Professor Trevor Ireland
Professor

Trevor Ireland

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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

Search Professor Trevor Ireland’s works on UQ eSpace

257 works between 1983 and 2025
All (257) Journal Article (240) Book Chapter (8) Conference Publication (8) Other Outputs (1)

201 - 220 of 257 works

2003

Journal Article

Considerations in zircon geochronology by SIMS

Ireland, Trevor R. and Williams, Ian S. (2003). Considerations in zircon geochronology by SIMS. Reviews in Mineralogy and Geochemistry, 53 (1), 215-241. doi: 10.2113/0530215

Considerations in zircon geochronology by SIMS

2002

Journal Article

Low δ18O zircons, U-Pb dating, and the age of the Qinglongshan oxygen and hydrogen isotope anomaly near Donghai in Jiangsu Province, China

Rumble, Douglas, Giorgis, David, Ireland, Trevor, Zhang, Zeming, Xu, Huifen, Yui, T. F., Yang, Jingsui, Xu, Zhiqin and Liou, J. G. (2002). Low δ18O zircons, U-Pb dating, and the age of the Qinglongshan oxygen and hydrogen isotope anomaly near Donghai in Jiangsu Province, China. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 66 (12), 2299-2306. doi: 10.1016/S0016-7037(02)00844-X

Low δ18O zircons, U-Pb dating, and the age of the Qinglongshan oxygen and hydrogen isotope anomaly near Donghai in Jiangsu Province, China

2002

Journal Article

Timing of deposition, orogenesis and glaciation within the Dalradian rocks of Scotland: constraints from U–Pb zircon ages

Dempster, T. J., Rogers, G., Tanner, P. W. G., Bluck, B. J., Muir, R. J., Redwood, S. D., Ireland, T. R. and Paterson, B. A. (2002). Timing of deposition, orogenesis and glaciation within the Dalradian rocks of Scotland: constraints from U–Pb zircon ages. Journal of the Geological Society, 159 (1), 83-94. doi: 10.1144/0016-764901061

Timing of deposition, orogenesis and glaciation within the Dalradian rocks of Scotland: constraints from U–Pb zircon ages

2002

Journal Article

Constraints on the age of formation of seismically reflective middle and lower crust beneath the Bering Shelf: SHRIMP zircon dating of xenoliths from Saint Lawrence Island

Miller, Elizabeth L., Ireland, Trevor R., Klemperer, Simon L., Wirth, Karl R., Akinin, Vyacheslav V. and Brocher, Thomas M. (2002). Constraints on the age of formation of seismically reflective middle and lower crust beneath the Bering Shelf: SHRIMP zircon dating of xenoliths from Saint Lawrence Island. Special Paper of the Geological Society of America, 360, 195-208. doi: 10.1130/0-8137-2360-4.195

Constraints on the age of formation of seismically reflective middle and lower crust beneath the Bering Shelf: SHRIMP zircon dating of xenoliths from Saint Lawrence Island

2001

Conference Publication

Petrogenesis of two types of granite and their SHRIMP dating from the South Margin of Qilian, NE of the Qinghal-Tibet Plateau

Wu, C. L., Xu Zhiqin, Y., Wooden, J., Ireland, T., Li, Y., Wang, Y., Rendong, S., Persing, H. and Meibom, A. (2001). Petrogenesis of two types of granite and their SHRIMP dating from the South Margin of Qilian, NE of the Qinghal-Tibet Plateau.

Petrogenesis of two types of granite and their SHRIMP dating from the South Margin of Qilian, NE of the Qinghal-Tibet Plateau

2000

Journal Article

Exhumation of ultrahigh-pressure continental crust in east central China: Late Triassic-Early Jurassic tectonic unroofing

Hacker, Bradley R., Ratschbacher, Lothar, Webb, Laura, McWilliams, Michael O., Ireland, Trevor, Calvert, Andrew, Dong, Shuwen, Wenk, Hans-Rudolf and Chateigner, Daniel (2000). Exhumation of ultrahigh-pressure continental crust in east central China: Late Triassic-Early Jurassic tectonic unroofing. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 105 (B6) 2000JB900039, 13339-13364. doi: 10.1029/2000jb900039

Exhumation of ultrahigh-pressure continental crust in east central China: Late Triassic-Early Jurassic tectonic unroofing

2000

Journal Article

Exhumation of the ultrahigh-pressure continental crust in east central China: Cretaceous and Cenozoic unroofing and the Tan-Lu fault

Ratschbacher, Lothar, Hacker, Bradley R., Webb, Laura E., McWilliams, Michael, Ireland, Trevor, Dong, Shuwen, Calvert, Andrew, Chateigner, Daniel and Wenk, Hans-Rudolf (2000). Exhumation of the ultrahigh-pressure continental crust in east central China: Cretaceous and Cenozoic unroofing and the Tan-Lu fault. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 105 (B6) 2000JB900040, 13303-13338. doi: 10.1029/2000jb900040

Exhumation of the ultrahigh-pressure continental crust in east central China: Cretaceous and Cenozoic unroofing and the Tan-Lu fault

2000

Journal Article

Zircon U–Pb sensitive high mass‐resolution ion microprobe dating of granitoids in the Ryoke metamorphic belt, Kinki District, Southwest Japan

Watanabe, Teruo, Ireland, Trevor, Tainosho, Yoshiaki and Nakai, Yutaka (2000). Zircon U–Pb sensitive high mass‐resolution ion microprobe dating of granitoids in the Ryoke metamorphic belt, Kinki District, Southwest Japan. Island Arc, 9 (1), 55-63. doi: 10.1046/j.1440-1738.2000.00261.x

Zircon U–Pb sensitive high mass‐resolution ion microprobe dating of granitoids in the Ryoke metamorphic belt, Kinki District, Southwest Japan

2000

Journal Article

The solar system's earliest chemistry: Systematics of refractory inclusions

Ireland, Trevor R. and Fegley, Bruce (2000). The solar system's earliest chemistry: Systematics of refractory inclusions. International Geology Review, 42 (10), 865-894. doi: 10.1080/00206810009465116

The solar system's earliest chemistry: Systematics of refractory inclusions

1999

Journal Article

New Tools for Isotopic Analysis

Ireland, T. (1999). New Tools for Isotopic Analysis. Science, 286 (5448), 2289-2290. doi: 10.1126/science.286.5448.2289

New Tools for Isotopic Analysis

1999

Journal Article

New insight into the dynamic development of the Southern Alps, New Zealand, from detailed thermochronological investigation of the Mataketake Range pergmatites

Batt, Geoffrey E., Kohn, Barry P., Braun, Jean, McDougall, Ian and Ireland, Trevor R. (1999). New insight into the dynamic development of the Southern Alps, New Zealand, from detailed thermochronological investigation of the Mataketake Range pergmatites. Geological Society Special Publication, 154 (1), 261-282. doi: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1999.154.01.12

New insight into the dynamic development of the Southern Alps, New Zealand, from detailed thermochronological investigation of the Mataketake Range pergmatites

1998

Journal Article

Regional implications of U/Pb SHRIMP age constraints on the tectonic evolution of New Caledonia

Aitchison, JC, Ireland, TR, Clarke, GL, Cluzel, D, Davis, AM and Meffre, S (1998). Regional implications of U/Pb SHRIMP age constraints on the tectonic evolution of New Caledonia. Tectonophysics, 299 (4), 333-343. doi: 10.1016/S0040-1951(98)00211-X

Regional implications of U/Pb SHRIMP age constraints on the tectonic evolution of New Caledonia

1998

Journal Article

U-Pb, Th-Pb and Ar-Ar geochronology from the southern Sierras Pampeanas, Argentina: implications for the Palaeozoic tectonic evolution of the western Gondwana margin

Sims, J. P., Ireland, T. R., Camacho, A., Lyons, P., Pieters, P. E., Skirrow, R. G., Stuart-Smith, P. G. and Miró, R. (1998). U-Pb, Th-Pb and Ar-Ar geochronology from the southern Sierras Pampeanas, Argentina: implications for the Palaeozoic tectonic evolution of the western Gondwana margin. Geological Society Special Publication, 142 (1), 259-281. doi: 10.1144/GSL.SP.1998.142.01.13

U-Pb, Th-Pb and Ar-Ar geochronology from the southern Sierras Pampeanas, Argentina: implications for the Palaeozoic tectonic evolution of the western Gondwana margin

1998

Journal Article

Geochronology and geochemistry of a Mesozoic magmatic arc system, Fiordland, New Zealand

Muir, R. J., Ireland, T. R., Weaver, S. D., Bradshaw, J. D., Evans, J. A., Eby, G. N. and Shelley, D. (1998). Geochronology and geochemistry of a Mesozoic magmatic arc system, Fiordland, New Zealand. Journal of the Geological Society, 155 (6), 1037-1053. doi: 10.1144/gsjgs.155.6.1037

Geochronology and geochemistry of a Mesozoic magmatic arc system, Fiordland, New Zealand

1998

Journal Article

U/Pb zircon ages constrain the architecture of the ultrahigh-pressure Qinling–Dabie Orogen, China

Hacker, Bradley R., Ratschbacher, Lothar, Webb, Laura, Ireland, Trevor, Walker, Doug and Shuwen, Dong (1998). U/Pb zircon ages constrain the architecture of the ultrahigh-pressure Qinling–Dabie Orogen, China. Earth and Planetary Science Letters, 161 (1-4), 215-230. doi: 10.1016/s0012-821x(98)00152-6

U/Pb zircon ages constrain the architecture of the ultrahigh-pressure Qinling–Dabie Orogen, China

1998

Journal Article

Geochronology and geochemistry of pre-Jurassic superterranes in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica

Pankhurst, R. J., Weaver, S. D., Bradshaw, J. D., Storey, B. C. and Ireland, T. R. (1998). Geochronology and geochemistry of pre-Jurassic superterranes in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, 103 (B2), 2529-2547. doi: 10.1029/97jb02605

Geochronology and geochemistry of pre-Jurassic superterranes in Marie Byrd Land, Antarctica

1998

Journal Article

Development of the early Paleozoic Pacific margin of Gondwana from detrital-zircon ages across the Delamerian orogen

Ireland, T. R., Flöttmann, T., Fanning, C. M., Gibson, G. M. and Preiss, W. V. (1998). Development of the early Paleozoic Pacific margin of Gondwana from detrital-zircon ages across the Delamerian orogen. Geology, 26 (3), 243-246. doi: 10.1130/0091-7613(1998)0262.3.CO;2

Development of the early Paleozoic Pacific margin of Gondwana from detrital-zircon ages across the Delamerian orogen

1998

Journal Article

SHRIMP monazite and zircon geochronology of high-grade metamorphism in New Zealand

Ireland, T. R. and Gibson, G. M. (1998). SHRIMP monazite and zircon geochronology of high-grade metamorphism in New Zealand. Journal of Metamorphic Geology, 16 (2), 149-167. doi: 10.1111/j.1525-1314.1998.00112.x

SHRIMP monazite and zircon geochronology of high-grade metamorphism in New Zealand

1997

Journal Article

A Caledonian age for the Kiloran Bay appinite intrusion on Colonsay, Inner Hebrides

Muir, R. J., Ireland, T. R., Bentley, M. R., Fitches, W. R. and Maltman, A. J. (1997). A Caledonian age for the Kiloran Bay appinite intrusion on Colonsay, Inner Hebrides. Scottish Journal of Geology, 33 (1), 75-83. doi: 10.1144/sjg33010075

A Caledonian age for the Kiloran Bay appinite intrusion on Colonsay, Inner Hebrides

1997

Journal Article

SHRIMP U-Pb geochronology of Cretaceous magmatism in northwest Nelson-Westland, South Island, New Zealand

Muir, R. J., Ireland, T. R., Weaver, S. D., Bradshaw, J. D., Waight, T. E., Jongens, R. and Eby, G. N. (1997). SHRIMP U-Pb geochronology of Cretaceous magmatism in northwest Nelson-Westland, South Island, New Zealand. New Zealand Journal of Geology and Geophysics, 40 (4), 453-463. doi: 10.1080/00288306.1997.9514775

SHRIMP U-Pb geochronology of Cretaceous magmatism in northwest Nelson-Westland, South Island, New Zealand

Current funding

  • 2022 - 2025
    Analysis of asteroid samples returned by Hayabusa 2 and Osiris-REx
    ARC Discovery Projects
    Open grant

Past funding

  • 2022 - 2023
    AuScope Geochemistry Laboratory Network (AuScope project administered by Curtin University)
    Curtin University
    Open grant

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