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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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
2023
Book Chapter
Light stable isotopes (H, B, C, O and S) in ore studies—methods, theory, applications and uncertainties
Huston, David L., Trumbull, Robert B., Beaudoin, Georges and Ireland, Trevor (2023). Light stable isotopes (H, B, C, O and S) in ore studies—methods, theory, applications and uncertainties. Isotopes in economic geology, metallogenesis and exploration. (pp. 209-244) edited by David Huston and Jens Gutzmer. Cham, Switzerland: Springer Cham. doi: 10.1007/978-3-031-27897-6_8
2023
Journal Article
Hydrogen isotopic composition of hydrous minerals in asteroid Ryugu
Piani, Laurette, Nagashima, Kazuhide, Kawasaki, Noriyuki, Sakamoto, Naoya, Bajo, Ken-ichi, Abe, Yoshinari, Aléon, Jérôme, O’D. Alexander, Conel M., Amari, Sachiko, Amelin, Yuri, 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). Hydrogen isotopic composition of hydrous minerals in asteroid Ryugu. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 946 (2) L43, L43. doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/acc393
2023
Journal Article
Author Correction: Contribution of Ryugu-like material to Earth’s volatile inventory by Cu and Zn isotopic analysis
Paquet, Marine, Moynier, Frederic, Yokoyama, Tetsuya, Dai, Wei, Hu, Yan, 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 (2023). Author Correction: Contribution of Ryugu-like material to Earth’s volatile inventory by Cu and Zn isotopic analysis. Nature Astronomy, 7 (5), 633-633. doi: 10.1038/s41550-023-01938-6
2023
Journal Article
Samples returned from the asteroid Ryugu are similar to Ivuna-type carbonaceous meteorites
Yokoyama, Tetsuya, Nagashima, Kazuhide, Nakai, Izumi, Young, Edward D., 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). Samples returned from the asteroid Ryugu are similar to Ivuna-type carbonaceous meteorites. Science, 379 (6634) eabn7850, eabn7850-+. doi: 10.1126/science.abn7850
2023
Conference Publication
U-Pb dating and trace element analysis of zircon and apatite in chromitite: constraints on the forearc evolution of the New Caledonia Ophiolite
Patias, Daniel, Zhou, Renjie, Aitchison, Jonathan, Ireland, Trevor and Cluzel, Dominique (2023). U-Pb dating and trace element analysis of zircon and apatite in chromitite: constraints on the forearc evolution of the New Caledonia Ophiolite. Goldschmidt2023, Lyon, France, 9-14 July 2023. Paris, France: European Association of Geochemistry. doi: 10.7185/gold2023.19010
2023
Conference Publication
Superimposed orogeny as key to gold hotspot formation at the north Peruvian Gondwana margin
Wiemer, Daniel, Hagemann, Steffen G., Kemp, Anthony I. S., Hronsky, Jon, Martin, Laure, Ireland, Trevor, Thebaud, Nicholas and Villanes, Carlos (2023). Superimposed orogeny as key to gold hotspot formation at the north Peruvian Gondwana margin. 17th Biennial Meeting of the Society-for-Geology-Applied-to-Mineral Deposits (SGA) on Mineral Resources in a Changing World, Zurich, Switzerland, 28 August - 1 September 2023. Geneva, Switzerland: The Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits (SGA).
2022
Journal Article
Oxygen isotopes of anhydrous primary minerals show kinship between asteroid Ryugu and comet 81P/Wild2
Kawasaki, Noriyuki, Nagashima, Kazuhide, Sakamoto, Naoya, Matsumoto, Toru, Bajo, Ken-ichi, Wada, Sohei, Igami, Yohei, Miyake, Akira, Noguchi, Takaaki, Yamamoto, Daiki, Russell, Sara S., Abe, Yoshinari, Aléon, Jérôme, Alexander, Conel M. O’D., Amari, Sachiko, Amelin, Yuri, 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 ... Yurimoto, Hisayoshi (2022). Oxygen isotopes of anhydrous primary minerals show kinship between asteroid Ryugu and comet 81P/Wild2. Science Advances, 8 (50) eade2067, 1-11. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.ade2067
2022
Journal Article
Formation, cooling history and age of impact events on the IIE iron parent body: evidence from the Miles meteorite
Kirby, Rachel S., King, Penelope L., Norman, Marc D., Ireland, Trevor R., Forster, Margaret, Pelton, Arthur D., Troitzsch, Ulrike and Tamura, Nobumichi (2022). Formation, cooling history and age of impact events on the IIE iron parent body: evidence from the Miles meteorite. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 339, 157-172. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2022.10.034
2022
Journal Article
Contribution of Ryugu-like material to Earth’s volatile inventory by Cu and Zn isotopic analysis
Paquet, Marine, Moynier, Frederic, Yokoyama, Tetsuya, Dai, Wei, Hu, Yan, 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 (2022). Contribution of Ryugu-like material to Earth’s volatile inventory by Cu and Zn isotopic analysis. Nature Astronomy, 7 (2), 182-189. doi: 10.1038/s41550-022-01846-1
2022
Journal Article
Ryugu’s nucleosynthetic heritage from the outskirts of the Solar System
Hopp, Timo, Dauphas, Nicolas, 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, 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, Ito, Motoo ... Yurimoto, Hisayoshi (2022). Ryugu’s nucleosynthetic heritage from the outskirts of the Solar System. Science Advances, 8 (46) eadd8141, 1-9. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.add8141
2022
Journal Article
First asteroid gas sample delivered by the Hayabusa2 mission: a treasure box from Ryugu
Okazaki, Ryuji, Miura, Yayoi N., Takano, Yoshinori, Sawada, Hirotaka, Sakamoto, Kanako, Yada, Toru, Yamada, Keita, Kawagucci, Shinsuke, Matsui, Yohei, Hashizume, Ko, Ishida, Akizumi, Broadley, Michael W., Marty, Bernard, Byrne, David, Füri, Evelyn, Meshik, Alex, Pravdivtseva, Olga, Busemann, Henner, Riebe, My E.I., Gilmour, Jamie, Park, Jisun, Bajo, Ken-ichi, Righter, Kevin, Sakai, Saburo, Sekimoto, Shun, Kitajima, Fumio, Crowther, Sarah A., Iwata, Naoyoshi, Shirai, Naoki ... Tachibana, Shogo (2022). First asteroid gas sample delivered by the Hayabusa2 mission: a treasure box from Ryugu. Science Advances, 8 (46) eabo7239, 1-10. doi: 10.1126/sciadv.abo7239
2022
Journal Article
A comparison of granite genesis in the Adelaide Fold Belt and Glenelg River Complex using U–Pb, Hf and O isotopes in zircon
Turner, Simon, Ireland, Trevor, Foden, John, Belousova, Elena, Wörner, Gerhard and Keeman, Jelte (2022). A comparison of granite genesis in the Adelaide Fold Belt and Glenelg River Complex using U–Pb, Hf and O isotopes in zircon. Journal of Petrology, 63 (11) egac102, 1-17. doi: 10.1093/petrology/egac102
2022
Journal Article
Ancient structural inheritance explains gold deposit clustering in northern Perú
Wiemer, Daniel, Hagemann, Steffen G., Hronsky, Jon, Kemp, Anthony I. S., Thébaud, Nicolas, Ireland, Trevor and Villanes, Carlos (2022). Ancient structural inheritance explains gold deposit clustering in northern Perú. Geology, 50 (10), 1197-1201. doi: 10.1130/G50208.1
2022
Journal Article
Molar mass measurement of a <sup>28</sup>Si-enriched silicon crystal with high precision secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS)
Gao, Yu-ya, Ren, Tong-xiang, Williams, Ian S., Ireland, Trevor R., Long, Tao, Rienitz, Olaf, Pramann, Axel, Wang, Song, Song, Pan-shu and Wang, Jun (2022). Molar mass measurement of a 28Si-enriched silicon crystal with high precision secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS). Journal of Analytical Atomic Spectrometry, 37 (12), 2546-2555. doi: 10.1039/d2ja00229a
2022
Journal Article
Presolar stardust in asteroid Ryugu
Barosch, Jens, Nittler, Larry R., Wang, Jianhua, O’D. Alexander, Conel M., De Gregorio, Bradley T., Engrand, Cécile, Kebukawa, Yoko, Nagashima, Kazuhide, Stroud, Rhonda M., Yabuta, Hikaru, Abe, Yoshinari, Aléon, Jérôme, Amari, Sachiko, Amelin, Yuri, Bajo, Ken-ichi, Bejach, Laure, Bizzarro, Martin, Bonal, Lydie, Bouvier, Audrey, Carlson, Richard W., Chaussidon, Marc, Choi, Byeon-Gak, Cody, George D., Dartois, Emmanuel, Dauphas, Nicolas, Davis, Andrew M., Dazzi, Alexandre, Deniset-Besseau, Ariane, Di Rocco, Tommaso ... Yurimoto, Hisayoshi (2022). Presolar stardust in asteroid Ryugu. The Astrophysical Journal Letters, 935 (1) L3, 1-12. doi: 10.3847/2041-8213/ac83bd
2022
Conference Publication
Dating podiform chromitite, Tiébaghi Cr deposit, New Caledonia
Cluzel, Dominique, Aitchison, Jonathan C., Zhou, Renjie, Ireland, Trevor, Heizler, Matthew, Patias, Daniel, Lesimple, Stephane, Maurizot, Pierre and Teyssier, Christian (2022). Dating podiform chromitite, Tiébaghi Cr deposit, New Caledonia. 23rd International Mineralogical Association General Meeting, Lyon, France, 18-22 July 2022.
2022
Journal Article
Direct dating of podiform Chromitite: U-Pb (Zircon, Rutile) and 40Ar/39Ar (Pargasite) evidence from Tiébaghi Cr deposit (New Caledonia)
Cluzel, Dominique, Aitchison, Jonathan C., Zhou, Renjie, Ireland, Trevor, Heizler, Matthew, Patias, Daniel, Lesimple, Stephane, Maurizot, Pierre and Teyssier, Christian (2022). Direct dating of podiform Chromitite: U-Pb (Zircon, Rutile) and 40Ar/39Ar (Pargasite) evidence from Tiébaghi Cr deposit (New Caledonia). Ore Geology Reviews, 145 104873, 104873. doi: 10.1016/j.oregeorev.2022.104873
2022
Journal Article
Re-initiation of plutonism at the Gondwana margin after a magmatic hiatus: the bimodal Permian-Triassic Longwood Suite, New Zealand
McCoy-West, A. J., Mortimer, N., Burton, K. W., Ireland, T. R. and Cawood, P. A. (2022). Re-initiation of plutonism at the Gondwana margin after a magmatic hiatus: the bimodal Permian-Triassic Longwood Suite, New Zealand. Gondwana Research, 105, 432-449. doi: 10.1016/j.gr.2021.09.021
2022
Journal Article
Atmospheric and hydrothermal sulfur isotope signatures recorded in Neoarchean deep marine sedimentary pyrites from the Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia
Chen, M., Campbell, I. H., Ávila, J. N., Tian, W., Hayman, P. C., Cas, R. A.F. and Ireland, T. R. (2022). Atmospheric and hydrothermal sulfur isotope signatures recorded in Neoarchean deep marine sedimentary pyrites from the Yilgarn Craton, Western Australia. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 322, 170-193. doi: 10.1016/j.gca.2022.01.002
Supervision
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Supervision history
Current supervision
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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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Doctor Philosophy
Investigating halogens in the mantle through mantle and mantle-derived rocks
Associate Advisor
Other advisors: Professor Paulo Vasconcelos, 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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