L25, 1-9. doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/ad09d9
2023
Journal Article
Water circulation in Ryugu asteroid affected the distribution of nucleosynthetic isotope anomalies in returned sample
Yokoyama, Tetsuya, Wadhwa, Meenakshi, Iizuka, Tsuyoshi, Rai, Vinai, Gautam, Ikshu, Hibiya, Yuki, Masuda, Yuki, Haba, Makiko K., Fukai, Ryota, Hines, Rebekah, Phelan, Nicole, Abe, Yoshinari, Aléon, Jérôme, Alexander, Conel M. O’D., Amari, Sachiko, Amelin, Yuri, Bajo, Ken-ichi, Bizzarro, Martin, Bouvier, Audrey, Carlson, Richard W., Chaussidon, Marc, Choi, Byeon-Gak, Dauphas, Nicolas, Davis, Andrew M., Di Rocco, Tommaso, Fujiya, Wataru, Hidaka, Hiroshi, Homma, Hisashi, Hoppe, Peter ... Yurimoto, Hisayoshi (2023). Water circulation in Ryugu asteroid affected the distribution of nucleosynthetic isotope anomalies in returned sample. Science Advances, 9 (45) eadi7048, 1-11. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adi7048
2023
Journal Article
Beyond zircon fingerprinting: Zircon and TiO2 polymorphs constrain genealogy and evolution of the New Caledonian ophiolite
Patias, Daniel, Zhou, Renjie, Aitchison, Jonathan C., Cluzel, Dominique, Ireland, Trevor, Lian, Dongyang and Yang, Jingsui (2023). Beyond zircon fingerprinting: Zircon and TiO2 polymorphs constrain genealogy and evolution of the New Caledonian ophiolite. Chemical Geology, 644 121841, 121841. doi: 10.1016/j.chemgeo.2023.121841
2023
Journal Article
Multiple fluid sources in skarn systems: Oxygen isotopic evidence from the Haobugao Zn-Fe-Sn deposit in the southern Great Xing'an Range, NE China
Liu, Lijie, Zhou, Taofa, Fu, Bin, Ireland, Trevor R., Zhang, Dayu, Liu, Guangxian, Yuan, Feng, Zha, Xiangping and White, Noel C. (2023). Multiple fluid sources in skarn systems: Oxygen isotopic evidence from the Haobugao Zn-Fe-Sn deposit in the southern Great Xing'an Range, NE China. American Mineralogist, 108 (10), 1957-1972. doi: 10.2138/am-2022-8523
2023
Journal Article
The oxygen isotopic composition of samples returned from asteroid Ryugu with implications for the nature of the parent planetesimal
Tang, Haolan, Young, Edward D., Tafla, Lauren, Pack, Andreas, Di Rocco, Tommaso, Abe, Yoshinari, Aléon, Jérôme, M. O’D. Alexander, Conel, Amari, Sachiko, Amelin, Yuri, Bajo, Ken-ichi, Bizzarro, Martin, Bouvier, Audrey, Carlson, Richard W., Chaussidon, Marc, Choi, Byeon-Gak, Dauphas, Nicolas, Davis, Andrew M., Fujiya, Wataru, Fukai, Ryota, Gautam, Ikshu, Haba, Makiko K., Hibiya, Yuki, Hidaka, Hiroshi, Homma, Hisashi, Hoppe, Peter, Huss, Gary R., Ichida, Kiyohiro, Iizuka, Tsuyoshi ... Yurimoto, Hisayoshi (2023). The oxygen isotopic composition of samples returned from asteroid Ryugu with implications for the nature of the parent planetesimal. The Planetary Science Journal, 4 (8) 144. doi: 10.3847/psj/acea62
2023
Journal Article
Abundant presolar grains and primordial organics preserved in carbon-rich exogenous clasts in asteroid Ryugu
Nguyen, Ann. N., Mane, Prajkta, Keller, Lindsay P., Piani, Laurette, Abe, Yoshinari, Aléon, Jérôme, Alexander, Conel M. O'D., Amari, Sachiko, Amelin, Yuri, Bajo, Ken-ichi, Bizzarro, Martin, Bouvier, Audrey, Carlson, Richard W., Chaussidon, Marc, Choi, Byeon-Gak, Dauphas, Nicolas, Davis, Andrew M., Di Rocco, Tommaso, Fujiya, Wataru, Fukai, Ryota, Gautam, Ikshu, Haba, Makiko K., Hibiya, Yuki, Hidaka, Hiroshi, Homma, Hisashi, Hoppe, Peter, Huss, Gary R., Ichida, Kiyohiro, Iizuka, Tsuyoshi ... Yurimoto, Hisayoshi (2023). Abundant presolar grains and primordial organics preserved in carbon-rich exogenous clasts in asteroid Ryugu. Science Advances, 9 (28) eadh1003, 1-11. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.adh1003
2023
Journal Article
Carbonate record of temporal change in oxygen fugacity and gaseous species in asteroid Ryugu
Fujiya, Wataru, Kawasaki, Noriyuki, Nagashima, Kazuhide, Sakamoto, Naoya, O’D. Alexander, Conel M., Kita, Noriko T., Kitajima, Kouki, Abe, Yoshinari, Aléon, Jérôme, Amari, Sachiko, Amelin, Yuri, Bajo, Ken-ichi, Bizzarro, Martin, Bouvier, Audrey, Carlson, Richard W., Chaussidon, Marc, Choi, Byeon-Gak, Dauphas, Nicolas, Davis, Andrew M., Di Rocco, Tommaso, Fukai, Ryota, Gautam, Ikshu, Haba, Makiko K., Hibiya, Yuki, Hidaka, Hiroshi, Homma, Hisashi, Hoppe, Peter, Huss, Gary R., Ichida, Kiyohiro ... Yurimoto, Hisayoshi (2023). Carbonate record of temporal change in oxygen fugacity and gaseous species in asteroid Ryugu. Nature Geoscience, 16 (8), 675-682. doi: 10.1038/s41561-023-01226-y
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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Doctor Philosophy
Halogens in mantle xenoliths as proxies for global volatile cycling
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Paulo Vasconcelos, Associate Professor Mark Kendrick
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Doctor Philosophy
Halogens and noble gases in serpentinite-blueschist associated jadeitites
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Associate Professor Teresa Ubide Garralda, Associate Professor Mark Kendrick
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Doctor Philosophy
Halogens in mantle xenoliths as proxies for global volatile cycling
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Paulo Vasconcelos, Associate Professor Mark Kendrick
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